Posted on 10/03/2022 8:40:23 AM PDT by Coronal
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says it won’t intervene in a lawsuit in which Dominion Voting Systems accused MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell of defamation for falsely accusing the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election against former President Donald Trump.
As is typical, the high court did not say anything Monday about the case in rejecting it among a host of others. Monday is the first day the high court is hearing arguments after taking a summer break.
Lindell is part of a case in which Dominion also accused Trump allies Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani of defamation for falsely claiming that the election was “stolen.” The Denver, Colorado-based Dominion has sought $1.3 billion in damages from the trio.
A lower court judge in August of last year declined to dismiss the case and instead said it could go forward. Lindell had appealed that determination, but a federal appeals court said his appeal was premature. The Supreme Court declined to take up that issue.
Powell and Giuliani, both lawyers who filed election challenges on Trump’s behalf, and Lindell, who was one of Trump’s most vocal public supporters, made various unproven claims about the voting machine company during news conferences, election rallies and on social media and television.
There was no widespread fraud in the election, which a range of election officials across the country, including Trump’s attorney general, William Barr, have confirmed. Republican governors in Arizona and Georgia, key battleground states crucial to Biden’s victory, also vouched for the integrity of the elections in their states. Dominion machines tabulated ballots in 28 states.
In September, a judge in Minnesota declined to dismiss a separate defamation lawsuit by a different voting machine maker, Smartmatic, against Lindell. Smartmatic’s machines were used only in Los Angeles County during the 2020 election.
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Lindell needs better legal advice than he’s getting. Sidney Powell? Sheesh.
Not so fast. You do know who Chief Justice Roberts said “No Standing” to, don’t you?
I've had the same tagline since the 2000 elections. Never saw a reason to change it. It was true then, it's equally true if not moreso, now.
Without discovery, Mike will become victim of a kangaroo trial.
These two web sites are a good start to a response to anyone who asserts otherwise.
https://hereistheevidence.com/
Lindell will have a chance to present his “ irregularities”, including his double top
Secret “Data Packets” in a lower court.
The SC said they will NOT take the case AGAINST Mike.
How is that screwing Mike?
This is how that reads to me as well.
They’re stating that they will not hear the case AGAINST Lindell. Dominion has no case.
One thing I do know is that they claimed over and over that these were standalone machines, not connected to the internet. Then - it came out, they were all connected to the internet.
Did the company lie? Why?
We should be using open source code for voting. No more black boxes in our elections.
If France can verify an election in one night, then America can do so as well.
Read the article. Lindell had petitioned for the case against him to be dismissed. A lower court denied his petition, he appealed that ruling, the next court said that his petition was premature, and SCOTUS decided to not take up the appeal. So the case will go forward. Whether or not that constitutes “screwing” him, people can decide for themselves.
No, that’s not what they said. Lindell had petitioned for the case against him to be dismissed. A lower court denied his petition, he appealed that ruling, the next court said that his petition was premature, and SCOTUS decided to not take up the appeal. So the case will go forward.
Thus saith the voice of Kinshasha on the Delaware
“There was no widespread fraud in the election...”
“falsely accused”
“no fraud”
Add “Safe and Effective” to that list. :)
Sounds procedural. In federal court, most orders cannot be appealed until the case is finished. If the district court did not dismiss it, the appeals court won’t have jurisdiction.
“There was no widespread fraud in the election, which a range of election officials across the country, including Trump’s attorney general, William Barr, have confirmed.”
Barr never investigated bupkis. He has admitted this.
But this isn’t about Lindell’s petition. This is Dominion suing Lindell for defamation. The Supreme Court rejected the case.
No, they didn’t. READ it.
“The Supreme Court says it won’t intervene in a lawsuit in which Dominion Voting Systems accused MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell of defamation”
They rejected his appeal of the lower court’s denial of that petition. They didn’t address Dominion’s case at all.
I did READ the article which is SOLELY about Dominion’s accusation against Lindell and the Supreme Court not hearing. The Supreme Court did NOT reference the petition Lindell has had rejected at a lower court because that is irrelevant to them denying hearing g of Dominion case against Lindell.
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