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one_voice

(20,043 posts)
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 02:50 PM Jan 2012

Man fighting Obama candidacy asks black Jefferson County judge to step aside due to racial bias

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A Luverne man challenging President Obama's inclusion on Alabama election ballots asked a black judge to step down from the case due to racial bias and lack of Constitutional knowledge, while lawyers for the state Democratic Party asked the judge to dismiss the case.

The suit filed by Harold Sorenson Monday in Jefferson County Circuit Court is the second such case to come before Circuit Judge Helen Shores Lee. On the same day she dismissed a suit filed by Birmingham resident Albert E. Hendershot also seeking an injunction to keep Obama's name off Democratic ballots in the March 13 primary.

Acting as his own lawyer, Sorenson wrote his recusal motion should be granted "due to racial bias, lack of judicial discretion as well as lack of knowledge of the U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 1, Clause 5."

Sorenson also filed suit after the 2008 presidential election challenging both Obama's and Sen. John McCain's citizenship and qualification to be included on state ballots. A Montgomery County judge dismissed that suit in 2009, court records show.

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http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/01/man_challenging_obama_candidac.html

These people are nuts!

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Man fighting Obama candidacy asks black Jefferson County judge to step aside due to racial bias (Original Post) one_voice Jan 2012 OP
Must be from another planet! Shadowflash Jan 2012 #1
Superbly done animation! xfundy Jan 2012 #4
Another reminder that birtherism is racism, plain and simple. TheWraith Jan 2012 #2
Right, cause only white guys can be unbiased. Scuba Jan 2012 #3
And black people can't understand the Constitution Hugabear Jan 2012 #5
Well, at least in 2008 he challenged McCain's citizenship too. LibertyLover Jan 2012 #6

xfundy

(5,105 posts)
4. Superbly done animation!
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 04:37 PM
Jan 2012

it captured the look and feel of the best animation from the 40s-50s, with obvious appreciation for the craft of the old Warner Bros Studios. Fantastic!

And it captures the reality that cancervatives are truly not from this planet.

TheWraith

(24,331 posts)
2. Another reminder that birtherism is racism, plain and simple.
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 03:15 PM
Jan 2012

He's not white, therefore he's "foreign" and "not one of us."

LibertyLover

(4,788 posts)
6. Well, at least in 2008 he challenged McCain's citizenship too.
Wed Jan 11, 2012, 04:43 PM
Jan 2012

If Mittens gets the GOP nod, perhaps Mr. Sorenson will file suit and challenge his citizenship as well. Mr. Sorenson seems to be easily offended no matter who is running. Or perhaps I should quote Mr. Bugs Bunny: "What a maroon."

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