Posted on 11/29/2020 12:38:52 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The ball is now in the court of the Supreme Court of the United States, with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court throwing out a big victory for the Trump legal team. The top court of the Keystone State has a terrible track record, allowing changes in election law that the state legislature did not authorize, so this story from the AP is no surprise:
Pennsylvania’s highest court on Saturday night threw out a lower court’s order preventing the state from certifying dozens of contests on its Nov. 3 election ballot in the latest lawsuit filed by Republicans who are attempting to block the victory of President-elect Joe Biden in the battleground state.
The state Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, threw out the three-day-old order, saying the underlying lawsuit was filed months after the expiration of a time limit in Pennsylvania’s expansive year-old mail-in voting law allowing for challenges to it.
Mark Levin is scathing in his response:
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One good thing about the state supreme court’s action is that it was so prompt, allowing time for appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States.
But in a lengthy post, William A. Jacobson of Legal Insurrection expresses pessimism about whether the Supreme Court of the United States will take up the case.
Two things are possible: The mail-in procedures violated the PA Constitution, and the petitioners waited too long to raise that objection. As I’ve written many times, one of the Republican legal problems in these litigations is what the remedy would be. Throwing the case to the legislature based on the mail-in procedure after the vote is asking alot, perhaps too much.
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I was referring to the PA SC case, NOT the earlier SCOTUS case.
Sorry. My miss understanding
Odd thing about this case. Notice Kathy Boockvar is the elected secretary of PA and a Democrat attempting to stop democrats from stealing the election. Can you imagine the position she is in? Crusader if I’ve ever heard of one
As I have said many times, I think there is zero chance the USSC will hear this or any other election case.
I’d be happy to be wrong.
Mastriano is not in any way bound by the Supreme Court.
Mastriano is very upbeat. Both the House and Senate of PA passed the required resolutions Friday and now await all the pledged PA legislators to sign on. They appear to be on track to get it done tomorrow
Funny they had no problem ignoring the state constitution or the law when they mandated ballots must be accepted after the legally set deadline... and without signature etc etc.
PA Supreme Court is a joke
Remedy? Re-vote Pennsylvania, this time with observers, on paper. Could be done, but they’d best get started ASAP
False, Bush kept winning in court and it was the Democrats who kept appealing, The lower court said any recount would have to be of the entire state, not just a few Dem-heavy counties where a few discovered “straggler votes” would obviously lean Democrat. The Dems wanted a Dem-county-only recount. The Dems appealed and lost. And lost. And then at SCOTUS, lost.again.
This particular case can’t be appealed to SCOTUS. The state Supreme Court ruled on procedural grounds (lawsuit filed too late under state law). SCOTUS only deals with constitutional issues not procedural issues. However the other Pennsylvania lawsuit that was in federal courts CAN be appealed to SCOTUS.
The pa legislature has no power to pass an unconstitutional law. Time limits are irrelevant. USSC has plenty of grounds to take this up, especially since the pa sc has dirty hands.
Only if they want to.
The Constitutional issue is that the PA court and Gov Wolfe changed their election laws...not the PA legislature as required.
This particular lawsuit was filed challenging the provisions of Act 77.”In its ruling, the high court unanimously dismissed a lawsuit that claimed that a 2019 state law allowing no-excuse absentee ballots was unconstitutional.
The suit, filed by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly and others on Nov. 21, requested that the state reject mail ballots submitted under that law or allow state lawmakers to select presidential electors.
The justices contended that if the plaintiffs had constitutional concerns over the mail-in voting law, their suit would have been filed earlier and not after millions of mail-in ballots were cast in the 2020 primary and general election. The justices further noted that the plaintiffs waited until after the votes had been tallied and their preferred presidential candidate lost the state.
I saw a clip taken from Maria Bartiromo’s show today where PDJT says the SCOTUS can refuse to hear any of their cases.
So you are telling me the same PA Supreme Court that acted unconstitutionally are saying there’s nothing to be done about it?
I’m shocked....shocked I tell you.
Here comes SCOTUS.
The state Supreme Court unanimously disagreed. We’ll have to wait and see if this lawsuit is appealed to SCOTUS.
It seems most of the Conservative Bloggers and Conservative News Media are looking for FRAUD.
FRAUD upon the voters in Pennsylvania is staring everybody in the face.
The Pennsylvania LEGISLATURE definitely knew that the words in ACT 77 were directly contrary to the words in the PA Constitution when the LEGISLATURE passed and sent it on to the Pennsylvania GOVERNOR for signature.
How many PA LEGISLATORS stood up and said: “I can’t vote for ACT 77 as it directly opposes the words in the PA Constitution?”
The Pennsylvania GOVERNOR definitely knew that the words in ACT 77 were directly contrary to the words in the PA Constitution when the GOVERNOR signed ACT 77 and put it into effect.
Did the PA GOVERNOR stand up and say: “I can’t sign ACT 77 as it directly opposes the words in the PA Constitution?”
We all know the answer. Both the LEGISLATURE and the GOVERNOR were silent because they were committing FRAUD upon the people in Pennsylvania.
Both the LEGISLATURE and the GOVERNOR violated their oath of office to uphold the Pennsylvania Constitution when they passed and signed ACT 77 in October 2019.
And the PA JUDICIARY is complicit in this FRAUD because they claim it is not their responsibility to take a look at the Constitutional validity of any new law.
“”””But in a lengthy post, William A. Jacobson of Legal Insurrection expresses pessimism about whether the Supreme Court of the United States will take up the case.
Two things are possible: The mail-in procedures violated the PA Constitution, and the petitioners waited too long to raise that objection. As I’ve written many times, one of the Republican legal problems in these litigations is what the remedy would be. Throwing the case to the legislature based on the mail-in procedure after the vote is asking alot, perhaps too much.””””
I don’t expect the Pennsylvania Legislature to remedy the problem. The PA Republican Controlled Legislature created the ACT 77 knowing it violated the PA Constitution
“The American justice system...”
We haven’t had a ‘Justice System” for 50+yrs — we have a badly broken and corrupt “legal system”, which needs complete and total overhaul.
“””Not As Long As Roberts Is Chief Justice!!”””
John Roberts is now free to attend Soros dinner parties and no one cares.
“””Kathy Boockvar first filed this July 13 2020. it was the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and Gov. Tom Wolf that held it up until October”””
Thanks for being the FReeper who is actually keeping track of the process in PA>
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