BREAKING: Judge Sides With RNC In Ballot Security Consent Decree Case
Source: Talking Points Memo
The federal judge overseeing a legal case involving a decades-old consent decree limiting the Republican National Committee's involvement in so-called "ballot security" initiatives sided with the RNC Saturday.
U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez denied the Democratic National Committee's requests to hold the Republican in contempt of court for allegedly violating the decree. He also denied the DNC's request to place an injunction on the RNC's alleged ballot security activities. Finally, he denied for now its request to extend by eight years the length of consent decree, which otherwise expires December 2017.
The DNC had brought the legal action last month, with accusations that the RNC was assisting the Donald Trump campaign's poll watcher efforts. The RNC denied any collaboration with the Trump campaign on ballot security initiatives and said it had followed the decree.
The judge said that the Democrats did not provide enough evidence to prove that Trump was acting as an "agent" of the RNC, as the decree spells out that it applies only to the RNC and its agents. (The activities of state Republican parties -- with the exception of New Jersey's -- are not covered by the decree, nor are individual candidates or campaigns if they are acting independently of the RNC.)
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Sigh, fucking hell.
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That must explain it. I'm sure he's not expecting any money from the fascist agent orange... 
This isn't a surprising result given the law of agency. It would require a showing that Trump and his campaign (as the "agent"
is authorized to act on behalf of the RNC (the "principal" to create a legal relationship with third parties that bind the principal.
