Press Release: 05/15/2018 Court Hearing Held Today for Lawsuit to Repeal the Electoral College @ the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit New York City: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit court held an oral argument hearing at 10am this morning. The Honorable Circuit Court Judge Reena Raggi presided the 3-member panel that included Honorable Senior Circuit Court Judge Robert D. Sack and Honorable District Court Judge Paul Gardephe. After Judge Raggi announced the hearing to proceed, the Plaintiff-Appellant was the first to present the argument to the panel as follows: 1. The District Court dismissal contradicts with the Constitution that guarantees every American the right to petition (First Amendment), due process, equal protection of laws and voting right shall not be abridged in any way (14th Amendment); 2. The District Court dismissal is inconsistent with many previous Supreme Court decisions that affirmed plaintiffs always have standing to sue for fundamental rights protected by the Constitution, Brown v. Board of Education 1954, Roe v. Wade 1973, FEC v. Akins 1998, Mass. v. EPA 2007 and Obergefell v. Hodges 2015. 3. More specifically in Baker v. Carr 1962, Reynolds v. Sims 1964 and Bush v. Gore 2000, the Supreme Court affirmed voting right as one of the fundamental rights, declared the Court has a duty to provide redress when a fundamental right is violated, and established the constitutional principle of “One Person One Vote” as well as “Equal Weight for Every Vote, Equal Dignity for Every Voter”. 4. We as residents of New York are subject to the same Federal laws and taxes as much as residents in other states, but our voting right in elections for the only national office that represents and is accountable to all Americans has been severely diluted and debased relatives to residents of other states. It was wrong and unconstitutional to count slaves as 60% in 1787, hence it must be wrong and unconstitutional to count New York residents as well as overwhelming majority of Americans less than 60% today. Hence it is long overdue to declare the Electoral College no longer unconstitutional with respect to the 14th Amendment, the First Amendment and the Fifth Amendment and Article IV Section 2 of the Constitution. 5. Based on the aforementioned, the District Court dismissal shall be reversed. The Attorney for the Defendant-Appellees gave a response with the same talking points as before. Judge Raggi closed the hearing indicating that the Court will review the case and deliver a decision in the near future. This YouTube video provides a brief overview of our lawsuit. https://youtu.be/ywO9bouZI8Y For more information, visit us at http://equalvoteamerica.org/