Supreme Court Rejects “Stimulus” Lawsuit
The S.C. Supreme Court has declined to hear a suit filed by the former head of the S.C. Democratic Party and a left-leaning lobbyist on behalf of an 18-year-old high school student.
The suit, filed on behalf of Chapin High School student Casey Edwards, sought to force S.C. governor Mark Sanford to accept $740 million in federal bureaucratic bailout money.
Not so fast, the Court concluded.
Lawmakers have yet to try and appropriate the funds, which means Sanford technically hasn’t blocked anything … yet.
“There must be an actual, justiciable controversy for a court to render a declaratory judgment,” the Court’s ruling states. “We find this action is not ripe and appropriate for judicial determination unless or until the General Assembly has taken, as it is authorized to do, measures to appropriate the funds at issue.”
Oooooh … “justiciable.”
Translation? Former SCDP Chairman Dick Harpootlian and lobbyist Dwight Drake are premature litigators – which we suppose is better than being premature … never mind.
Anyway, conservatives should be very cautious in viewing this as a “victory.”
Supporters of Attorney General and presumptive gubernatorial candidate Henry McMaster, in particular, might want to pause before gloating that the Court has upheld his prior ruling on bureaucratic bailout funds.
The Court very clearly did not side with McMaster.
In fact, the Justices said that the S.C. General Assembly was “authorized” to appropriate the “funds at issue,” which we take as exactly the opposite of what McMaster ruled.
Stay tuned … this ruling is scarcely an hour old and the Shinola is obviously just beginning to hit the fan.
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Casey Edwards v. The State of South Carolina
Comments
By hammerheadSC on April 22nd, 2009 at 3:49 pm
great, the amount of money they are going to fight over, will probably be the cost of the legal proceedings to come.
By Mab on April 22nd, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Exactly, hammerhead.
They KNOW how these things drag out and how expensive they are.
Go right back out there and get you a toddler, HarPoutlian!
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By michelle on April 22nd, 2009 at 5:09 pm
wow. this whole thing is el stupido! sue the sc education lottery, not Sandford. shes retarded
By ss on April 22nd, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Amatuer! Henry Mac has been wholly vindicated! Now it is clear you are just in the pockets of Andre Bauer.
By Mab on April 22nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Henry Mac’s stock is definitely rising. To stand up to this thuggish bunch is something that will not quickly be forgotten. I still heart Tom Davis, mucho, but Henry Mac survived a direct hit here.
By roofus on April 22nd, 2009 at 11:18 pm
The only people makin’ money off the “stimulus” are European/Chinese/Middle Eastern banks and crooked politicians and their lobbyists…
By RON PAUL on April 22nd, 2009 at 11:23 pm
A complete waste of the courts time…I am going to introduce legislation based on this case as to ban clowns from entering court.READ THE CONSTITUTION!
By T4 on April 23rd, 2009 at 9:02 am
Yeah, but come on. What’s the Constitution among friends? haha.
By Not Sayin', Just Sayin' on April 23rd, 2009 at 11:20 am
The court made the right call. It will take the case when the time is right. The fact that it didn’t reach the issue of standing means nothing at this point, although it seems standing is a close issue. A better plaintiff would be someone from a “Corridor of Shame” school instead of Chapin HS.