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Court says ‘no’ to silly (Conrad) recall stunt
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Dec 28, 2010 02:26pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, December 23, 2010 08:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "The North Dakota Supreme Court was forced to waste its valuable time with an obviously foolish attempt to recall Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. The court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the state constitution does not allow recalls of members of Congress. The right of recall only gives voters powers to force state and local elected officials to stand for early election if public demand for a vote is strong enough.
A nonprofit group calling itself Recall ND is pushing for the right to recall federal officials. They are led by Joe Wells of Fargo, and apparently are so determined to remove Conrad from office that their reading of state and federal constitutional law is skewed by their partisanship. Wells and his cadre of scholars should have gotten the message that their recall petition was more stunt than substance when Secretary of State Al Jaeger said their petition was not valid, after Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem issued an opinion that said the state constitution does not provide for recall of federal office holders.
The state high court concurred with Jaeger and Stenehjem in clear language. Writing for the court, Justice Dale Sandstrom said: “Under the plain language of this section, elected officials in state and county positions are subject to recall. Congressional officials, however, are not mentioned.” |
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