Nader says illicit Pa. politics tainted his '04 election effort

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, November, 2007 | by Emilie Lounsberry Inquirer Staff Writer

Seeking to void a judgment to pay $81,000 in court costs of a group that challenged his 2004 presidential nominating petitions, Ralph Nader contended yesterday that the group's law firm should have disclosed its ties to three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices who ruled in its favor. Nader, the longtime consumer advocate who was an independent presidential candidate in 2004, lost his court fight in the state Supreme Court to get a spot on Pennsylvania's ballot - and he lost again when the high court ruled in 2006 that he must pay about $81,000 for court transcripts and handwriting experts hired by the ad hoc group that contested his petitions.

Now, Nader has launched an attack on the Reed Smith law firm, contending that, while the case was pending, a lawyer at Reed Smith...