PLEASE take the time to email the Minnesota Supreme Court TODAY

[nomaco-10]

Coleman wants to stop the ballot count. A hearing is scheduled for tomorrow.

Go to the third contact down on the page (Clerk of the Appellate Courts) and tell them to COUNT ALL THE VOTES.

http://www.mncourts.gov/?page=164

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Writing to the Minnesota Supreme Court won't do anything useful.

They follow the law, not public opinion. Years ago I clerked for one of the justices and it is a very fair court -- but their job is to interpret and follow the law, not respond to a public opinion poll.

[elleng]

3. Thanks for that,

ocelot!

[Oceansaway]

2. done...n/t...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Don't waste your time. They don't respond to or even read that kind of thing.

Like I said before -- they will make their decision on the basis of the law, not on the urgings of e-mailers.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. +1 ocelot.

Further, I disagree in principle to trying to bully justices. They are supposed to be unencumbered by mob rule.

[Igel]

6. Huh?

Rule of law is antithetical to pure democracy.

In a pure democracy, the ultimate law is what 50% + 1 of the voters say. Change the timing of a traffic signal or decide that 49% of the population have no rights, no difference. The same mob that can overthrow the capitalists can also decide that blacks are properly slaves. I would hate to live in a pure democracy if I have a better option. The democracy set up in the US in 1776 was far more Enlightened than a pure democracy, based on some absurdly elitist and abstract principles (at the time), and yet providing a mechanism for laws and even the Constitution to be altered ... but not by a simple majority. Majoritarianism can be included as a kind of political evil, when writ large.

Remember that. Opt for rule of law, as long as there are reasonable ways to change the law.

[uponit7771]

7. Does Coleman have any legal standing to stop the count? Or does it really matter to reThugs?