On September 6, the Sixth Circuit issued this opinion in Graveline v Johnson, 18-1992. By a vote of 2-1, it says the U.S. District Court was correct to put independent candidate Chris Graveline on the Michigan ballot. He is running for Attorney General.
The issue is the requirement that a statewide independent candidate obtain 30,000 signatures, and submit them in mid-July, approximately six weeks before the qualified parties are required to choose their nominees for Attorney General. The law has not yet been declared unconstitutional, but the courts have determined that it is probably unconstitutional, and that Graveline should be on the ballot pending the final resolution of the case.
The Sixth Circuit opinion is by Judge Karen Nelson Moore, a Clinton appointee. It is also signed by Judge Ronald Lee Gilman, also a Clinton appointee. The dissent is by Judge Richard Allen Griffin, a Bush Jr. appointee. Griffin also dissented in 2006 in Libertarian Party of Ohio v Blackwell. Griffin said in that case that a petition deadline more than a year before the election, for new parties, is constitutional. UPDATE: here is a news story.
More JUNK-
likelihood – reasonable – severe– VAGUE stuff.
NO mention of UNEQUAL in violation of the EQUAL protection clause in 14-1.
Brown v Bd of Ed 1954.
The MORON courts continue to be brain dead ignorant about the super-DANGER of FACIAL UNCONSTITUTIONAL stuff —
Fed/State/Local —
— with their MORON games ABOUT likelihood stuff, preliminary injunctions, declaratory judgments, permanent injunctions, etc. etc. etc. — MINDLESS M-O-R-O-N-S AT WORK SINCE 1776-1789
— GOES BACK AT LEAST TO 1861 so-called Confederate States of America machinations —
ALL the CSA stuff and ALL State/local stuff in support of the CSA stuff — FACIALLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL —
USA regime stuff in rebel States wiped out — loyal USA Judges and USA Marshals forced out or arrested / captured, USA army/navy bases taken over, etc.
Attack on USA Fort Sumter in Apr 1861 in SC = start of military phase of Civil WAR I
>>> FIRST CSA SHOT = DOOM for slavery
— DOOM for about 750,000-1,000,000 DEAD in 1861-1865
>>> 13-14-15 Amdts
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Should be nonstop Fed indictments of the Fed/State/local HACK MORONS and TV public arrests of such HACK MORONS by USA Marshals with posses / Military force backup.
Fed Civil Cases a few seconds later — after getting some more factual evidence — secret conspiracy stuff, etc.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2018-08-27/judge-michigan-law-burdens-independent-ag-candidate
Earlier story – U.S. District Court
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/09/07/independent-ag-candidate-qualifies-november-ballot/1221894002/
Friday action by Mich BSC —
plus Info about PTV petition.
Unless SCOTUS CRISIS action — superlikely to print ballots on Mon 10 Sept 2018.