Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n
\nMinnesota election law requires party delegates at the convention to designate electors and alternates.\u00a0 Minnesota Republicans failed to do that at their convention so party big-shots designated some afterwards.\u00a0 Democrats correctly pointed out this duct-tape fix failed to comply with the law and asked the Supreme Court to strike Trump\u2019s name from the ballot.<\/span><\/p>\n
The Secretary of State objected that early voting starts in 11 days and they\u2019ve already printed a million ballots so it would cost a fortune to change the ballots now. The Supreme Court decided the Democrats had waited too long to bring the challenge and ruled against them based on the ancient equitable doctrine of laches.<\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Laches?\u00a0 Laches?!?<\/i><\/b> <\/i>That\u2019s Republicans\u2019 ace in the hole? \u00a0That\u2019s their big defense?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Laches is one of those kitchen-sink defenses you throw into the Answer when you\u2019re totally desperate and have no defense on the merits of the case.\u00a0 It\u2019s for losers and scoundrels and weasels.\u00a0 A major political party trying to get a Presidential candidate onto the ballot shouldn\u2019t be relying on laches.<\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>They really are the Stupid Party.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n