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Ralph Nader Files Lawsuit Accusing Democratic Party of Conspiring to Block Presidential Run

Ralph Nader Files Lawsuit Accusing Democratic Party of Conspiring to Block Presidential Run (English, 11 minutes, uploaded over 4 years ago by vertigo, broadcast date:2007-10-31)

Consumer advocate and three-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader sued the Democratic Party on Tuesday for conspiring to prevent him from running for president in 2004. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Nader, his vice presidential running mate Peter Miguel Camejo and a group of voters from several states. It names as co-defendants the Kerry-Edwards campaign, the Service Employees International Union, private law firms, and organizations like the Ballot Project and America Coming Together that were created to promote voter turnout on behalf of the Democratic ticket. According to the lawsuit the defendants used “groundless and abusive litigation” to bankrupt Ralph Nader’s campaign and force him off the ballot in 18 states.

We are joined in the firehouse studio here in New York by public interest attorney Carl Mayer, whom the New York Times has described as "a populist crusader and maverick lawyer." We tried reaching the Democratic National Committee and some of the other defendants to invite them to the show but received no response.

Carl Mayer was part of the legal team that filed the lawsuit in Washington, D.C. Tuesday.

 source: Democracy Now!

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