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Judge tosses Trump's attempt to stop Pennsylvania vote certification
AP ^ | June 21 2020 | Mark Scolforo

Posted on 11/21/2020 3:46:43 PM PST by Alter Kaker

Edited on 11/21/2020 4:42:05 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: Jim Noble

In 2009 Leon Panetta ended some top secret CIA program that could not be named. Said the Gang of 8 had not been informed.

I don’t know if anyone ever figured out the program.

Even if the CIA rigged an election for Chavez and even if that program was used here..and even if by some miracle they found a smoking gun - is there a realistic mechanism to stop Biden from becoming President?

Yes, I know about the electors gambit. That isn’t going to happen.

What I forsee, if anything...is some long drawn out investigation and hearings etc.


81 posted on 11/21/2020 4:46:30 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

“ is there a realistic mechanism to stop Biden from becoming President?”

Not on this side of the Rubicon.


82 posted on 11/21/2020 4:50:15 PM PST by Jim Noble
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To: Alter Kaker

On to Sam Alito to weigh in, I don’t think it’s going to be pretty for the RATS.


83 posted on 11/21/2020 4:51:26 PM PST by wjcsux (They are burning buildings and Bibles now, people are next!)
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To: Jim Noble

That is how I see it.

I refuse to get on the Hope Train.

I have accepted reality.

I am glad Trump is fighting though. Whatever happened should be investigated and exposed.


84 posted on 11/21/2020 4:54:31 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: ealgeone; datura
Obama appointee.

Brann was an active Republican in PA and I've heard he's solid. He got the judgeship in a deal Toomey did with Obama.

85 posted on 11/21/2020 4:55:41 PM PST by semimojo
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To: Alter Kaker

What a bunch of crap.

Trump sis NOT trying to *invalidate* the election.

Nobody has been elected yet and media say so doesn’t determine who the president it.


86 posted on 11/21/2020 4:57:00 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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To: semimojo

>> in a deal Toomey did

That’s not saying much. Toomey turned out to be a jackass.


87 posted on 11/21/2020 5:00:32 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Alter Kaker

If you read the actual decision you can see why this case should never have been filed, it’s embarrassing.

They need to actual evidence of actual fraud sufficient to change results. Statistical experts and weird internet stuff from conspiracy sites isn’t going to cut it.


88 posted on 11/21/2020 5:03:20 PM PST by PATed
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To: PATed

No but when it gets the SCOTUS the unconstitutional nature of their actions will be what changes everything.


89 posted on 11/21/2020 5:07:27 PM PST by Abbeville Conservative
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To: semimojo

Saw that. Makes we wonder how solid he was if junior nominated him.


90 posted on 11/21/2020 5:10:57 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: RummyChick
He is a typical Republican judge who is hostile to any kind of civil rights action. I just read his opinion half way through. Judge Brann ruled that most of the complaint is contrary to Third Circuit precedent. He then writes that if someone outside of Philadelphia or Allegheny counties couldn't cure their mail in ballot, their problem is with their county, and not the Secretary of State who is running the elction and certifying the results, and that striking the votes of those who voted with different standards in the big cities doesn't cure those who couldn't vote.

Then I got to this part about the arguments for the Trump campaign and stopped reading: The standing inquiry as to the Trump Campaign is particularly nebulous because neither in the [complaint] nor in its briefing does the Trump Campaign clearly assert what its alleged injury is.

OK. So, President Trump is being cheated out of 20 electoral votes he needs to be reelected and Matt Brann doesn't know what his injury is? So I have my master of laws degree (LL.M.) and Matt has only a first law degree, but he is a judge and I am not. At least he wrote the opinion quickly, and now the President can take this up (again) to SCOTUS. Stay tuned tomorrow.
91 posted on 11/21/2020 5:11:53 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Abbeville Conservative

They’re trying to say 7 million votes should be invalidated because counties *might* have differed in whether they implemented the “notice-and-cure” process, with no evidence that that process affected enough votes to change the outcome. I can’t see the Supreme Court doing anything with this. If we expect Barrett, Kavanaugh, etc. to come out for President Trump there needs to be at least a reasonable argument, and this isn’t it. There is no chance the Supreme Court will just overturn the election because it wants to.


92 posted on 11/21/2020 5:16:45 PM PST by PATed
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To: Dr. Franklin

Thanks for your insight


93 posted on 11/21/2020 5:17:18 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: Alter Kaker

This is excellent news! I knew it would go to the SCOTUS, but had no idea they would be given this express lane to get there!


94 posted on 11/21/2020 5:17:52 PM PST by j_guru
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To: glimmerman70

If it’s a federal judge, nothing at all happens. They have lifetime appointments and can only be removed by impeachment (and Congress won’t impeach a judge because they disagree with how the judge rules on a case).


95 posted on 11/21/2020 5:19:14 PM PST by PATed
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To: Kriggerel

Got it one.


96 posted on 11/21/2020 5:19:58 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: Alter Kaker
Tossed because he is an Obama judge and di not consider anything put to him. He called all charges "moot".


97 posted on 11/21/2020 5:23:15 PM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: CodeToad

Judge is a Republican active in Republican politics - he was appointed as part of a trade with Sen. Toomey.


98 posted on 11/21/2020 5:32:58 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: PATed

They’re trying to say 7 million votes should be invalidated because counties *might* have differed in whether they implemented the “notice-and-cure” process, with no evidence that that process affected enough votes to change the outcome.

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They are not saying it, the legislators did.
It might be hard for a judge to invalidate all the mail in ballots, but the legislators specifically wrote that in the law.
It laid out a set of requirements for accepting mail in ballots for the pandemic. However, they also put a clause in there. It states that if any of their requirements were changed, it would invalidate all mail in ballots.
If the Judge follows the law as written, he or she would have no choice but to throw out all the mail in ballots.


99 posted on 11/21/2020 5:43:43 PM PST by kara37 ( )
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To: kara37

This case wasn’t about Act 77, since Act 77 doesn’t address “curing” (or fixing errors) on ballots. You’re correct that Act 77 says that if any part of it is ruled illegal, the whole Act 77 must be ruled illegal. But, no part of Act 77 has been ruled illegal.

The allegation was that some Democratic counties allowed curing, while some Republican counties didn’t, and that this violated the Equal Protection Clause. But they didn’t have evidence showing that this happened or that it affected the result.


100 posted on 11/21/2020 5:50:07 PM PST by PATed
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