On December 29, the U.S. Supreme Court again gave Illinois an extension of time in which to respond in Burris v Judge, 10-367. Illinois’ response was originally due on November 3, but the state had asked for an extension until January 7, 2011. That was granted, and now the state has been given another extension, to January 21.
Roland v Burris is the interesting case in which the lower courts said that the state should list on the November 2, 2010 ballot, for the special U.S. Senate election, only the names of candidates who had also qualified to be on the ballot for the U.S. Senate, regular term. U.S. Senator Roland Burris didn’t want to run in the election for the next 6-year term. But he did want to run in the special election for the two-month term. Yet, he was not permitted to do so.
One more chance for SCOTUS to HAMMER the intolerable outrageous super morons in a State — see the SCOTUS HAMMER on the Florida MORONS in Bush v. Gore 2000.
The office of U.S.A. Senator is a bit important — regardless of the election law MORONS in any State.
Basic stuff —
1. a candidate’s right/power to be on the PUBLIC ballots.
2. the right/power of the PUBLIC Electors to put a candidate on the PUBLIC ballots.
3. the right/power of the PUBLIC Electors to vote for a candidate on the PUBLIC ballots.
Let another SCOTUS HAMMER fall on the MORONS in ALL States 24/7 to cause them to WAKE UP to defend DEMOCRACY 24/7.
Bush v. Gore 2000 apparently was NOT a good enough HAMMER on the party hack skulls of the MORONS in ALL States.
If a person has the constitutional qualifications to be elected, then he/she has a constitutional RIGHT to be able to get on the PUBLIC ballots — by EQUAL ballot access test(s) — one or more test steps.
Thus hopefully SCOTUS will bring out a new HAMMER and overrule lots of its JUNK ballot access cases since 1968.