Ethics

ACORN Sued in Ohio

By Ed Brayton

The GOP is going all out in their ridiculous assault on ACORN. The Buckeye Institute, a conservative think tank in Ohio, has filed suit in a state court on behalf of two voters. Their claim, believe it or not, is based on Ohio's version of RICO, a law designed for use against organized crime racketeering. I've uploaded the complaint here.

The claim for harm by the plaintiffs is that they're concerned that "the elections-related fraud perpetrated by ACORN has diluted the value of their votes, and will continue to do so in the 2008 Elections and beyond." The complaint is basically just a laundry list of every accusation ever made against anyone associated with ACORN since the beginning of time, leading to this conclusion:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on October 20, 2008 (boomark / email).