Democracy Denied: So-Called ‘People’s House’ Now The Speakers Dominion
If you haven’t been paying attention (which isn’t surprising considering the almost total lack of coverage of this), the recent special House seat election in San Diego has been hijacked and usurped by decree from Dennis Hastert.
This action shows that your vote does not count - anywhere. If they (in this case and most cases Republicans) want to take your vote, they will.
In the simplest of terms, this is a new low for America. Yes, I know, it seems like we’ve bottomed out thousands of times already in recent years. I have to account for the paradigm shift this news has brought me. Consider, for the past two and a half years I’ve been writing and saying to all who can read and hear that there is no basis for confidence in the reported results of American elections. In a quote featured on the back cover of my book, “We Do Not Consent”, Lehto says the “no basis for confidence…formulation approaches scientific certainty.” When votes are counted in secret, the conditions of the election guarantee inconclusive outcomes that will not meet unanimous public acceptance.
It is a pathetic state of affairs when this crisis information gets more coverage in New Zealand than our own nation.
San Diego Superior Court Judge Yuri Hofmann rendered his decision in the election challenge in California’s 50th Congressional District. He dismissed the request for a recount and for discovery of the facts of the Busby-Bilbray election stating specifically that “Once the House asserts exclusive jurisdiction and selects a candidate, the court no longer has jurisdiction” (emphasis added). The judge argued that the June 13 swearing in alone was sufficient to establish Bilbray’s “election.” The event had the power to take away any and all citizen rights and immediately rescind authority over their own elections.
“If they can do that, they can do anything. Why even have an election? They could just swear in whoever they want because the election need not be final.”
- Paul Lehto, Attorney for Plaintiffs Aug. 25, 2006
Read these excellent overviews on this disturbing story Here and another Here.
Read more on this court decision and Attorney Paul Lehto’s comments on Brad Blog