Comments on: It’s Court Time … Mark you schedules http://grassrootsidgop.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/its-court-time-mark-you-schedules/ The Idaho GOP's Grassroots effort to secure Party Registration and our 1st Amendment Right to Free Association Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:04:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Steve Rankin http://grassrootsidgop.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/its-court-time-mark-you-schedules/#comment-172 Steve Rankin Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:05:37 +0000 http://grassrootsidgop.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/its-court-time-mark-you-schedules/#comment-172 If the judge grants your motion, the state will, of course, have the right to appeal to the circuit court. If it does, it will likely mean that the district judge's order will NOT affect next May's primary. The Mississippi Democrats filed their suit against our state-mandated open primary in February 2006, and the federal district judge did not issue his injunction until June 2007. Four different appeals have been filed with the 5th Circuit in New Orleans, and there has been no further news. The three-judge panel has not been named, and the briefing schedule has not even been announced. The chances are good that the district judge's August 2008 deadline will be moved back. The Virginia Republicans filed their similar lawsuit in 2005, and the 4th Circuit in Richmond just issued its ruling earlier this month. I believe that there will be an appeal(s) to the U. S. Supreme Court, but that remains to be seen. If the judge grants your motion, the state will, of course, have the right to appeal to the circuit court. If it does, it will likely mean that the district judge’s order will NOT affect next May’s primary.

The Mississippi Democrats filed their suit against our state-mandated open primary in February 2006, and the federal district judge did not issue his injunction until June 2007. Four different appeals have been filed with the 5th Circuit in New Orleans, and there has been no further news. The three-judge panel has not been named, and the briefing schedule has not even been announced. The chances are good that the district judge’s August 2008 deadline will be moved back.

The Virginia Republicans filed their similar lawsuit in 2005, and the 4th Circuit in Richmond just issued its ruling earlier this month. I believe that there will be an appeal(s) to the U. S. Supreme Court, but that remains to be seen.

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