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BumRushDaShow

(143,318 posts)
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 08:02 AM Nov 1

Cornel West loses Supreme Court bid to get on the Pa. presidential ballot

Source: PA Patriot-News/Penn Live AP

Published: Oct. 31, 2024, 11:36 p.m.


WASHINGTON (AP) — Third-party presidential candidate Cornel West on Thursday lost a Supreme Court bid to be included on the presidential ballot in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania.

Justice Samuel Alito refused his emergency appeal in a brief order. Alito handles appeals originating in Pennsylvania.

West, a liberal academic currently serving as professor of philosophy and Christian practice at Union Theological Seminary in New York, would likely draw far more votes away from Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris than from former Republican President Donald Trump. West’s lawyers in the case have deep Republican ties.

The refusal comes after a rejection by U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan, who expressed sympathy for West’s claim earlier this month but found it was too late to reprint ballots and retest election machines without increasing the risk of error.

Read more: https://www.pennlive.com/elections/2024/11/cornel-west-loses-supreme-court-bid-to-get-on-the-pa-presidential-ballot.html



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West’s lawyers in the case have deep Republican ties.


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Cornel West loses Supreme Court bid to get on the Pa. presidential ballot (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 1 OP
For once Alito made himself useful. 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 1 #1
Go away now, West. You have no legacy. Your reputation is forever marred & you have nothing worth saying. hlthe2b Nov 1 #2
unreal....used to like this guy on Bill Maher... democratsruletheday Nov 1 #3
But they left RFK Jr on the ballot catrose Nov 1 #4
"Bobby" isn't on the ballot BumRushDaShow Nov 1 #6
Not in PA but in WI & MI catrose Nov 1 #9
is west on Putin's payroll too? samsingh Nov 1 #5
I refuse to see Cornel West as a liberal. LisaM Nov 1 #7
Stein Is Deliberately Trying To Screw The Country... GB_RN Nov 1 #8
I'd forgotten he's running HereForTheParty Nov 2 #10
Good. This jerk will ride off into the sunset oasis Nov 2 #11
Fuck that guy and his "NATO made Putin invade Ukraine" bullshit. LudwigPastorius Nov 2 #12
Take a hike Corny after a long look in the mirror. oasis Nov 3 #13

democratsruletheday

(1,229 posts)
3. unreal....used to like this guy on Bill Maher...
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 09:42 AM
Nov 1

WTF HAPPENED to him? What a waste as he's so smart. Guessing some Russian money got to him

LisaM

(28,681 posts)
7. I refuse to see Cornel West as a liberal.
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 01:28 PM
Nov 1

He's one of the most illiberal people I have ever seen. He is angry, grievance driven, and pedantic. He seems to have no empathy or common sense. He festers in a world of hate.

I am tired of Stein and RFK and West and their on again/off again ballot shenanigans. They are crisis actors and they are a distraction. None of them is being a meaningful or productive member of society, despite the bully pulpit they have been given. They are doing Putin's work, either knowingly or unknowingly.

Enough!

GB_RN

(3,183 posts)
8. Stein Is Deliberately Trying To Screw The Country...
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 02:58 PM
Nov 1

She has said she wants to cause Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent to win, by siphoning off votes from Harris. It’s also been reported that her family tried to talk her out of running, for fear of her being a spoiler.

This sedition shit stain is one of Putin’s “useful idiots.” And she doesn’t care.

Wonder how much $$ the Russians have funneled to Stein.

LudwigPastorius

(10,940 posts)
12. Fuck that guy and his "NATO made Putin invade Ukraine" bullshit.
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 10:52 PM
Nov 2

Brother West doesn't want to make the world better. He just wants the world to know his name better.

He should STFU and pay his taxes and child support.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/green-party-candidate-cornel-west-owes-half-million/story?id=102293692

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