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Supreme Court Orders an Immediate Answer From Corbett / Merenda Legal Team

Friday,  October 15, 2010   11:00 AM (EST)
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   Jim Schneller is the independent candidate for Congress for the 7th District of Pennsylvania.

   The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, on Tuesday October 12, 2010,  ordered defendants, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth, to immediately file responses to the Schneller for Congress motion for restraining order that would prevent the ballots from being configured to include candidate Patrick L. Meehan, until conclusion of investigations by the defendants of the nominating petitions of Mr. Meehan.

   The Schneller campaign's motion accompanied their appeal filed on  October 8, 2010.  The appeal is from a Commonwealth Court order denying a petition for an order of mandamus to the defendants directing them to complete, resume, and update their investigations of the nominating petition of Mr. Meehan.

    The defendants have assigned five attorneys to the case including Attorney General Corbett.  Their responses, filed as a single unit, claim that there is no requirement for either the Attorney General, to follow through on an investigation, nor for the Secretary of the Commonwealth, to do anything more than quickly scan the petitions.

    The appeal, however, clearly shows that this is not true.  Especially in election matters, the Attorney General has a duty to reveal the results of an investigation into a candidate's acts or at least issue a brief determination, in order that the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the State overall, may maintain the integrity of the ballot, and the public trust in government, especially since the Attorney General and Mr. Meehan announced, more than once, that this specific investigation was taking place.   The Secretary of the Commonwealth, meantime, has no duty to wait for the Attorney General, and has authority to decline to file, and to rescind filing, of any nominating petition he deems unacceptable, which is clearly the case here.

    The Schneller case requests that these investigations take place, rather than dwindle into the background and become lost forever.  The case, naturally, also requests that the investigations proceed to their ultimate resolution, which is very likely to include a rescinding of the Meehan nominating petition.

Prior releases:

October 5, 2010   Meehan Withdraws from League of Women Voters' Debate to Cry Of Foul Ball !


Jim for Congress campaign responds to announcement of "investigation" by Attorney General - September 9, 2010


Jim Schneller campaign files motion for immediate Order directing State officials to act on Meehan nomination investigation - September 18, 2010


Order of the Commonwealth Court which resulted in withdrawal of the petition to set aside the Jim Schneller nomination. September 3, 2010


Jim Schneller for Congress campaign asserts unconstitutionality of Pennsylvania Election Code - August 21, 2010

Candidate Jim Schneller's initial observations on the GOP petition to set aside candidacy - August 12, 2010


Candidate Jim Schneller on claims of improper Democrat petition strategy - August 5, 2010


Candidate Jim Schneller adds to pledges for good governing - July 5, 2010