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AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

More on the Richard Feder ruling on the Broward fiasco.  The title links to the Herald Article. To summarize, Judge Feder came out of retirement and  granted Judge Dijols's motion to  throw Candidate Mardi Levey (legal term: "chuck-off") off the Broward Ballot for the upcoming run-off election. Dijols finished third by 1 & 3/4 of a vote (It's a Broward thing) to Levey, who used her married name "Cohen" for her professional life, but ran under "Levey" because she didn't want to use the advantage of her Husband's last name.  Her husband happens to be a Judge in Broward.  It's like All-In-The Family, and - Feder just called Levy a meathead. The best part of the hearing was that Levey managed to testify with a straight face on the issue of not wanting to use her husband's name  as an advantage in the election...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on September 17, 2008 (boomark / email).