Stein was required to post a $1 million bond before the hearing Monday, which she refused to do.
The claim that she will take this to Federal Court is preposterous, given that courts require litigants to post bond all the time, and her refusal to do so isn't going to viewed favorably by a court at any level; it shows a lack of respect for due process and for the court.
yes and someone else said that the cancelling of the state case will effect the federal suit because they have failed on remedy at the state level. hope that is true.
Is Stein filing because of the bond fee? Maybe one part of it. My sense is that they will moonshot a fed suit based on hyperbole (remember, hyperbole really is her specialty) that centers around (1) the old 'washing-machine' ballot boxes; (2) complaints about county-specific recounting; (3) promises of testimony/affidavits of that loon Halderman and his cadre of nattering nabobs; (4) that she is owed a 'true count' of her votes wtf that means (same thing she trotted out in WI & MI); and (5) she will be 'damaged' if PA cert is allowed to go forward.
None of it adds up to much constitutionally, and there's literally no precedent. The only mild concern is that she's found, or been signaled to, a friendly court. The PA SOS has already cold-watered the recount; so even a friendly court would have a hell of a time validating any of those 5 theories.
Some irony due in this fed suit too as Schtein will likely turn on Cankles re: her int'l absentee ballot gains.
Now, all of this kooky kabuki is merely so Shrill can get invited to forums and CSPAN, etc etc, probably a book deal, etc etc. Fame (or even infamy) is a helluva drug for some people...