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Old 03-21-2012, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by djplong View Post
Just to play Devil's Advocate here...

Do these judges not have rights? Are they not voters like anyone else? Are they not entitled to sign a petition?

Now - if they knew that going in and signed the petition, well... That doesn't look good.

But I wonder if it might be a case of signing a petition

Mr. John Doe

....vs...

The Honorable John Doe, 1st Cictuit Court, Eqs.

The latter would CLEARLY look like someone was trying to put a little more weight behind THEIR signature as opposed to the rest of the 'commoners'.

So I took a look at the PDF and it seems to be trying to split hairs. Clearly, there are some prohibitions on conduct. According to statute, they cannot:



So.. I guess what it all boils down to is what the recall petition is considered. Is it a party's activity? A candidate? If it's started by John Q. Public, I don't think they have a leg to stand on. If it was something done exclusively by the Democratic Party - there might be some traction there.
If the Landmark Legal Foundation is running with this you can be sure they know what they're doing and that they indeed have a case to present.