Posted on 11/13/2020 5:38:32 PM PST by weston
So, hmm, what about this? Goes to SCOTUS if they decide to take it?
3rd Circuit Unanimously Rejects Trump Appeal in PA Case
Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof.
We have neither here. The Trump Presidential Campaign asserts that Pennsylvania’s 2020 election was unfair. But as lawyer Rudolph Giuliani stressed, the Campaign “doesn’t plead fraud. . . . [T]his is not a fraud case.” Instead, it objects that Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State and some counties restricted poll watchers and let voters fix technical defects in their mail-in ballots. It offers nothing more.
This case is not about whether those claims are true. Rather, the Campaign appeals on a very narrow ground: whether the District Court abused its discretion in not letting the Campaign amend its complaint a second time. It did not. Most of the claims in the Second Amended Complaint boil down to issues of state law. But Pennsylvania law is willing to overlook many technical defects. It favors counting votes as long as there is no fraud. Indeed, the Campaign has already litigated and lost many of these issues in state courts.
The Campaign tries to repackage these state-law claims as unconstitutional discrimination. Yet its allegations are vague and conclusory. It never alleges that anyone treated the Trump campaign or Trump votes worse than it treated the Biden campaign or Biden votes. And federal law does not require poll watchers or specify how they may observe. It also says nothing about curing technical state-law errors in ballots. Each of these defects is fatal, and the proposed Second Amended Complaint does not fix them. So the District Court properly denied leave to amend again.
Nor does the Campaign deserve an injunction to undo Pennsylvania’s certification of its votes. The Campaign’s claims have no merit. The number of ballots it specifically challenges is far smaller than the roughly 81,000-vote margin of victory. And it never claims fraud or that any votes were cast by illegal voters. Plus, tossing out millions of mail-in ballots would be drastic and unprecedented, disenfranchising a huge swath of the electorate and upsetting all down-ballot races too. That remedy would be grossly disproportionate to the procedural challenges raised. So we deny the motion for an injunction pending appeal.
This is an opinion of a three judge panel, composed of two judges appointed by George W. Bush and one appointed by Donald Trump. Judge Bibas, who wrote the opinion, was appointed by President Trump. The opinion can now be appealed to the full 3rd Circuit or to the US Supreme Court.
1 posted on 11/27/2020, 11:53:45 AM by Alter Kaker
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3910068/plays
If you commented on this, I didn’t see it. Thanks
DATA: Michigan Analysis Suggests Absentee Votes ‘Manipulated By Computer’, Flags Hundreds Of Thousands Of Ballots
https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/michigan-election-fraud-analysis/
“The report also raises concerns about Michigan election official’s conduct regarding mail-in balloting. Of the 3,507,129 ballots requested, the report flags hundreds of thousands of ballots with qualities, such as “duplicate ballot IDs,” “missing ballot address,” or “year of birth before 1921.”
#FISA NEW + NOW: 59-page lawsuit @carterwpage “seeks relief for Defendents' (Comey, McCabe, Clinesmith, Strzok, Page among others) multiple violations of his Constitutional + other legal rights in connection with unlawful surveillance...Dr. Page was targeted because of his lawful pic.twitter.com/oIrOsBSPPe— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) November 27, 2020
association with the 2016 Presidential campaign of @realDonaldTrump ” READ #75 million
MHO, if I were Sullivan I would be treading with extreme care.
Especially after Flynn's pardon, but even more due to the rapidly gathering storm clouds over the election fraud.
The S***storm that's going to hit DC when SC winds up with those fraud cases is going to make a nuke strike on the place seem like a Girl Scout Cookie sale.
And if the Justice System whiffs and a couple million old 2nd Amendment types have to Come To Town to restore the Constitution.......
#DoNotWantToGoThere
Rudy Giuliani will be on Greg Kelly Reports. 7:15 P.M. @newsmax— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 28, 2020
I keep my spices in the fridge, don’t know if it helps but seems to.
I do not know whether a foreign government authorized or carried out the the murder of Fakhrizadeh. Such an act of state-sponsored terrorism would be a flagrant violation of international law & encourage more governments to carry out lethal attacks against foreign officials.— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) November 27, 2020
Possibly the worst statement I’ve ever seen issued by a former DCI. Horrifying. https://t.co/e4eubTiHbd— Richard Goldberg (@rich_goldberg) November 27, 2020
Horrifying.
But as the DC media types would say, “experienced”. https://t.co/mO0tbAETok— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) November 27, 2020
Tic tax Toe. Must alternate X & O to get to scotus. Don’t draw a line until game is OVUH. Right now there is competition to see which one gets the naming rights. All will probably be heard together. They just want their name on case law. Think. Roe vs Wade. Brown vs Board of Education etc
I see a pattern that the younger lawyers are allowing the older Rudy and Wood lead the pack probably for that reason. Let them have the recognition
Hope he comes out extremely wealthy
Click here for the FR thread on it.
Earlier today President Trump golfing at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia before taking MARINE ONE to Camp David to be with the Trump Family. (November 27, 2020) pic.twitter.com/JmawhLwuVt— The TRUMP PAGE 🇺🇸 (@MichaelDeLauzon) November 28, 2020
Thanks. Is this a good time for them to worry about recognition of certain lawyers?
Thanks for sharing, Jem.
Praying that this craziness will soon be over and you will be able to return to what you love, serving the Lord by serving his people.
Thank you. In the meantime, we are trying to serve where we are. Hubby is still teaching at the international school, using zoom and google classroom. It just isn’t the same.
That’s Sam Alitos (friend of Mary Anne Trump Berry) district. He told them twice to stop counting and they ignored him. Could be the lower court is setting PA up so Alito can put some meat behind his contempt of Court! I’d hide if I were in PA election official.
Thanks, Jemian, for the link.
I remember you were on the last flight out.
And you only had a few days to unwind everything and leave.
I found a profile for you on the Wycliffe site:
https://www.wycliffe.org/partner/mikeandmarylott
I’m glad you remembered the sugar, seems like that was the ingredient most forgot about this season.
I have bought spices at the Amish store, it is so much cheaper per ounce. However, since I don’t really use a pound of cayenne or pretty much any other spice, I have probably not saved much at all.
Working retail sounds exhausting to me. I don’t think I can do it and smile all day and be pleasant. I’d probably get fired eventually!
I couldn’t help but note the decision was written by a Trump appointee.
It’s also a time issue. Let’s them vamp until the soloist have their acts together.
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