[AU72]

I predict the judge is going to retire to a very, very nice estate in Upper Michigan.

[jazusamo]

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[toast]

Does this end up splitting the Dem vote?

Does the pubbie have a shot at it?

[grania]

So they can just keep going up the judicial ladder until someone agrees?

We do not have a democracy or republic anymore. Is there even a name for a country run by its out of control judicial system?

[Busywhiskers]

Whoa...who saw that coming.

[aft_lizard]

Under what authority is this Federalista using to overturn a Secretary of States constitutional authority? If I was the SoS I would insure the rule of law stands and ignores this extra constitutional order.

[kaehurowing]

The judge could have saved even more time and money by simply declaring Conyers to be re-elected.

[jmaroneps37]

A Democrat judge appointed by a socialist president give the middle finger to the law and reminds us that Democrats don’t have to follow laws they don’t like. Remember the guy in the White Hut doesn’t like our Constitution and has said so.

[Slings and Arrows]

Was there any legal justification beyond “I’m a federal judge and I say so?”

[Leofl]

Did you really expect anything less? Seems rules are only for the sheeple not for our elite masters! /s

[kiryandil]

There’s “peasant law”, and then there’s Law For Our Betters...

[Chode]

do I really have to say it???

[Mariner]

This goes to the USSC.

States are empowered to determine the qualifications to get on the ballot for Federal Office as long as those standards do not conflict with any other section of the Constitution.

In fact, for POTUS a State is not even required to hold a general election with universal suffrage. A state can appoint its electors by any criteria they choose...as long as it does not conflict with other sections of the Constitution.

[Stosh]

Of course John Conyers is qualified to be on the ballot. And Rahm Emanuel was a resident of Chicago in 2011. And Frank Lautenberg was eligible for to run for governor when Bob Torricelli bailed. And Barry Soetoro was born, well, wherever the heck he wanted to have been born . . .

[norwaypinesavage]

If you want to know the reason why this ruling was necessary, an interview on the local radio station tells the story: The interviewer asked the guest if Conyers could win a write in election like Detroit mayor Duggan just did.

The answer was: "No. Duggan has two distinct advantages over Conyers. Duggan had a lot of financial backers, and he is in his right mind."

[unixfox]

Lemme guess. The judge is a COMMIE/MARXIST/LIBERAL bastard.

I hate these people. Truly hate them.

[Tzimisce]

The sad part is that he’s going to win....

[Tzimisce]

Why do I have to follow the law?

None of these guys do - and they write the law.

[Nifster]

Oh gosh I am soooo very surprised. Not

[savedbygrace]

This is a State issue. The federal judge should not have any authority in it.