Is this Hillary Clinton’s Bush v. Gore moment?

[babsbunny]

http://www.lastchancedemocracycafe.com/?p=1208

The lawsuit filed by Clinton supporters seeking to close down the special “at large” caucus sites in Las Vegas casinos (and in the process to disenfranchise thousands of largely low income and minority workers) lost at least the first round in a hearing today.

It’s far from surprising that the Clinton supporters got their butts kicked. As I’ve noted before, courts have historically given wide leeway to political parties in how they conduct their affairs. (For a good discussion of the legal hurdles the plaintiffs faced, check out this excellent article in the Las Vegas Sun.)

[Lerkfish]

1. Having lived in vegas, I knew this was an intentional vote caging against minorities

casinos hire minorities for menial tasks, but Vegas, at least when I lived there, was highly segregated. Blacks and Latinos lived in one small, less affluent section of town. I suspect this lawsuit was an attempt at legal gerrymandering.

[earthlover]

2. I see nothing wrong with making caucuses more easily attended....

why take this to court in the first place? Didn't we used to be the Democratic Party? Wouldn't that imply we wanted the greatest possible participation in democracy? I guess to some democrats (sorry, no cap is appropriate) it all depends on who the voters are likely to vote for whether they should have easy access. And we wonder why we can't convince a lot of moderates and independents we are for real and not just for politics as usual?