Maine judge awards Nader foes $1 after lawsuit

harvey007

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Tue Jan-04-11 06:57 PM
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Maine judge awards Nader foes $1 after lawsuit

Source: Washington Post

MACHIAS, Maine -- Two defendants targeted by Ralph Nader's lawsuit in Maine accusing Democrats of conspiring to keep him off the ballot in the 2004 presidential race have been awarded $1.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/04/AR2011010404328.html

http://www.ballot-access.org/2011/01/04/ralph-nader-will-appeal-case-against-democratic-national-committee-to-maine-supreme-court/

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Brother Buzz

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Tue Jan-04-11 07:09 PM
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1. Nader plans to appeal.

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Turbineguy

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Tue Jan-04-11 08:30 PM
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2. It's not

the money, it's the principle.

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davidinalameda

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Tue Jan-04-11 10:13 PM
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3. does Nader have any principles?

thought he got rid of those a long time ago

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No Elephants

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Thu Jan-06-11 09:33 AM
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8. He may not always be practical, but, AFAIK, he has always been principled.

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No Elephants

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Thu Jan-06-11 09:46 AM
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11. Nader should appeal, if he does not mind risking the legal fees

Edited on Thu Jan-06-11 09:48 AM by No Elephants

"The Ballot Project and Toby Moffett filed a motion for attorney fees after the case was tossed in mid-November.

Ballot Project Inc. was formed to keep Nader off state ballots. It and Moffett get to share the dollar."

If the OP article is right, not sure what the judge was thinking.

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Gman

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Tue Jan-04-11 10:15 PM
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4. LOL! Nader should be shunned like the pariah he is

stupid fuck caused Bush to win.

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jerseyjack

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Wed Jan-05-11 07:29 AM
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5. Nader didn't cause Bush to win,

Gore's ineffective campaign did. I thought as you did regarding this issue, but Ralph is right. Gore was a boring campaigner.

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Gman

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Wed Jan-05-11 11:41 PM
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6. Yeah he did

don't make excuses for Nader.

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24601

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Thu Jan-06-11 08:11 AM
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7. Gore cost Nader the presidency.... n/t

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No Elephants

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Thu Jan-06-11 09:38 AM
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9. Shunning MAKES a person a pariah--and Gore won.

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No Elephants

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Thu Jan-06-11 09:41 AM
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10. Who is the judge insulting more? Defendants, or their lawyer?

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muriel_volestrangler

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Thu Jan-06-11 09:52 AM
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12. I'm confused - is that dollar the amount of costs he's awarded them?

"The Ballot Project and Toby Moffett filed a motion for attorney fees after the case was tossed in mid-November."

So this is in the news now because some decision has just been made; since the case had already been tossed, the only decision I can see that was left was how much they could claim in lawyers' fees. By setting it at $1, the judge seems to have been saying "you should never have employed any lawyer in the first place". Was Nader's lawsuit really so pathetic that it didn't need a lawyer to say why it should be dismissed?

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