Judge rules that Trump’s “attorneys had haphazardly stitched this allegation together “like Frankenstein’s Monster” in an attempt to avoid unfavorable legal precedent”.
Daily Beast: A federal appeals court has shot down the Trump campaign’s attempt to overturn the election result in Pennsylvania—with a judge appointed by the president writing the scathing decision.
“Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here,” 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Justice Stephanos Bibas wrote in a 21-page opinion issued Friday.
JUST IN: Trump campaign’s appeal over Pennsylvania decision rejected by appeals court. https://t.co/diTQCu01vm
— ABC News (@ABC) November 27, 2020
The three-judge panel noted that the campaign’s grievances amounted to “nothing more” than allegations that Pennsylvania restricted poll watchers and let voters fix technical defects in their mail-in ballots.
Breaking News: In a blistering decision, a federal appeals court denied the Trump campaign’s challenge to a lower court loss on certifying Pennsylvania’s vote. https://t.co/n0I2Bfx6nS
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 27, 2020
“The Campaign tries to repackage these state-law claims as unconstitutional discrimination. Yet its allegations are vague and conclusory,” the opinion says.
“It never alleges that anyone treated the Trump campaign or Trump votes worse than it treated the Biden campaign or Biden votes.”
The decision comes after Pennsylvania already certified that President-elect Joe Biden was the winner but makes clear that Trump does not have a legal leg to stand on in contesting the outcome.
In a blistering decision, a federal judge ruled that the Trump campaign's complaint was "unsupported by evidence" and essentially asked the court "to disenfranchise almost seven million voters." https://t.co/FOU2m4JQHZ
— NPR (@NPR) November 22, 2020
The court said it would not issue an injunction to undo the certification because “the Campaign’s claims have no merit.”
“The number of ballots it specifically challenges is far smaller than the roughly 81,000-vote margin of victory. And it never claims fraud or that any votes were cast by illegal voters,” the court found.
“In the absence of compelling reasons, such as allegations of fraud…the electors should not be disenfranchised,” the decision reads. https://t.co/9sy92kxgBW
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) November 26, 2020
“Plus, tossing out millions of mail-in ballots would be drastic and unprecedented, disenfranchising a huge swath of the electorate and upsetting all down-ballot races too. That remedy would be grossly disproportionate to the procedural challenges raised. So we deny the motion for an injunction pending appeal.” Read more…
https://www.thedailybeast.com/court-rejects-trumps-pa-election-appeal-in-scathing-decision?ref=home
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Have to believe Trump and Netanyahu were complicit in state sponsored murder of the Iranian nuclear scientist. It’s troubling that Trump’s accelerating instability is intent on burning the world down over his inability to accept defeat in a fair and honest election. I think it’s paramount, as VT authors have pointed out, that competent authorities with the statutory authority to remove Trump from power, do so. We cannot wait until January!
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