On November 6, the California Supreme Court heard arguments in Patterson v Padilla, the case concerning the state law that requires presidential primary candidates to reveal their income tax returns. The Court seemed skeptical that the law comports with the California Constitution, which tells the Secretary of State to put all “recognized” candidates on the ballot. See this story.
UPDATE: see this story as well.
The article is kind of mixed up. It suggests that a California Supreme Court decision would be appealed to the SCOTUS. The SOS lawyer also suggested it was procedural like a filing fee. But it is unlikely that a filing fee would be legal in California.
Meanwhile 14 Democrats have filed in New Hampshire, and thus should be recognized in California. 8 known, 5 unknown, and one slightly known.
If the California case is won, doesn’t that make the federal cases (from California) moot? Capable of being repeated is kind of a stretch when it requires a change to the Constitution.
Doesn’t Alex Padilla read BAN?
*recognized* = void for vagueness
ANY CA SCT hacks read SCOTUS con law ops ???
@DR,
Did you inform the SOS of your interpretation?
TOTAL waste of time to inform ZERO IQ ROBOTIC HACKS about con law.
Hacks will pay SOME attention to Con Law ONLY if they are indicted and put in a Fed jail
18 USC 241 and 242 and/or sued for $$$ damages 28 USC 1331, 42 USC 1983.
@DR,
Who would you indict in this case?
You could have filed an amicus brief. You claim to have special knowledge that neither of the parties in the lawsuit have presented to the court.
Constitution Annotated [of SCOTUS ops] is PUBLIC knowledge — esp for ALL judges and lawyers — who have taken an oath to defend the USA Const.
CA has been around about 107 years.
You are mixing up CA and AZ.
CA = Constitution Annotated
SOME attention to context.
@DR,
Who would you indict?
Those who amended the constitution?
Obviously- indict ALL legislators, execs/judics involved — plus any civil case tort $$$$ damages.
The Problem-
SCOTUS 9 are ALL party hacks —
too evil paralyzed to have AUTOMATIC criminal AND civil prosecutions of ALL HACKS involved in election cases for their uncon/illegal/unlawful acts/omissions
— and esp NOT having automatic redoes of UNCON elections — at the cost of such HACKS.
Thus the current TOTAL Danger for the survival of ANY REAL Democracy in the USA.
@DR,
The voters approved it. Anybody 18+ who voted in June 1972 California primary is suspect. Arrest them all. Some may be living in Michigan, your town, your neighborhood, across the street. If any have died exhume the body and hang it from a lamp post.
How about ALL living and dead Germans who voted for the nazis in 1919 onward ???
Same for ALL folks who voted for slavery [directly or indirectly] in 1618-1865 ???
OR the genocide of American Indians in 1607-1890 ???
Not enough shovels – not enough time ???
One more typical distraction from the CURRENT NOW ANTI-Democracy minority rule gerrymander regimes in the USA and all 50 State regimes
— esp the TEXAS STONE AGE gerrymander regime – having lots of those slavers and genociders [mostly dead ???].
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PR and AppV and TOTSOP
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=107995
Voting systems cartoon
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NO mention — by the MORON cartoonist — of the current ANTI-Democracy minority rule gerrymander systems.
To become recognized, you need to pay your taxes….