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Washington Affairs |
15 September 2003
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Court Annuls Recall, Democracy on the Ropes
If a polity's election is canceled by the courts, is it still a democracy? That is the question that a three-judge panel has left unanswered in halting the recall election of in California. Citing their worries about a "hurried, constitutionally infirm" process, the judges threaten to turn Arnold Schwarzenegger into just another action hero. First, Florida, now California. Who's next? Click here to read more.
Clinton Returns to Campaign Trail
One measure of how desperate Governor Gray Davis of California is to prevent his recall is his choice on endorsers this last week. Former President William Jefferson Clinton, who himself was once in a similar position, turned up to urge Californians to vote "No" on recalling Mr. Davis. Heaven help the Democrats, because with Clinton actively campaigning now, either way they have lost. Click here for more.