From Bishop On Air:

Greg Bishop is live tonight for Saturday Session, streaming worldwide at WMAY dot com from 5P to 7P CST.

Tonight on the show, Rally for the Republic is just around the corner, and we will get a preview of all the activities that are happening. Be sure to subscribe to Bishop’s YouTube Channel to get video updates of the this alternative convention.

Also, the case of Allan Stevo vs. the State of Illinois board of elections was ruled in the state’s favor. What does this mean for the 10th congressional district, Stevo, and Democracy? We’ll talk all about it.

Afghanistan, Iraq, Isreal, Iran, Russian and Georgia … what role does the U.S. play in all of these countries. It is actually quite alarming just how embedded and thinned out this country is becoming. What does the future hold?

Announcements abundant in the Presidential race. We’ll recap the last weeks events on Saturday Session.

From Ballot Access News:

On August 28, Allan Stevo asked the 7th circuit to hear his appeal. He is an independent candidate for U.S. House. A U.S. District Court had upheld the law he had challenged, requiring him to get 5% of the last vote cast on his petition (approximately 10,000 signatures) even though state law would only have required exactly 5,000 signatures if he had been running in 2002 or 2012. The case is Stevo v Keith.

From Evanston Review:

A federal judge has rejected Allan Stevo’s attempt to regain a spot on the November ballot as an independent candidate for the 10th Congressional District.

Richard Mills, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, in Springfield, Aug. 27 turned down Stevo’s request that the State Board of Elections be ordered to place his name on the ballot, and refused to hear the case.

Stevo, of Highwood, has appealed the decision to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

“We’re going to keep fighting this issue in the courts because our campaign deserves to be on the ballot,” Stevo said.

After Stevo’s candidacy was challenged, the State Board voted to remove him from the ballot July 28, finding he had submitted fewer than 7,000 signatures. Independent candidates are required to submit at least 10,285 signatures.

Republican incumbent Mark Kirk was required to submit 673 signatures. His Democratic opponent, Dan Seals, was required to submit 1,001.

A self-described teacher and writer, Stevo supports Republican Texas Rep. Ron Paul’s presidential candidacy.

His lawsuit cites the First and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and asks the court to direct the State Board of Elections to not enforce provisions he claims are unconstitutional in the Illinois election code.

Stevo is the second candidate to be removed from the 10th District ballot. David Kalbfleisch of Arlington Heights was one of four Green Party candidates removed by the State Board in June.

From Vernon Hills Review:

Allan Stevo of Highwood doesn’t want Illinois to print ballots for the Nov. 4 general elections while his lawsuit to regain a spot in the 10th Congressional race is pending.

So Stevo filed legal papers in federal court Wednesday seeking a temporary restraining order against the state.

State officials couldn’t provide Stevo with a final printing date for the ballots, according to his lawsuit, so he is asking a judge to order that his name be included on the ballot as an independent candidate so that “his case will not be rendered moot or meaningless.”

The Illinois State Board of Elections voted to remove him from the ballot on July 28. The state board found Stevo submitted less than 7,000 signatures on his nominating petitions, while independent candidates for the 10th District are required to submit at least 10,285 signatures.

That same day, Stevo sued the state board in U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. His lawsuit, citing the First and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution, asks that the court direct the state board to not enforce unconstitutional provisions in the Illinois Election Code.

Stevo has stated he’s challenging Illinois’ “draconian restrictions” on independent Congressional candidates who try to get on the ballot. The signature threshold, according to the document filed Wednesday, “is not necessary to achieve any compelling, or even legitimate state interest.”

By contrast, Republican incumbent Mark Kirk was required to submit 673 signatures, Stevo’s lawsuit stated, while Democratic challenger Dan Seals was required to submit 1,001 signatures.

Stevo, who supported U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas in Paul’s bid for the presidency, is represented by Mark Brown, a Capital University Law professor and attorney. Brown also has represented Libertarian Bob Barr, independent Ralph Nader and socialist Brian Moore in their quests to gain ballot access in Ohio.

From The War on Guns:

Way past time.

Bear with me while I connect some dots.

Western Rifle Shooters Association analyzes the new federal “assault weapons” ban bill.

Note the Orwellian purpose these liars use: “To reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act.”

The head liar behind this tyranny is “Republican” Mark Kirk. We’ve met this piece of…work before.

45superman tells us about bearding the lyin..uh…lion in his den–or at least his apologists.

The chief apologist is your typical obnoxious RINO who calls himself “Team America“–fitting for someone who sounds like a wooden-headed marionette. Per this great patriot:

I myself own a Baretta92 with several high capacity clips. I also support concealed carry - for me - not sure about the rest of the yahoos out there (but that’s another debate).

But do I really NEED my Baretta to carry 15 bullets instead of 10? I think I’d be OK without the extra firepower.

Do we NEED guns that can shoot right through a policeman’s vest?

Do we NEED .50 caliber rifles that can take down a plane?

Rambo might say yes, but Mark Kirk says no, and I happen to agree with him.

Go read the post and the comments. Get good and mad at these devoid-of-all-principle aparatchiks. Then give 45s some backup and let these weasels know what you think of them.

Here’s the thing: If you’re a gun owner and live in District 10, you can continue to cede the GOP to the Big Tent Bolsheviks–or you can send a wider message that what worked in District 10 can be applied in every district in the land.

It’s amazing what behavior modifications a little judicious human sacrifice can produce–even people who aren’t true believers will fall in line if for no other reason than self-preservation.

There is another choice, you know. And for those soulless cowards over at Team Amerika for Gungrabbing Traitors, who say this will just ensure a win for Dan Seals, who will then take all our guns, well–y’all are WarOnGuns regulars. You know what to say to that.

This is the perfect candidate to make an example of–he’s just been downgraded from “Lean R” to “Toss Up,” so he’s vulnerable–and in a close race, it doesn’t take much at all to tip the scales.

“But if Mark Kirk loses, you’ll lose all your guns, not just the ones we want to ban!” they bleat, like we haven’t heard that one before.

What’s that Tweety Bird line? “He don’t know me vewy well, do he?”

Newsflash: I won’t lose any rights unless I surrender them or they are stripped from me by overwhelming force. Besides which, the decision to surrender or not is mine.

Let the Team Amerika comments sink in and ask yourself if you really want to let that gaggle of party hacks dictate the terms under which they will surrender your rights…

Which would you rather see scuttled? Your political voice or tyrant wannabe Mark Kirk’s bid for ever more coercive power?

From the Daily Herald:

From ABC 7 Chicago:

CHICAGO — Independent candidate Allan Stevo has been removed from the ballot after the Illinois State Board of Elections determined his nominating petitions to run for the 10th District congressional seat did not have enough signatures.

A spokesman for the Board of Elections said Wednesday that Stevo was required to collect 10,000 signatures for the nominating petitions, but turned in 7,000.

The 28-year-old Stevo, a resident of the Chicago suburb of Highwood, said he will appeal the board’s ruling, made last week.

Stevo is the second opposition candidate seeking to run against incumbent Republican Rep. Mark Kirk that has been removed from the ballot.

Last month, the elections board removed Green Party candidate David Kalbfleisch of Arlington Heights. The board ruled the party did not conform to legal procedures for placing candidates on the ballot.

From The Peoria Chronicle:

Independent candidate for Congress Allan Stevo has filed suit in U.S. District Court (Springfield) against the Illinois State Board of Elections. Although he submitted over 7,200 valid signatures, the Board of Elections removed him from the ballot because he fell short of the statutory requirement of 10,285 signatures — “5% of the total number of persons who voted in the last general election within the congressional district.”

Stevo is challenging that requirement. He claims it’s “unnecessary, discriminatory, and unconstitutional.” On that last point, he claims it specifically violates the first and fourteenth amendments.

“Established parties,” as defined in the Illinois Election Code, only need 0.5% of the total persons who voted in the last general election — a significantly smaller requirement. And just to make things completely weird, the 5% requirement for independent candidates only applies in election years that do not immediately follow a federal census. (Yeah, try to make sense of that.) In election years that do immediately follow a federal census (1972, 1982, 1992, 2002, 2012, etc.), independent candidates running for Congress need only collect 5,000 signatures. Stevo uses this fact as proof that the 5% requirement is unnecessary.

Stevo is asking the court to declare Illinois’ ballot access restrictions unconstitutional, put his name on the ballot, and reimburse his attorney’s fees.

From DailyIllinois.net:

An objection was filed Monday to the week-old 10th Congressional District candidacy of Allan Stevo of Highwood.

Stevo, 28, was required to submit at least 10,285 signatures to get on the Nov. 4 ballot as an independent.

Georgia is the only state with a higher signature requirement than Illinois for Other candidates to run for US House, but they have 180 days to get the signatures versus 90 days for Illinois. On a signature per day calcucation, Illinois most often has the highest requirement to run for US House in the US. It’s easier to run for the Iragi National Assembly than it is the US House from Illinois.

Allan Stevo was a Ron Paul supporter in the Republican Presidential Primary.

From Ballot Access News:

On July 28, an independent candidate for U.S. House filed a federal lawsuit against Illinois’ 5% (of the last vote cast) petition requirement for that office. Illinois law says that in years after redistricting, such as 1982, 1992, 2002, etc., the number of signatures for an independent for U.S. House is exactly 5,000 signatures. But in all other election years, it is 5% of the last vote cast, which can be as high as 13,000 signatures.

The plaintiff is Allan Stevo, running in the 10th district. He submitted approximately 7,150 signatures, but he was challenged. The law requires him to submit 10,111. He will submit evidence showing that in years in which the requirement is only 5,000 signatures, the ballot is never crowded. The 5,000-signature requirement for years after redistricting has been in effect starting with 1982, and when one looks at the record for 1982, 1992, and 2002, one finds that there were no U.S. House races in Illinois with more than three candidates on the ballot (except that there was one race with four candidates). The case is Stevo v Illinois State Board of Elections, U.S. District Court, Central District, no. 08-3162.