On November 2, the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion in Libertarian National Committee v Holiday, 17-6216. The case concerned a U.S. Senate debate in Kentucky in 2014, when Senator Mitch McConnell was running for re-election. The Libertarian Party petitioned for a place on the ballot in that race, and hoped to be included in candidate debates. The party perceived that Kentucky Educational Television set rules for inclusion in that debate, but then when it realized that the Libertarian might qualify, it changed those rules. The new rules required that the candidate have raised at least $100,000 and be at 10% in the polls.
The decision barely mentions that evidence, and upholds the debate exclusion. The decision even says that debate sponsors need not have any objective criteria, much less that the sponsor must publish those criteria. The decision erroneously says that the Kentucky Libertarian Party is not automatically on the ballot. That was true in 2014, but it is not true now, and the decision should have clarified that. The decision is by Judge Raymond Kethledge (a Bush Jr. appointee), and signed by Judges Alice Batchelder (a Bush Sr. appointee) and Helene White (a judge who was first nominated by Clinton but didn’t get confirmed until Bush Jr. re-appointed her).
More political HACKS at work — appointed by HACK Prezs and approved by the super HACKS in the minority rule USA Senate.
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PR and AppV
Terrible decision.
@DR,
If you were the judge, how would you have ruled?
Sorry – NOT a member of SCOTUS or any circuit court.
The robot party HACK gangsters have total contempt for any dissenting stuff — esp in the major media.
Thus — minor parties barely have internet stuff
— for rare new folks with some brain cells to find and look at.
Lots of folks with 0.1 or less second attention spans
— due to flippant MONSTERS since 1993
— Clinton, Bush II, Obama, Trump
— akin to the top HACKS in 1836-1860.
For students —
Kentucky Educational Television —
a PRIVATE or PUBLIC forum ???
How much PUBLIC cash given to KET ??? – $ 0.01 or more ???
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NO public cash for ANY media HACK gang
— part of the RED Donkey communist CONTROL of media.
PR and AppV
@DR,
I know you are not a judge. No reason for you to apologize. Some may be thankful that you are not a judge.
But, I asked a hypothetical to understand what you objected to in the decision. Isn’t the 6th Citcuit your court of appeals?
NOT worth my time to look at JUNK ops – written by robot party HACK so-called judges.
RW is super-tough in reading and summarizing the JUNK ops.
The CRISIS caused by the gerrymander MONSTERS is NOW.
PR and AppV — everything else is a baaaaad distraction.
Think 19 Apr 1775, 12 Apr 1861, 7 Dec 1941, 11 Sep 2001, etc.