October 2, 2002

SUPREMELY IRRESPONSIBLE:

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Torricelli Can Be Replaced (TERENCE NEILAN, October 2, 2002, NY Times)
The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously ruled this evening that the state Democratic Party can replace the name of Robert G. Torricelli on the Nov. 5 ballot for United States senator.

"It is in the public interest and the general interest of the election laws to preserve the two-party system and to submit to the electorate ballot bearing the names of candidates of both major political parties as well as of all qualifying parties and groups,'' the court ruled.


Thus does a Constitution and a system of laws that nowhere mentions the "two-party system" become its guarantor. This is what comes of judges ignoring the texts they are given by lawmakers. Posted by Orrin Judd at October 2, 2002 7:18 PM
Comments

Its Florida 2000 all over again.

Several legal types explain in articles how the Dems don't have a case but then the court rules for them anyway.

It's particularly annoying to see people claim (as seen in some response posts at other sites) that the Dems switcheroo must have been legal and ok since the court okd it.

And of course there's the issue of the absentee and military ballot that will now get thrown out.

This move by the Dems will probably help them keep NJ (the Republicans will be too distracted by this to effectively challenge) and the Senate so it was a brilliant strategic move but very very slimy.

Posted by: AWW at October 2, 2002 8:48 PM

Once again David Horowitz's observation that the Dems fight by street rules (i.e. no
rules) while the Republicans fight "fair" is borne out. Disgraceful.

Posted by: Bruce Cleaver at October 3, 2002 6:59 AM
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