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‘Not How The Constitution Works’: Trump Campaign’s Biggest Election Lawsuit Fails In Court
Forbes ^ | November 21, 2020 | Alison Durkee

Posted on 11/21/2020 5:08:52 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain

The Trump campaign’s lawsuit seeking to block Pennsylvania from certifying its election results was officially dismissed in federal court Saturday, effectively ending the Trump campaign’s central attempt to contest President-elect Joe Biden’s win through the courts and paving the way for the state to certify their votes on Monday.

The Trump campaign, led by attorney Rudy Giuliani, challenged Pennsylvania’s presidential election results because the campaign objected to the fact that some Pennsylvania counties allowed voters to fix defects with their mail-in ballots to ensure their vote was counted, while others did not.

Though the campaign has made a number of general allegations about voter fraud and alleged improprieties with how Pennsylvania’s votes were counted, the campaign did not provide any specific evidence of voter fraud in the lawsuit, and Giuliani specifically said during a hearing, “This is not a fraud case.”

U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann dismissed the case Saturday with prejudice and decried the Trump campaign’s “strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations,” which are “unsupported by evidence.”

The Trump campaign’s legal argument, “like Frankenstein’s Monster, has been haphazardly stitched together,” Brann wrote, and the judge said the state’s decision to allow counties to let voters fix their mail-in ballots is “perfectly rational.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: biden; electionfraud; fraud; trump
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1 posted on 11/21/2020 5:08:52 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain
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Though the campaign has made a number of general allegations about voter fraud and alleged improprieties with how Pennsylvania’s votes were counted, the campaign did not provide any specific evidence of voter fraud in the lawsuit, and Giuliani specifically said during a hearing, “This is not a fraud case.”


It was an unequal protection case.


2 posted on 11/21/2020 5:11:39 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Appointed by... ...Barack Obama


3 posted on 11/21/2020 5:12:16 PM PST by RedMonqey (suck and Jerrah)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Obama appointee.


4 posted on 11/21/2020 5:12:31 PM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: Ciaphas Cain
If they think we are going to sit by and let a bunch of hand-picked Democrat turds in black robes seal this country's fate, they think wrong.

For now, we politely go through the Constitutional motions. All the way up to SCOTUS.

If that fails, then... we shall see.

But the people of this country have seen behind the curtain now. We will not be lorded over by perfumed princes and criminal cartels.

5 posted on 11/21/2020 5:12:42 PM PST by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven )
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To: ponygirl

That includes the fake media cartel.


6 posted on 11/21/2020 5:14:28 PM PST by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor)
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To: ponygirl

The Rats think this was it? The only thing to be filed?

Next week will be an eye opener for them.


7 posted on 11/21/2020 5:14:39 PM PST by datura (If you have to cheat, you didn't’ win.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Rocket Docket.

Say hello to my five new friends.


8 posted on 11/21/2020 5:14:44 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: Ciaphas Cain

“” Brann wrote, and the judge said the state’s decision to allow counties to let voters fix their mail-in ballots is “perfectly rational.””

Whether it is “perfectly rational.” or not should not be the standard, what does the law passed by the legislature say?”


9 posted on 11/21/2020 5:15:52 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain
effectively ending the Trump campaign’s central attempt to contest President-elect Joe Biden’s win

What a complete crock of BS. Did you not even read this before posting?

10 posted on 11/21/2020 5:16:01 PM PST by Golden Eagle (List of Cable News Alternatives ----> http://freerepublic.com/~goldeneagle/ <----)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Wrong Headline.....Should say “Trump Campaign’s Biggest Election Lawsuit now goes to the Supreme Court”.....


11 posted on 11/21/2020 5:16:01 PM PST by caww ( )
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Rope-a-Dope. The fraud lawsuits haven’t been filed yet.


12 posted on 11/21/2020 5:18:05 PM PST by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

This was entirely expected. It will go the the Supreme Court.

Justice Alito will not be happy about the PA officials ignoring his order to segregate ALL the ballots that came in after 8pm election day.

The filthy prick communist are NOT going to steal the election. Joe pedophile puppet Biden will NEVER be president.


13 posted on 11/21/2020 5:19:11 PM PST by Flavious_Maximus
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Here’s a sampling of this author’s writing (no bias intended, eh?):

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2020/11/19/giuliani-press-conference-debunked-no-trump-campaign-voter-fraud-theories-are-holding-up-in-court/?sh=628fa357bc96

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2020/11/11/activist-groups-press-biden-to-put-progressives-in-cabinet-including-elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders/?sh=35bb0878440c


14 posted on 11/21/2020 5:22:07 PM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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Just keep slamming the Rat cage.


15 posted on 11/21/2020 5:22:36 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I believe the applicable law has clause where you can’t sever it..unlike Obama law that did not have the clause


16 posted on 11/21/2020 5:23:15 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: Ciaphas Cain

All the evidence in the world won’t see the light of day if it must be adjudicated by corrupt judges.


17 posted on 11/21/2020 5:23:50 PM PST by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

I see they are being faulted for acting too quickly against hard deadlines that allow for nothing else.


18 posted on 11/21/2020 5:24:02 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: ponygirl

Here we have angry Americans whose *very* legitimate grievances over the integrity of our last presidential election are being swept aside and ignored with the complicity of hostile judges, a Pravda media, and Big Tech. Things can get ugly.


19 posted on 11/21/2020 5:24:09 PM PST by Ebenezer (Strength and Honor!)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

So if what’s-his-name steals a few million dollars from a local school district do the local newspapers say “wealthy business man disputes claims his fortune was illegally obtained”?
No, if you stole it you go to jail.
Treason against the republic deserves death.


20 posted on 11/21/2020 5:24:38 PM PST by 9422WMR (Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
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