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rumpel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 07:45 PM
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CA-50: Ongoing interference by the House of Representatives
Edited on Fri Aug-25-06 08:07 PM by rumpel
On BradBlog:
From Paul Lehto aka landshark

Ongoing interference by the House of Representatives or persons associated therewith continues. Attorney Paul Vinovich, Counsel to the House Administration Committee, Chaired by the “retiring” Congressman and architect of HAVA Bob Ney of Ohio, arranged to deliver a letter to San Diego Superior Court presiding Judge Yuri Hoffman, arguing the constitutional exclusive jurisdiction of the House.

This type of communication with judges is forbidden, unless all other parties are involved, under the prohibition against ex parte contact with judges. In his own handwriting, Vinovich wrote on the fax cover to plaintiff’s attorney Lehto, “Letter delivered to court last evening.” Lehto received the letter via fax just before 9 a.m. Thursday morning, many hours after the letter was admittedly provided to the judge by Vinovich himself. The letter is posted here , complete with its circular and contradictory reasoning that the subsequent certification of Bilbray after the rushed swearing in confirmed the correctness of the swearing in.

The Defendants literally argue that the Courts are powerless to stop them (i.e., the Courts are “without jurisdiction”). Friday will reveal whether the courts are indeed powerless in San Diego County. But if they are powerless, then the Registrar of Voters was also powerless to complete the election, and we have a premature termination of the election process, decided in Washington DC, and enforced on San Diego. Much like Bush v. Gore in 2000, the process of elections has been short circuited by a legal coup d’etat that makes no legal sense, but which courts may or may not have the courage to see through.

One thing is sure. The defendants must also believe, having signed the briefs on constitutional motions to dismiss, that the certification of the election was invalid, because it occurred weeks after the swearing-in of Brian Bilbray deprived everyone except the House of Representatives of any jurisdiction to do anything. On that point of invalidity, the parties all now apparently agree.


btw sorry forgot link:

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3325#more-3325
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 08:03 PM
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1. Bob Ney Constitutional Scholar
Ney was born in Wheeling, West Virginia. The son of a TV cameraman, Ney grew up in Bellaire, Ohio, an aging industrial town on the Ohio River. He graduated in 1972 from St. John's High School in Bellaire. He attended Ohio State University's branch campus in Belmont County before transferring to OSU's main campus in Columbus. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Ohio State University in 1976. After college, he worked at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, taught English in Iran, served as Bellaire safety director, and worked as the health and education program manager of the Ohio Office of Appalachia.
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hedda_foil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 08:56 PM
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2. Ney hasn't chaired House Admin Commtee for months.
Rep. Ehlers of Michigan is chair. Vinovich works for the committee majority. Ehlers inherited him from Ney's tenure.
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rumpel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 09:00 PM
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3. I finally found the a correct link to the letter!
Edited on Fri Aug-25-06 09:01 PM by rumpel
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 09:32 PM
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4. Thanks for posting this. LS has them on the horns of a dilemma.
And he won't be very helpful helping them off. Very nice...
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