The Minnesota Recount Was Unconstitutional

[question everything]

An op-ed in the WSJ by Michael Paulsen, a professor of law at the University of St. Thomas

I did not bother to read but opinion pieces are free so if you feel like it

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123197800446483619.html

[kickysnana]

1. Michael Stokes Paulsen appears to be a Federalist

Wrote an opinion that Roe v Wade decision was wrong. Theology degree from Yale.

[mduffy31]

2. As I understand Bush v. Gore

It was ONLY applicable to that particular case, but was not case law for the entire country, but I'm not a lawyer.

[Mister Ed]

10. You're correct.

The Supreme Court explicitly stated in Bush v. Gore that the ruling was only applicable to that particular case. Paulsen's claim that Bush v. Gore is the established law of the land reveals either ignorance or duplicity on his part.

[trotsky]

3. Koresh, what a dumbshit.

Just more of the standard fact-bereft whining we've heard from the right wing the whole time.

[Eric J in MN]

5. What is Koresh? NT

NT

[trotsky]

6. David Koresh of the Branch Davidian fame.

Bartcop (www.bartcop.com) always uses it in place of "Jesus", I picked it up from him. :)

[Eric J in MN]

4. My response in bold

Consider the inconsistencies: One county "found" 100 new votes for Mr. Franken, due to an asserted clerical error. Decision? Add them. Clerical errors should be fixed. Ramsey County (St. Paul) ended up with 177 more votes than were recorded election day. Decision? Count them. A machine jammed on Election Day. Previously uncounted legal ballots should be counted. Hennepin County (Minneapolis, where I voted -- once, to my knowledge) came up with 133 fewer votes than were recorded by the machines. Decision? Go with the machines' tally. One of the ballot envelopes is missing. All told, the recount in 25 precincts ended up producing more votes than voters who signed in that day. Absentee ballots mean that there should be more ballots than people who sign in on Election Day.

Also, those things aren't inconsistencies between counties. It's not like there was one county where they counted ballots originally not counted because of a machine jam, and another county where they didn't.

The author takes corrections during the recount and calls them "inconsistencies."

[Stargleamer]

9. Impressive reply

wish WSJ would publish it, if you were to send it to them. Alas, I doubt that they would as they don't want to be called on their bullshit.

[Hansel]

7. All I have to know is he's a professor of law at U of St. Tommy

They hired Robert Delahunty who helped John Yoo draft Bush's "torture memo". St Thomas also sponsored some receptions for some controversial Gonzales appointment a few of years back. I can't remember her name. This group is so in bed with the Bush admin it isn't even funny.

Go to the St Thomas website and read Paulsen's bio. He sounds like another so called "constitutional expert" who uses the constitution to shove his religious opinions down everyone else's throat. I'm sure his partisan bias doesn't have anything to do with his conclusions. I think I'd get a 2nd opinion.

[annm4peace]

8. many St. Thomas Alumni have dropped their memberships

and have protested many of St. Thomas's selection of staff especially Delahunty.


As a Catholic, I am ashamed of St. Thomas, and I would guess Jesus would be also