Funmurphys: the Blog

I'm Throwing My Hat Into The Ring

Now that the New Jersey Supreme Court has decided to man the barricades for voter choice against legislative restriction, I've decided I'm going to run for Senator from New Jersey. I know I didn't file in accordance with the law, obtain the necessary signatures, nor win a primary, but what the hell, neither did Frank Lautenberg (for this election). And if they even mention I'm from out of state, well, don't the voters of New Jersey deserve a choice? All those other mooks running for office are from in-state, and so lack diversity. All I have to do is go straight to the Supreme Court of New Jersey, and they'll put me on the ballot. If they did it for Frank, why not for me? And if they don't, I'll slip the NJ secretary of state a fifty, and if the Supreme Court can ignore, oops, I mean interpret, a law, why can't other state officials. Don't they have to interpret it when they execute it too?

Forrester is appealing to the United States Supreme Court as I write this, and I fully expect (based upon the Court's previous decision in a similar circumstance) that the USSC will ask the NJSC what part of "The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof" don't you understand?

But I think Forrester and the GOP would be better off with the NJSC decision as a bloody shirt. If left standing, it would energize GOP voters nationwide, not just in New Jersey, and would give Forrester an issue to run on. If overturned, it will have the opposite effect. However, given the importance of every Senate seat to its control after this election, I'm not surprised that they are standing up for the rule of law and clear gain for themselves.