[Will]

He got in the papers because the Commission on Presidential Debates set up a police barricade between themselves and the public. Badnarik was acting on behalf of the Arizona Superior Court, by attempting to serve the CPD with an order to appear before the Court. Attempts to serve the CPD at both the debates in St. Louis and at their offices in Washington DC were resisted. So, in effect, they are protesting that the US Government has created an entity that ensures that only Democrats and Republicans have a say in national debates, ignoring all other parties. By trying to serve the CPD with a court order, he was arrested and sent to a medium security prison (rather than the closer city or county jail that one would expect) for doing nothing more than crossing a line while trying to carry out a court order. I think that's the BEST way for him to get in the papers (which he hasn't really, since just about every news outlet has completely ignored the event) -- by fighting against the absurdities within our current government.