Subject: Re: Discretion not to remedy an EP violation
From: WewerLacy@aol.com
Date: 9/23/2003, 11:10 AM
To: Karl.Manheim@lls.edu, election-law@majordomo.lls.edu, rick.hasen@lls.edu


In a message dated 9/23/03 10:15:51 AM, Karl.Manheim@lls.edu writes:

<< Is anybody else troubled by the notion that a judge has discretion 
not to remedy an EP violation in election cases?   >>

I'm not.  I'm much more troubled by the idea of a Federal court panel 
cancelling a constitutionally mandated state election on interpretation of slim 
evidence on issues already resolved in a Federal Consent Decree signed in May, 2002 
made explicitly applicable after the election in question.

James V. Lacy
Wewer & Lacy, LLP