On October 23, the Georgia Libertarian Party asked for reconsideration in Cowen v Raffensperger, n.d., 1:17cv-4660. Here is the three-page request, which notes that the U.S. District Court Judge appears to have made an oversight last month when she ruled against the party’s equal protection claim. The general issue in the case is the constitutionality of the law on how anyone gets on the ballot for U.S. House if they are not a member of a party that polled 20% for President in the entire U.S., or 20% for Governor of Georgia, in the last election. The law is so severe, no minor party candidate has ever complied since the law passed in 1943, and no independent has complied since 1964, when the rules did not require the petition to be checked and the petition was not due until October of the election year.
Just set it at like 5,000 signatures for a slate of candidates. Simple. Serious third party candidates only.
AS USUAL —
NOOO MENTION OF 1954 BROWN V BD OF ED
AZ
I do believe that the court has rejected the argument that alternative party candidates represent an oppressed class, as did African Americans in the 1950s. Also, strict scrutiny is generally only reserved for racial/religious/ethnic minorities.
NOOOO PROTECTION FOR REPUBLICANS [WHITE / BLACK / TECHNICOLOR] IN EX-SLAVE STATES IN 14TH AMDT ???
YEAH. SURE.
Intermediate scrutiny is generally reserved for women and everyone else LGBTQ, the disabled, and third party supporters are generally stuck under the lowest ‘rational’ review level of judicial scrutiny.
EQUAL IN 14-1 AMDT — NOT *RATIONAL* / *INTERMEDIATE* / ETC.
WHAT LEVEL OF STUFF FOR ANTI-DEMOCRACY MINORITY RULE GERRYMANDERS SINCE 1962-1964 ???
More money down the drain,
But not because they “fail” to use goofy AZ argument. That would get them laughed out of court like it did him.