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Three Florida Supreme Court justices above the law, refuse service on lawsuit

The Southeastern Legal Foundation said Friday that it has
been frustrated trying to serve subpoenas to 14 court employees as part
of its case against Justices Barbara Pariente, Fred Lewis and Peggy Quince. A Supreme Court marshal has refused to allow a process server deliver the subpoenas inside the courthouse.

.. court staff walling off the Supreme Court building from legal process
servers underscores the power of the justices in the matter, Goessling
said. Lewis has not ruled on any of the matters before him — including a
bid to block the subpoenas of court personnel. Until then, process
serving should go on as usual, she said.   Link to full story.

The missteps of the three Florida justices up for a vote of the people in November continue to amaze observers.  Every day in this country, candidates, including judicial candidates, have to defend themselves in all types of ballot eligibility or access challenge cases as a result of qualifying mistakes and other miscues in the process to get on the ballot.  In this case, three Florida justices apparently believe they are above the laws applicable to mortal candidates.  By using staff to block subpoena servers in an ongoing legal case, the justices are obstructing the fair administration of justice in allowing the legal system to determine if they are properly qualified to stand as a candidate for office.  Imagine the outrage if judicial candidates or political candidates in Florida or around the country used their staff or police to hinder the service of subpoenas on a properly filed suit challenging the eligibility or access of candidates to the ballot. 

Federal Court Concludes DOJ Official May Have Lied in New Black Panther Testimony



Internal DOJ documents “contradict” and “cast doubt on the accuracy” of AAG Perez’s testimony to the Commission on Civil Rights when asked if the decision to dismiss the NBPP case was political.


 


Hans von Spakovsky reports via PJ Media:


 


In a little noted decision on July 23, a federal district court judge concluded that internal DOJ documents about the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case “contradict Assistant Attorney General [Thomas] Perez’s testimony that political leadership was not involved in” the decision to dismiss the case.  In other words, the sworn testimony of Perez, the Obama political appointee who heads the Civil Rights Division, before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights was apparently false. . .


 


. . . what is most disturbing about this court order is that it strongly suggests that Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez essentially lied in sworn testimony… When the statements of Perez are compared to the documents that Judicial Watch forced DOJ to release in the FOIA lawsuit, it is clear Judge Walton was polite when he said they are contradictory and “cast doubt on the accuracy” of Perez’s account.


A less diplomatic judge might have said that Perez testified falsely in his hearing testimony before the Commission on Civil Rights. In other words, he may have committed perjury if he knew his statements were false when uttered.

Florida Dems File Suit to Block “Discriminatory” Changes to Early Voting – Which Only Began in 2004


 


U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown and her Democrat co-complainers are not simply outraged that Florida voters will have “only” 10 early voting days instead of the previous 15 days (16 states don’t have any early voting at all, nor did Florida before 2004), Brown claims that African-American voters specifically will be MORE “disenfranchised” by the changes than any other voters:


 


While offering no supporting evidence, Brown said, “Early voting has worked extremely well for all Floridians and especially for African American voters.  In fact, more than any other racial or ethnic group, African Americans have come to rely on early voting.”


 


Anything to gin up the base in a swing state.  More here.

FBI investigating voter fraud, doctoring of absentee ballots in Hawaii

About one week ago, state officials received reports about possible voter fraud on the Big Island, allegations that someone was doctoring absentee ballots, sources said.

State officials then notified FBI agents, members of the public corruption team based at the FBI’s Honolulu office, sources said.

It’s unclear whether the FBI will launch its own voter fraud investigation.

A source said the FBI is at least in the information gathering phase.

link.

NAACP leader imprisoned for voter fraud, diluting legal votes

While NAACP President Benjamin Jealous lashed out at new state laws requiring photo ID for voting, an NAACP executive sits in prison, sentenced for carrying out a massive voter fraud scheme.

In a story ignored by the national media, in April a Tunica County, Miss., jury convicted NAACP official Lessadolla Sowers on 10 counts of fraudulently casting absentee ballots. Sowers is identified on an NAACP website as a member of the Tunica County NAACP Executive Committee.

Sowers received a five-year prison term for each of the 10 counts, but Circuit Court Judge Charles Webster permitted Sowers to serve those terms concurrently, according to the Tunica Times, the only media outlet to cover the sentencing.  “This crime cuts against the fabric of our free society,” Judge Webster said.

Rest of story at Daily Caller.

Ooops: Alarmist’s Phony Stats on PA Voter ID

For weeks we’ve heard from the Brennan Center how millions are bound to be disenfranchised by Voter ID laws.  Brennan is skilled and providing an intellectual smokescreen for criminal wrongdoing in American elections.  Today, the Philadephia Inquirer discovers that the Voter ID alarmists aren’t quite shooting straight about the actual numbers of “disenfranchised.” 

“A team of Inquirer reporters placed calls to 325 of those older voters listed as lacking PennDot ID. Out of 101 people interviewed, 76 said they already had PennDot identification, despite being on the state’s list. That’s 75 percent.”

This is one of many errors in the alarmist’s statistics on PA Voter ID.  It is another reason why Pennsylvania Secretary of State Carol Aichele simply cannot respond to the DOJ request.  She will provide DOJ a invalid basis for Pennsylvania to be sued by Justice.

“ID of Access” Nothing New

Front page Tribune Review.

“Naytel Pack can’t do much in North Braddock without his driver’s license. He’s asked for it in the corner store, at the gas station, during stops by the local police – just about everywhere, “especially since I’m under 18,” the 16-year-old said.

In Mt. Washington, Tommy Smith, 47, may find himself blocked from bank transactions occasionally when he doesn’t have photo ID.


Morgan Hays might be bounced from the liquor store.


“Displaying ID is kind of par for the course,” said Hays, 21, of Brookville, ticking off a list of possible problem locations: tobacco stores, bars, some debit and credit card purchases. “I don’t have a big problem with it.”



Lee Rowland from the Brennan Center also has an outright falsehood in the article, which is nothing new from Brennan.  You an always count on Brennan to push outright statistical falsehoods about election integrity, and never face a critical question from reporters who take Brennan seriously.  Rowland makes unequivocal statements about voter fraud in the piece that are outright false, and I suspect she knows it.