Luke Hellier of Minnesota Democrats Exposed thinks I should apologize to Rep. Emmer for my “lie.” Of course, Hellier’s own post shows that the Court order accepting the Emmer brief is dated February 3rd (two days after my post) proving that my post wasn’t a “lie,” it’s just no longer accurate. I am not going to apologize for a post that was true at the time it was written.
On Monday I reported that the Minnesota Supreme Court had declined to accept a amicus brief from Tom Emmer. That report was based on an order issued by the Court last week which accepted amicus briefs from several organizations, but did not accept a brief from Tom Emmer. Yesterday, the Court issued a new order and accepted the Emmer brief.
No, Zach, your story was false. The Supreme Court did not “reject” Emmer’s brief, as your headline stated. In fact, on the date of your post, Emmer had not yet filed a request for permission to file the amicus brief. That request was filed on February 2, and permission was granted the next day.*
I suspected this to be the case, and suggested as much in a comment about two hours after you posted. You didn’t follow up on the issues I raised, and now it’s clear that your story was incorrect. Maybe not a “lie” but certainly a shoddy and now discredited piece of work.
*These facts are available here: http://macsnc.courts.state.mn.us/ctrack/publicLogin.do You need to click “Accept” and then type in “brayton” in the box for Case Title, and you can view the entire docket with dates of each filing.
Totally agree Harry. The original post left the reader thinking that the court had considered and no accepted his brief. Very different from accepting others but no word on his, yet.
This is a really small and stupid issue but does reveal the pettiness of bloggers on both sides. Maybe MN Publius authors should just work more on providing factual support for your views and not make it your job to denegrate your opponents, especially with trivial information. At least MDE is explicit about their intent to expose the other side as their blogs mission.
“But you have to ask yourself just how effective an Attorney General he would be considering he couldn’t even write a brief interesting enough to compete with the League of Women Voters.”
Maybe you could apologize just for being snotty.
Even better.
How many Amicus Briefs has Emmer filed in his life and on what subjects?