Right you are...as usual!
A "come to Jesus meeting" days before the coronation, while a dozen or so cases were on file to be heard.
Posted on 04/30/2009 8:43:08 AM PDT by Phil_GA
James Schneller, Plaintiff pro se in Schneller v. Cortes, released the following statement regarding Pennsylvania’s Senator Arlen Specter being appointed as an Elector in the Electoral College:
SCOTUS OBAMA CASE NOTES SPECTER’S IMPROPER NOMINATION AS PENNSYLVANIA ELECTOR IN NOVEMBER 2008 ELECTION
Wednesday, April 29, 11:20 PM (EST) Contact: Jim Schneller | 610-688-9471 | schnlj@aol.com
WASHINGTON, DC - Pennsylvanian James D. Schneller raises in his petition for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court, filed on April 6, 2009, regarding failure of eligibility of Barack Obama for office, the fact that Senator Arlen Specter was appointed as a Pennsylvania elector for the 2008 presidential election.
Article 2 Section 1 of the United States Constitution directs that “no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector. “
Was the Senator so certain of a McCain loss that he felt above the law ? What other purpose might this illegal appointment serve ? This appointment is, at the least, further proof that much of Congress takes Presidential elections lightly and may have abandoned basic rights and principles that Americans hold sacred !
Press Release: petition for writ of certiorari filed : http://www.therightsideoflife.com/?p=5737
Supreme Court docket for petition: http://origin.www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/08-9797.htm
(Excerpt) Read more at therightsideoflife.com ...
We are the fools. The 538 own and operate this joke of a nation.
This case is at SCOTUS? These people are real patriots but the judiciary is so corrupt. SCOTUS employees cheered Obama. the Mario Apuzzo case in S Nj appears to be making a little progress.
All three branches of govt: judiciary, executive and legislative appear to be totally corrupt now.
Certainly makes me wonder how many other illegal electors there were.
I agree. Every day more voters see this corruption and wonder what can be done.
The way our gov. is supposed to work is in shambles and voters are getting POed more and more.
I think that any activist judge needs to be removed from office now. Constructionists only should hold these positions. I can’t figure how they attained the judgships in the first place.
Pennsylvanian James D. Schneller raises in his petition for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court, filed on April 6, 2009, regarding failure of eligibility of Barack Obama for office, the fact that Senator Arlen Specter was appointed as a Pennsylvania elector for the 2008 presidential election. Article 2 Section 1 of the United States Constitution directs that "no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector."
You betcha. Like the establishment and free exercise clauses of Amendment I, it means the polar opposite of what it says in plain language.
What a joke the Judicial Branch is and has been for many years. A humorless joke.
Since FDR emasculated the Court in 1937, we have no effective system of checks and balances. It is a charade.
Bkmk
Right you are...as usual!
A "come to Jesus meeting" days before the coronation, while a dozen or so cases were on file to be heard.
“Article 2 Section 1 of the United States Constitution directs that “no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector. “
Seems pretty clear to me.”
I think the point is that it pretty clearly shows that our congress is pretty unconcerned with our election laws and rules.
I’m not sure where I would look but I am curious as to if there were any other electors who were illegally nominated or chosen.
Every year, we should put 1% of conrgess in prison at random; minimum 5 year term to be decided by the spin of a wheel. Expected rate of error less than 5%.
In my view, I think you're splitting hairs a bit too much.
First of all, the votes for both Obama/Biden and McCain/Palin were counted during the Joint Session of Congress. Secondly, let's say that you are correct and somehow such a slate of Electors "doesn't matter" unless they are the winning Electors. Can you show me where PA State law or federal law dictates that at that point the Electors are properly vetted and there would be a replacement at that time?
My understanding is that when the Governor certifies a slate of Electors for the given ticket, that's it. That certification is what that State goes with.
Show me where I'm wrong, if I'm wrong.
Yes, votes for both Obama/Biden and McCain/Palin were counted in Congress. But none of the votes for McCain/Palin came from PA, and they certainly didn’t come from Specter, because he was not appointed a presidential election (by virtue of Obama carrying PA and getting all 21 of his electors appointed).
I’m not saying that it doesn’t matter that they placed an unconstitutional candidate for elector on the ballot in PA-—it should have been challenged when Specter was so nominated, and they should have gotten him replaced on the ballot, because his election (whereby he would be appointed as an elector) would have violated the Constitution. But given that the election is long over, and Specter was not appointed an elector (so the constitutional violation did not actually occur), I don’t think there’s a justiciable claim here. As Jesse Jackson said in that SNL skit, “the question is moot.” (Unfortunately, I don’t get the car.)
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