Wow, this would be great if it works…
There’s probably not a hope in hell, but good for the DFL for trying.
It probably won’t 
But they definitely deserve credit for making the attempt. The entire MN ballot kerfluffle was yet another example of EXTREME incompetence in the nuts and bolts that actually matter of running a campaign.
even if this works, Trump was never going to win MN anyway. But it could keep some Trump cultists from showing up to vote for down-ballot races. I’ll never understand how it is that so many voters don’t understand that the local politicians can have a more direct effect on their lives than the president can.
Not that a Supreme Court would ever get political, but it’s a nice ratio…
The current justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court are:
Justice Tenure Selected by
Chief Justice Lorie Gildea 2006-2019 Gov. Tim Pawlenty ®
Associate Justice Barry Anderson 2004-2019 Gov. Tim Pawlenty ®
Associate Justice Natalie Hudson 2015-2017 Gov. Mark Dayton (D)
Associate Justice Anne K. McKeig 2016-2019 Gov. Mark Dayton (D)
Associate Justice David Stras 2010-2019 Gov. Tim Pawlenty ®
Associate Justice Margaret Chutich 2016-2019 Gov. Mark Dayton (D)
Associate Justice David Lillehaug 2013-2021 Gov. Mark Dayton (D)
Trump: Hillary is running scared. She wants to win by any means. I am so far ahead that she can only win with these petty regulations. I will now call my friend in Russia and see what can be done.
Dramatic, but waste of time. Trump’s not gonna carry Minnesota. Put it this way–if he does, Dems (and the nation) have much bigger problems.
Trump: Just heard back. Apparently, the electronic records are now all correct. Putin is such a great, great leader. In Russia.
The Democrats are probably on solid legal ground, but I don’t see any judge keeping the Republican candidate off the ballot. This is really embarrassing for the Minnesota Republican Party.
What is the “Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party”? Doesn’t sound like the regular national Democratic Party.
It is a Minnesota thing.
WE HAVE PROOF OF MORE VOTER FRAUD!!!, Er, oops…
I may be in the minority, but I see this move as a mistake.
As has already been mentioned, Minnesota is very unlikely to vote for Trump and this just looks like they’re scared. So far, the issue of who is for and who is against voting rights nationally has been crystal clear. Democrats want everyone to be able to vote for the candidate of their choosing easily and without jumping through hoops. Republicans don’t trust democracy and want to suppress the votes of people who don’t vote for them.
But this move muddies those waters a bit. “Democrats are asking a partisan packed Supreme Court to deny you the chance to vote for the candidate of your choosing by trying to exploit a minor technicality of the law”. This is a great commercial. It has the added benefit of actually being true.
The money spent doing this could be better spent elsewhere.
It should be embarrassing for them.
Agreed. Voters, not judges, should choose. Didn’t we go through something like this 16 years ago? Did we like that process?
Totally agree with this. Not a good look for Democrats, unnecessary, and gives Trump a talking point.
Very strong. YUGE approval ratings.
It’s the state party “affiliated with the United States Democratic Party.”
The name is a quirk of history, resulting from “a merger of the Minnesota Democratic Party and the social democratic Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party in 1944.”
Thank you.