Decius wrote:
] ] On October 8th at 9PM, two third party candidates were
] ] arrested for attempting to enter the Washington
] ] University complex holding the second presidential
] ] debate. The candidates, Michael Badnarik of the
] ] Libertarian Party and David Cobb of the Green Party,
] ] chose civil disobedience to fight the bipartisan
] ] Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). Over half of
] ] Americans believe third party candidates should be
] ] included, yet politicians continue to funnel public funds
] ] into the bi-partisan Commission.
]
] Should public money be used to fund bipartisan debates?

According to the lawsuit in Arizona court on the matter, (see: http://thelfactor.org/arizona_state_lawsuit.html) it appears rather likely the entire debate is going to be ruled illegal.

ASU could and probably should be injuncted and fined for this. What I find incredibly shameful about the matter is that it's failed to get any media coverage from "serious" news outlets. ASU has arranged an apparently illegal proceeding, ASU representatives have interfered in the serving of the lawsuit to address the issue, and furthermore have acted in a matter which may be construed as contemptuous of the court--all in an apparent attempt to try to bully the matter out of sight.

RE: Libertarian and Green party candidates arrested at debate.