The first of several US Supreme Court petitions challenging President-Elect Obama in an attempt to overrule the American presidential election regardless of the will of the people was denied today. See http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_obama_2
However this may signal an unlikelihood for future Supreme Court petitions to be granted, more will be appealed to the Supreme Court (including one for the state of California to be filed today) and some are already there still waiting in line. After the appeals, it's off to Congress, which is where the legal establishment is pointing is the way to go. Arguably this is worse than court resolution, and in any case the fact that a Democratic Congress would most likely re-elect Obama should not blind us to the danger of allowing Congress any right to second-guess our elections, even if it goes "the right way" this time. Right and wrong constitutionally and democratically is not based at all on who would win. My blog, status update and thoughts on strategy for the (yes) definitely coming next steps are here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7962907 -- Paul R Lehto, J.D. P.O. Box #1 Ishpeming, MI 49849 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 906-204-2333 309-413-6541 fax --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
