Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Judge Jim Gray

Yesterday, Judge Jim Gray, Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Democrat Barbara Boxer, filed a lawsuit in Superior Court in Los Angeles asking the court to shut down the televised debate being planned by the League of Women Voters of California for August 10th at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles unless they allowed him to debate, and be televised, along with Democrat Boxer and Republican candidate Bill Jones.

The court, presided over by Judge David Yaffe, heard arguments from both sides today. Judge Gray, a lawyer as well as a judge on leave, argued on his own behalf that he wasn't able to reach the cut-off point of ten percent in an independent poll because no independent poll had presented respondents with a direct choice among Boxer, Jones, and himself, but only a choice between Boxer and Jones or "anybody else."

The court didn't buy it.

As of now, the debate will go on with the Democrat and the Republican, but without the Libertarian candidate.

After the decision, later in the day, Judge Gray spoke with California Politics Today about his day in court and what he's going to do now to get his message out to California voters.

You can hear what he had to say by clicking here.

You can participate in the independent Etopia Media/e-thePeople poll about whether or not Judge Gray should be included in the August 10th League of Women Voters U.S. Senate debate by clicking here.

To see the results of this poll as of 7:30 pm, Tuesday, August 3, 3004, click here.

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