The liberals' most recent attempt to undermine the rule of law by creating law comes from none other than the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, an activist, left-wing court that represents the largest judicial district in the country. A three-judge panel decided to suspend the California recall election at the request of a lawsuit brought forth by the American Civil Liberties Union on Sept. 15.
In response to an appeal, on Sept. 23, an 11-judge panel of the 9th Circuit unanimously reversed the three-judge panel's decision, and with wise discretion, for once.
The ACLU's claim in their suit was that the suspension of the election would prevent an otherwise guaranteed disenfranchisement of minority voters in the Golden State. In six counties -- Los Angeles, Mendocino, Sacramento, San Diego, Santa Clara and Solano -- the election boards still use punch-card ballots, the same voting system that caused the infamous Florida recount in 2000. One could infer from the ACLU's claim of the disenfranchisement of minority voters that the ACLU is implying only minority voters will have trouble using this voting method. The implication of the ACLU's argument is that minority voters are not as capable as "majority" voters to follow simple directions.
From the beginning, the Democrats have criticized the recall effort. Democrats, crying a "right-wing conspiracy" to unseat current Gov. Gray Davis, want to insure that new, up-to-date equipment is in place before the recall election, which was, and now still is, slated to occur on Oct. 7 of this year. This ruling could have delayed the election to as late as March of next year.
University Professor Larry Sabato commented on this case, "The three-judge panel made a major error in delaying the recall vote
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