On September 12, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Martin v Simon, A16-1436. This is the case in which Minnesota’s Democratic Party state chair said Donald Trump should be removed from the ballot because the Republicans didn’t follow state law, concerning their choice of alternate presidential electors.
The decision says the case is rejected because it was filed two weeks after the plaintiff knew about the problem. The decision says nothing about the merits of the lawsuit. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
Another example of how the politically corrupt large parties can have any criminal act overlooked
Darn.
I think two weeks is within a reasonable amount of time. I am not an attorney, but am surprised there isn’t some written standard on filing times somewhere within the Rules of Civil Procedure.
Plus, there should have to be a lawsuit. Imagine if every time someone broke the law the courts would wait for someone to sue to do anything about it. Are they going to prosecute or fine the individuals who broke state law? I won’t hold my breath.
How many ARMIES of lawyers are now needed regarding ALL of the ballot access machinations of ALL of the parties and candidates ???
How many INSTANT lawsuits will be needed the second that the Nov 2016 election results are final-final ???