GOP Rep. Mike Kelly: Supreme Court Is Case ‘Alive and Well’ Even After Emergency Order Denied

Epoch Times ^ | 12/10/2020 | Jack Phillips

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Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) stated that his legal challenge to the Supreme Court isn’t over despite being denied an emergency order earlier this week.

“All that happened is we were not granted temporary injunctive relief,” Kelly told Newsmax on Wednesday. “The case is still alive and well.”

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Kelly’s request—which was also joined by congressional candidate Sean Parnell and other Republicans—after he sought to prevent Pennsylvania state officials from taking further action to certify the state’s election results.

“And we are looking, how do we get the court to take on the case for its merits of being constitutional or unconstitutional. That’s all we’re looking at,” Kelly said. “That’s a huge ask, by the way. But we are in the midst of a constitutional crisis right now in our country, and we have to get answers, and we have to get it from the highest court in the land.”

Kelly’s case argued that Pennsylvania’s Legislature acted in an unconstitutional manner by passing a law known as Act 77 last year to expand the usage of mail-in ballots. His lawyers said Pennsylvania lawmakers violated the state Constitution.

But the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the request for relief.

“The application for injunctive relief presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied,” said the court’s single-sentence order. It did not offer a dissenting opinion.

Following the Supreme Court’s denial, Kelly stated what they “can do now is we petition the court to hear (our) case. It’s called cert.”

“That’s what we’re asking the court to do. Hear the lawsuit based on its merits. That’s all we’re asking: constitutional, unconstitutional. Then make a decision afterwards of what are those findings and what are the remedies,” Kelly said.

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And of course, parallel to this case, In the meantime, another case sent to the Supreme Court from Texas has sought to prevent Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Michigan from participating in the Electoral College due to a number of irregularities and last-minute voter law changes. At least 18 other states have joined Texas’ lawsuit.

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I’m so glad I was able to vote for Mike Kelly

[PA Presbyterian]

Yes, you are lucky! My Pa. House representative is a coward named Jim Struzzi who apparently is only a fake Republican. He signed the letter supporting the rejection of Electoral College votes for Pennsylvania and then claimed it was a “clerical error.” He withdrew his name. He now says that he doesn’t want to throw the election results out “wholesale.” Whatever that means.

He represents my county which relies heavily on the energy industry—coal, natural gas, fracking, etc.—for jobs. Unfortunately, I voted for him on November 3. Had I known what he would do, I would never have voted for him. I’ve emailed him again and again telling him to stop the steal. He ignores me. I have yet to get any response from him or his office. He probably isn’t even reading his email.