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I don’t know how people out of state have standing. That said, stock up on popcorn and TP.
Lefty lawyers have regularly attempted to expand traditional notions of standing for quite awhile. I’m sure that they’ll rally to the cause.
It’s an amicus brief. They are supporting the suit.
I agree with @dong. Why should one state care what another one does? I must be missing something. . .
Well, the other states were abiding by their own states’ constitutions and the US Constitution. Allowing the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which is not a law-making body, to unconstitutionally rewrite a law is in conflict with PA’s own constitution sets a precedent that other state supreme courts in future could also violate their own state constitutions and the US Constitution. It would be a massive upheaval of the separation of powers across the country.
I believe this is why Alito ordered that PA votes that came in late be separated. If election officials didn’t follow the Justice Alito’s order and claim they can’t discern which ballots came in late per the PA Supreme Court’s new law; then there’s an outside chance that the 5 conservative justices on SCOTUS could vacate Pennsylvania’s entire vote count and either mandate a new election in PA or make a ruling that Pennsylvania’s election is null and void for the 2020 election.
#4 above gets to the point. However, I think it’s also possible to make a case that, in a national election, one state has an interest in how another state conducts voting that may be decisive for all states.
Ohio cares because if SCOTUS holds that the Constitution allows a state court to overrule a state legislature regarding election procedures, that rule would apply in Ohio also.
On having to use binoculars—aren’t there makes that have telephoto lens? Also, I’d sneak a bunch of tiny drones with cameras and record functions in. Small enough to be thought a bee, or murder hornet…
Docket with all briefs:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/20-542.html
Federal law addresses voter discrimination. Sure seems to me the voters in those states were disenfranchised if PA cheated.
This is more as if at the same time Epstein killed himself, four former Lolita Express pilots died when their four separate present aircraft were hit by meteors and a fifth meteor took out Epstein’s island.
While a colony of murder hornets attacked Alan Dershowitz.
If I live in Virginia and the cheating in Pa gives Biden the election, he will be my president for four years. I care very much!
In Detroit!
From The Epoch Times:
But wait, there’s more…RELEASE THE HOUNDS!!
What? States cannot be disenfranchised by the corruption of neighboring states on matters of the following the Constitution that they all jointly agreed to follow on National matters?
With court decisions in Trump’s favor, this scenario is very much in play:
The problem for Trump is that Biden is ahead of Trump in Pennsylvania by about 45,000 votes and those late absentee ballots have been placed in a separate pile, currently uncounted.
Basically, Trump’s changes of prevailing in this election are similar to the chances of my cat writing poetry.
But I do give Trump and his allies credit. They are shaking down the MAGA crowd for donations to Trump’s Legal Defense Fund. Trump attorneys and consultants will make tons of money on this, even though they are nearly guaranteed to lose.
Brilliant move!
Because they do not want a precedent that courts can violate the Constitution. Although the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s actions are not binding on other states, if allowed to stand they become very influential. By stanching this now, future Ohio courts will know they are not allowed to venture that direction.
Because I care deeply, I thought I’d share the (Urban) Dictionary definition of a “shakedown”:
The Urban Dictionary allows contributions from the public, so you may want to try out your alternative: “People I hate asking for money from other people I hate for a cause I hate.”
Not only has the Fat Lady sung. She’s already performed the entire opera.
This is how far behind Trump is right now.
Biden leads Trump by
This election is over, except Trump’s attorneys need to make some more money off of the MAGA crowd. So, please donate to Trump’s Legal Defense Fund.
Well, I guess this answers my earlier question.
And everyone said that Trump wasn’t wiretapped. Remember way back then? It turns out that everyone who said he wasn’t wiretapped was either lying or stupid.
Which were you?
Here’s an unbiased headline from dailymail.co.uk: “US Attorney General Bill Barr tears up rule book and authorises federal prosecutors to pursue ‘substantial allegations’ of voting irregularities across America despite very little evidence of fraud”
In Britain, they don’t pretend at objectivity. Our journalists have pretended from time to time. Back when even moderately-sized cities had at least two papers, you could compare the two and come up with something approximating reality. You still can do that on the internet. The big dailies have all headed down the same rabbit hole together.
I have found that UK journalists are usually more fair and balanced when covering American politics than American journalists — except regarding certain European pet issues like gun control, the death penalty, and to various degrees environmental issues.
However, the college-educated, younger generation is probably mostly anti-conservative throughout the world.
Unless there’s been updates, this is not necessarily the case. Justice Alito issued his order Friday night because the Secretary of the Commonwealth could not confirm to him that those “guidelines” had been followed. It’s probable that a substantial number of those ballots have been included in the “official” count.
Now, I haven’t seen an update on the situation since that order went out. If you have seen updates to the contrary, I’d appreciate it if you could point me to them.