[ChildOfThe60s]

Assuming the Constitution actually matters, it seems to me that a federal court has no jurisdiction in the matter.

[randita]

See Post 16. It’s a federal matter if she alleges the Equal Protection Clause was violated.

[SisterK]

Plus it is against PA law for recount to be ordered by a court.

[meatloaf]

There you go. Besides that by not following all of the actions allowed to her in Pennsylvania court’s she’s stuck. She has not exhausted her actions and screwed herself by not following Pennsylvania law and deadlines.

[neocon1984]

... it seems to me that a federal court has no jurisdiction ...

Stein's lawyers will have to prove that the PA election laws are unconstitutional.

If I recall correctly, the SCOTUS already ruled that states have the right to make their election laws. If they violated the Constitution, they would have been changed a long time ago.

[redfreedom]

“Assuming the Constitution actually matters, it seems to me that a federal court has no jurisdiction in the matter.”

I would say your are correct. What bothers me, is in this sort of an appeals process, they skipped over the state level, which means they have to cite a federal law to make a case.

I’m curious, which one?