Posted on 12/10/2020 4:40:28 AM PST by MtnClimber
Do you think the Democrats regret talking about packing the Supreme Court?
A lot of people were shocked when the Supreme Court agreed to hear the lawsuit by the State of Texas against Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania for allegedly exploiting "the COVID-19 pandemic to justify ignoring federal and state election laws and unlawfully enacting last-minute changes, thus skewing the results of the 2020 General Election." According to media reports, Louisiana and Alabama A.G.s, and possibly six other states, have expressed interest in joining Texas in the lawsuit.
Many legal scholars dismiss the chances of success for the lawsuit, and even sympathetic observers such as John Hinderaker of Powerline term the suit a "Hail Mary" move, even though it is "plausible from a legal standpoint," because "the likelihood that the Supreme Court will seriously entertain the idea of overturning the apparent result of the election is far-fetched."
I am not a lawyer and will leave to others far more qualified than I to debate the intricacies of constitutional jurisprudence. My concern here is the other factors that may well weigh on the minds of the nine justices of the Supreme Court.
It's been more than a century since the words "[t]he Supreme Court follows the election returns" entered the nation's consciousness, meaning that it is naïve to believe that the Court acts solely on the basis of legal reasoning and precedent. I am looking at the case from the standpoint of the Supreme Court as a political body, one that cloaks its actions in the veneer of legal reasoning but that ultimately is well aware of the political background and consequences of its actions.
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The supreme court had a chance to stop this with the Pennsylvania election rules change case. They punted.
The court merely denied a preliminary injunction- that case is still alive. I can see legal reasons for this that don’t effect their final ruling on the merits.
I think SCOTUS is going to screw the pooch and leave us facing a civil war.
That case is still alive, but it is too late.
I do think the Court should have more than the usual eye on Justice.
The republic is in danger. The Constitution is in danger. Now is not the time to get tangled up in legal niceties. We are dealing with enemies Foreign and Domestic and the Court should take care to do the right thing and defend our political system on behalf of We The People.
It was a 4-4 tie. Amy Coney Barrett was not included.
I hope SCOTUS realizes that they caused this and should be given no quarter.
The Supreme Court did not punt the Pennsylvania case they only denied one portion of it.
The Pennsylvania case is proceeding in the Supreme Court.
It is not over.
Thomas Lifson at American Thinker is factually incorrect. The court has not yet agreed to hear Texas vs Pennsylvania et al. The court has not even granted the motion for leave to file.
Then there is the matter of judicial notice. It will be impossible for the five justices (excluding Roberts of course) to not factor in their newly acquired knowledge that Biden is a tool of the Chinese Communists who wish to subjugate us as their slaves.
That is correct. Every lawyer puts a line in the brief saying “give us immediately what we want”, and this is the only part that was denied.
I think the words "I think" should not be allowed in any thread discussing the election. The fact is that nobody knows what's going to happen.
If that happens, are you with us?
What kind of publication is American thinker?
That’s not what the Texas case is about at all.
It sounds like they’re trying to reframe it in different terms, such as them not following the constitution but substituting what the justices want politically.
Try this one:
Do think SCOTUS will be the least bit concerned about disenfranchising voters? That’s what election cheating does.
Do you think SCOTUS will be voncerned about massive rioting and rebellion? That’s what this country faces if an illegal democratic regime is seated.
Do you think SCOTUS is the least bit concerned about the end of the republic?
If I were SCOTUS I’d be scared to death.
Yes they did. There is no doubt that Pa and Wi especially did not treat all ballots fairly across their states in utter violation of the law and constitution but will they actually toss the vote ??
It would take some serious balls to do that
The notion that Trump is asking the court to "overturn" the election is nonsense. Nothong could be further from the truth.
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The Texas lawsuit before the USSC argues that PA, GA, MI, and WI violated the Constitution by:
(A) changing election laws, thereby treating voters unequally, and, (B) allowed serious voting irregularities.
THIS IS A BRILLIANT LEGAL ATTACK: Trump is simply asking that “every legal vote count,” that the court invalidate illegal votes.
Lower court judges would not hear Trump's case, deciding that, if they were to consider Trump’s claims,
they ran the risk of “disenfranchising” Biden voters........a singularly dishonest argument.
Disenfranchisement occurs when people are deprived of the right to vote.
No one was “deprived” of the vote here. So-called Biden “voters” all voted.
Disenfranchise cannot occur when a “voter” was illegal from the get-go, particularly when that “Biden voter” is
<><> dead,
<><> an amorphous computer algorithm,
<><> or a paper form mfg in a Chinese print shop submitted as a voter.
SCOTUS has not agreed yet to take this case.
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