Posted on 12/04/2020 6:57:16 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The Michigan appeals court turned down an appeal Friday from President Donald Trump's campaign in a challenge to how absentee ballots were handled in Detroit and other issues.
In a brief order, the court said the lawsuit fails because Michigan's election results, including Joe Biden's 154,000-vote victory over Trump, were certified on Nov. 23, a week before the campaign filed an appellate brief.
The court said the president's only recourse was a recount, but that has passed, too.
“Because plaintiff failed to follow the clear law in Michigan relative to such matters, their action is moot,” Judge Stephen Borrello said in a 2-1 order.
Judge Patrick Meter disagreed, saying a three-judge panel should quickly hear the appeal.
“The issues are not moot because state electors have not yet been seated, the Electoral College has not yet been assembled and Congress has not yet convened to consider whether to exercise its powers under” the constitution, Meter said.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
AMEN!!!!!!!!! thank you stars&stripes for this scripture and reminder of WHO is in CONTROL of this election!
IS THERE A LAWYER IN THE FORUM? I am so confused by the commentary, I wish there was someone out there to confirm fact from opinion. Thank you.
“We should have had teams of skilled litigators available, on standby, in each and EVERY contested state.”
A lot of the problem is that Swamp Repub lawyers exited the case. There was a lot of social/professional pressure to not represent Trump , and many of them caved. So Trump got stuck with those who are loyal who would do it.
Also, playing second fiddle to Kraken wouldn’t be attractive to most real election lawyers either.
I’m an attorney with decades of experience, and over a decade of hard-core experience in Fed Court. I take one or two cases to trial every year, and argue 3-4 motions every month.
Since the election, I’ve been voraciously reading every opinion, memorandum, and order I can get my hands on, in these election cases.
I have Federal Electronic Court Filing privileges with all Federal courts, and although it costs me 10 cents a page, I download a lot of the pleadings and read them to stay informed.
Thanks for the kind wishes. Within the first week, I got a dozen or so people calling me a Rat mole - basically for bearing bad news. But a few people have been nice, which is very much appreciated.
judges Stephen Borrello and Amy Ronayne Krause were appointed by Democrat Jennifer Granholm.
Judge Patrick Meter, who dissented, was appointed by Republican John Engler.
Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens, appointed by Democrat governor Jennifer Granholm, rejected the Trump campaign's lawsuit last month, which led to this appeal.
Looks like John Roberts was right about "apolitical" courts and judges. /s
why the hell are you here?....will not forget the weasels in this election....we will not forget...
Yes, but you will get pilloried by many here for your “defeatist” opinion.
Amen. Believing.
You and I have NO idea what's going on behind the scenes in DC and the rigged states.
My sense is that Trump has got something, and he's got all these thugs on a fishing line.
Much of the time, stuff like this is choreographed far in advance, and many of the players play their parts out like mindless puppets.
Information is VERY valuable in these kinds of fights, and peasants like us don't get to see it.
As an exercise, ask yourself what you might be doing as an attorney [since you are one] if you had a leg up on these Democrat state thugs [Trump's opponents].
If you had national security level info on what actually went down.
Do an analysis on that, and get back to me with your thoughts. THAT might be useful.
I've seen stuff like this play out on this forum for 25 years.
So, according to this court’s ruling, if a conspiracy to defraud the voting public and steal an election is designed carefully enough so that it is, in a practical sense, impossible to learn of it and be able to assemble sufficient proof to make a court filing by their deadline, then those who designed and executed said conspiracy are to be rewarded by preventing any court review or remedy to reverse the fraud perpetrated by them.
Bravo, dumbphucks, you’ve just made your legal procedure a tool with which to destroy the entire political system of your state or country!
No possible way that the SCOTUS would allow that BS reasoning to stand.
“Looks like it finally has caught up with him, though, unfortunately. With better planning, we’d be in a lot better shape than we seem to be now. And the apparent lack of thorough planning really does seem to be at the root of why we are getting crushed in court after court. Maddening.”
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Perhaps all of this is just “do diligence”. It certainly has revealed to us who are the real seekers of truth and who are the Democrat shills. Perhaps none of these cases will determine the course of this election outcome??
But I always am hopeful these people in power do the right thing. It appalls me that there are so many corrupt judges, governors, election officials and spineless legislators in these various battleground states. I suppose that’s why they are called battlegrounds?
“that judge is either corrupt or retarded. Or both.”
The judge is, indeed corrupt. He thinks that the rest of us are retarded.
I'm thinking he's going to Let The Big Dog Eat after four years of obstructionism and sedition by small corrupt partisan people.
“Welcome to the communist labor camp Stacy Abrams. Welcome to the plantation BLM. Welcome to socialistic poverty Paintiesinawadfa! You all got what wanted and your masters will kill you first.”
This is in the category of “be careful what you wish for, you may get it.”
Gulianni is in the arena taking the blows. You?
Cowards and democrats....
They’re being stopped at every turn.
“IS THERE A LAWYER IN THE FORUM? I am so confused by the commentary, I wish there was someone out there to confirm fact from opinion. Thank you.”
When a judge or court doesn’t wish to hear a case, because they don’t want to make a ruling (perhaps because they are honest, and don’t want to become a legislator, or because they are biased and/or corrupt, and understand that they have no real choice but to rule against their own interest), they will rely on (sometimes very arcane) procedural rules to find a reason not to hear the case on the merits.
I guess it’s possible that all of these lawyers botching their cases, missing deadlines, filing crap pleadings, failing to give proper notice, appealing the wrong issues - it’s all part of a master plan that will yield dividends in due time.
Sure, it’s possible. I respectfully disagree, but will watch with great interest to see if I am wrong.
As to what I would do:
1- Uniform, Federal election security: McConnell refused to vote or even DEBATE multiple election security bills that came in the Senate. This was a mistake.
2- Universal mail in voting: As states began expanding their mail-in voting, DJT was warning us that this is a trap. Every state legislature seeking to open up mail-in voting should have been scrutinized by the White House. Political pressure should have been put on blanket mail-in voting.
3- Voter verification (this is really a combination of #1 and #2 above). A Federalized database of all Americans, with criminal data. States should have been given carrots or sticks to check voter rolls against this database. US Constitution, Article II gives states broad authority to run elections (so long as they don’t violate Amendments 15, 19, 24 and 26). However, with proper sticks and carrots, state voter rolls could have been verified.
4- Hire competent counsel, and pay them a retainer fee, BEFORE the election.
Interesting note: consulting counsel is often a strategic move. If you consult me, but don’t hire me, and then your opposing side contacts me, they can’t retain me, because of conflict of interest. Litigants do this all the time.
That’s just for a start.
Let’s wait and see whether DJT has a masterplan that will neutralize all this treachery.
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