Thomas J. Kelly v. Lew Oliver, as Chairman of the Orange County
Republican Exectutive Committee.
In July 2000 founding BRS Party member Thomas J. Kelly qualified with the
Supervisor of
Elections then at the September primary was elected to the Orange County
Republican Executive Committee (OCREC)
for the Lake Davis/Thornton Park precinct
of downtown Orlando. At the first meeting in December 2000, Kelly was
presented, as were all members, with the Republican Party of
Florida's
party loyalty oath. Of the 160 or so members in attendance all signed it
except for Kelly. Furthermore with the presidential race still undecided,
these Republican county executive committee
members were laughing at hanging chads and dumb Democrats from Palm
Beach County who could not read a ballot, then later on in the meeting voted
about 155-5 to adopt a constitution which many if not most or perhaps
all had never even seen or read.
Kelly then took his ouster pro se to the circuit court in downtown Orlando.
The Chairman of OCREC, Lew Oliver, quickly hired then Florida Speaker of the
House, now U.S. Congressman Tom Feeney, and his law partner to represent him.
Feeney and his law partner filed briefs which argued that political parties
are "private, voluntary associations" just like the Fraternal Order of the
Eagles, Reed vs. Quatkemeyer, 647 So.2d 172, which could determine their own
membership rules free from governmental or court interference. This
completely contradicts the Smith v. Allwright (1944)
case discussed above in this
website. With a ruling of political parties as "private, voluntary
associations" a political party's executive committee can now determine who
can become their party's nominee, not the party's voters at a primary, and
the executive committee can also determine
who can register to join their party.
Similar to Attorney General Jim Smith's decision not to publicly
challenge his party's party loyalty oath and thus keep his
political career on course, U.S. Congressman Tom Feeney who touts
American freedom nevertheless as an attorney went to court in
Kelly v. Oliver
at the bequest of his party, the Republicans, and
successfully undermined all voter's rights and candidate's rights
in Florida. Call him at (407)208-1106 or (202)225-2706 and ask
him about it. Also ask him about his Congressional website's
posting of his Six Conservative Principles, one of which is
4. Individual Freedom.
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