Alamogordo Times has update on the Moore v. Silva, White lawsuit:

(I would recommend that you go directly to the website so that you can view actual court documents and it is not all run together. Also, this is the fourth in a fascinating series and you can read all of them there.)


In the courts : Doug Moore and Bob Doughty take their last refuge
Published on Wed Sep 6, 2006 8:10 pm
Michael Morris - Ridiculosity

The desperation of Doug Moore and his Attorney Robert Doughty in their attempt to keep Janet White off the November Ballot for Otero County Commissioner peaked today. Hedging against the possibility that his misrepresentations of the law might not quite get the job done Doughty lashed out claiming the Republican County Clerk was simply engaging in political hackery by accepting White's candidacy in the first place. Did I mention Moore was a Republican? As if this were not enough shame for this team Doughty wrapped his client in the flag and shoved a slice of apple pie in his mouth to make the right to sue someone off the ballot equate with those in the Bill of Rights.Mr. Doughty found himself unable to make a cogent argument in the face of the rather logical arguments put forth by Robyn Silva's attorney Raul Carrillo stating quite convincingly that Doughty was just wrong. After admitting that he had no real means of countering the position of Otero County Clerk Robyn Silva (PDF) Doughty was forced to resort to defamation of Silva stating (PDF):The Clerk's Response Brief is written to politically justify what she had done.I'm thinking we are not only getting to see the real Robert Doughty and Doug Moore, but also some real reason for concern as to why they are going to these lengths to keep Moore in his office. Regardless of the outcome here it has now become imperative to keep a close eye on every official act of Doug Moore in order to assure citizens his motives are pure.If that unseemly conduct is not enough to convince you these two are desperate and unprincipled perhaps this other little nugget will. Before launching into his rambling attempt to keep his misrepresentations in play on (PDF) page 2 of his reply Doughty launched into some blather about how Doug Moore's son had just returned from Iraq after fighting the forces of terrorism in order to secure the freedom of democracy. When you read this you just might feel the presence of the men in white dragging Bob Doughty back to his rubber room. It just went downhill from there. From that point on Doughty's response was roughly the equivalent of, "Oh yeah!" and "Says you!". The apples and oranges of Doughty's arguments were so poorly cobbled together it was hard to believe the guy was a lawyer much less a former judge. The one thread that ran clearly through this was Bob Doughty's consistent avoidance of the actual law of this case citing nonsensical case law that Carrillo pointed out were entirely unrelated.It is kind of easy to tell when Bob Doughty is lying to the court or is just without any authorities to back up his arguments. You will see, "...as a matter of law..." or "by law" standing alone as Doughty's assertion of authority. What makes Doughty a sub-par attorney is that when given the chance to cite several cases he seems to typically find one that, if the other side will read it, usually contains something to undermine either his current argument or one of his other Ridiculosities. All I will note on this is read Sims v. Sims.It is a shame that men like Robert Doughty and Doug Moore have any standing in the community. I know my ancestors did not give their lives to allow a cowardly politician represented by a dishonest lawyer sue his way into office by twisting and perverting the law into some perverse set of laws tailored to subvert the very foundation of this nation. If this is the best lawyer in this town, God help you when a real one comes to town and rips this one a new rectum.The very idea that Moore has any equity interest in a public office seems a bit offensive to me. Public office is supposed to be a public trust, not some platform from which to enrich one's self, nor should it be considered such that having to convince voters to elect you considered a legal harm. There was a time when public service was the motive behind running for a local office. By their actions and their very arguments in this case Robert Doughty and Doug Moore have asked a court to change that definition to reflect a pecuniary interest to be won like a lottery or raffle. One cannot help but wonder what there is about the office of County Commissioner that is worth this fight. What could possibly be so important and valuable? That is the question that demands an answer.