christopher earl strunk sued the new york state board of elections and others to prevent president obama from appearing on the 2012 presidential ballot. strunk alleged obama was connected to a massive conspiracy theory involving the jesuits and others. judge arthur schack said of the case: "if the complaint in this action was a movie script, it would be entitled 'the manchurian candidate meets the da vinci code.'" strunk was fined over $177,000 in costs and penalties.