[snopercod]

How does a Federal Court have jurisdiction over a state election for a state office?

Same question I was asking during the Florida 2000 fiasco. I was flamed repeatedly for saying that the feds had no business interfering.

But now that Bush v. Gore has opened the door to federal interference in what should be (under the U.S. Constitution) purely state matters, I am not looking like such an idiot.

[Jim Noble]

I was flamed repeatedly for saying that the feds had no business interfering.

Not by me.

I say, USSC had no jurisdiction in Bush v. Gore AND decided it wrongly, to boot.

For which we will all pay in the future.

[xkaydet65]

The six counties concerned are under a watch by Justice to assure compliance with the Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights act was passed as an enforcement of the 15th Amendment and as such it trumps the Calif constitution as the law to be administered.

The question for appeal is whether this recall election run under present circumstances is any less fair than the 2002 election that re-elected Davis. SCOTUS canoverturn 9th Circuit on the grounds that Justice said nothing about the 2002 election and this is run under the same of similar conditions.

[CA Conservative]

How does a Federal Court have jurisdiction over a state election for a state office?

Same question I was asking during the Florida 2000 fiasco. I was flamed repeatedly for saying that the feds had no business interfering.

Big difference. In Florida, they were changing the rules of the election after the fact in order to change the outcome of a federal election, something specifically forbidden. In this case, they are interfering in a process specifically enshrined in a state constitution regargding the election of a state official. Apples and oranges, my friend.