Posted on 01/11/2021 10:17:13 AM PST by Red Badger
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected efforts by President Donald Trump and his allies to get the court to quickly consider challenges. The move effectively shut the door on the president’s legal strategy to stop the steal.
The court released an order in the morning denying expedited consideration to suits filed by Trump’s campaign challenging election procedures in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
It similarly denied requests from L. Lin Wood and Sidney Powell to expedite challenges to the elections in Michigan and Georgia, as well as other suits filed by Trump supporters.
The action by the court was widely expected and was not accompanied by any explanation or opinion, as is typical in such denials. There were no noted dissents from any of the court’s nine justices.
The court could still theoretically agree to take cases related to the election, but likely would not hear arguments before October, well into Biden’s first year in office. The justices returned from their winter recess to convene for a private conference on Friday. The order list was released this morning.
The court had made it clear that it would not process the cases on the schedule Trump asked for even before issuing the order.
For instance, in Trump v. Boockvar, one of the cases challenging the Pennsylvania election procedures, the president’s attorney, John Eastman, urged the court in a December brief to take up the case before Jan. 6, when Congress met to certify the Electoral College tally.
Eastman wrote that if the court did not act before Jan. 20, when Biden will be inaugurated, “it will be impossible to repair election results” that included ballots that he alleged were cast unlawfully based on rules approved by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
“Forget it Jake, It’s SCOTUS.”
Not at all surprising.
How did Alito and Thomas vote? They might be the only patriots left in the federal judiciary.
Infinitely sad days ahead for America. Pray...
Where is the ‘IN A SHOCKING TURN OF EVENTS!’ statement?
LOL. I've been posting:
“Forget it Jake, It’s China's town.”
Chief inJustice John Robs US. The compromised traitor has a date with karma up ahead, somehow, someway.
Justice Roberts is afraid of rioting in the streets if the Supreme Court allows Trump’s allegations to be heard. So, in essence, the Supreme Court isn’t what it was set up to be, which was an impartial audience.
This is like building an Ikea bookshelf. You have to do it step by step.
It’s also why you try to negotiate with someone before you bring out the big guns. Will Trump do that? I dunno. Nobody does. It’s doubtful but, then again, the embassy moving to Jerusalem was doubtful.
HA!
Justice Roberts is afraid of going to prison.................................
There will never be another chance. The evil will ‘fix’ their steal methods. Today’s evidence will not repeat and re-appear tomorrow.
AKA Captain Kangaroo.
yes, that, too, sir. As he should.
The frogs are just about cooked.
The salad and tartar sauce are being prepared, the table is being set and the wine opened to breathe.
Soon, a joyous globalist feast will begin.
With all the weeping and gnashing of teeth over “packing the court”, it would appear that the court has already been packed.
Isn’t this the SHTF week?
It appears that all U.S. judges are prepared to slap down and throw out any case on which any Trump lawyer’s name appears.
What a shame and a tragedy.
Misleading headline. SCOTUS did not deny cert in any of these cases. It denied the petitioners motions for expedited consideration.
Article says “no noted dissents”. Damn.
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