LAWSUIT IN WORKS IN MASSACHUSETTS RACE TO FILL TED KENNEDY'S SEAT: Dems May Stall Seating Brown until AFTER ObamaCare Passes (Pratt resides in DC)
The Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, a grassroots lobby with over 300,000 members, has instructed his attorneys to prepare for a lawsuit to force the Senate to seat Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown immediately should he, as seems increasingly likely, succeed in his January 19th bid for the Senate seat previously held by Ted Kennedy.
Conducting Talk Show interviews on this topic is Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt who shares how recent polls show Brown pulling even with Martha Coakley, who Pratt labels an ‘anti-gun zealot.’
According to Larry Pratt, Brown’s surge in the polls has led to threats by current placeholder Paul Kirk and Democratic operatives to block the seating of Ted Kennedy’s replacement until AFTER the Senate has adopted the ObamaCare bill.
“The Senate has finally descended to a moral cesspool which would embarrass a Third World despot,” said Pratt. “But, if necessary, the Gun Owners Foundation will move to ensure that gun owners in Massachusetts and across the country are not victimized by this extreme exercise in vote fraud.”
Pratt has asked attorneys to examine 42 U.S.C. 1983 -– a civil rights statute which prohibits the denial of constitutional rights “under color of law.” Federal racketeering laws and other federal statutes are also on the table, said Pratt.
PRATT STATEMENT:
“On October 16, 2007, Niki Tsongas was elected by 51% to fill a vacant seat. On October 18, 2007 she was sworn in and voting. There is no difference between the 2 federal races. If the margin of victory is greater than the absentee ballots and contested ballots, then Brown could be seated 2 days later, also. Yet AP quotes various MA officials saying that it will take 10 days to recount and then they are not sure when the votes will be certified for submission to the Senate.”
This article may be helpful with show prep:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=122177
ABOUT YOUR EXPERT GUEST, LARRY PRATT:
Larry Pratt has been Executive Director of Gun Owners of America for 30 years. GOA is a national membership organization of 300,000 Americans dedicated to promoting their second amendment freedom to keep and bear arms.
GOA lobbies for the pro-gun position in Washington and is involved in firearm issues in the states. GOA’s work includes providing legal assistance to those involved in lawsuits with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the federal firearms law enforcement agency.
Pratt has appeared on numerous national radio and TV programs such as NBC’s Today Show, CBS’ Good Morning America, CNN’s Crossfire and Larry King Live, Fox’s Hannity & Colmes, MSNBC’s Phil Donahue and Dan Abrams show and many others.
Larry Pratt has debated Congressmen James Traficant, Jr. (D-OH), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Vice President Al Gore, among others.
Larry’s columns have appeared in newspapers across the country.
Pratt published a book, Armed People Victorious, in 1990 and was editor of a book, Safeguarding Liberty: The Constitution & Militias, 1995.
Pratt’s latest book is “On the Firing Line: Essays in the Defense of Liberty.”
Pratt has held elective office in the state legislature of Virginia, serving in the House of Delegates. Pratt directs a number of other public interest organizations and serves as the Vice-Chairman of the American Institute for Cancer Research.