Federal Judge Rejects Efforts to Invalidate Houston Votes

[Fahrenthold451]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-02/judge-expresses-skepticism-on-bid-to-invalidate-texas-votes?srnd=premium&utm_source=url_link

A federal judge rejected a bid by Republican activists to invalidate 127,000 votes in the most populous county in Texas.

“For lack of a nicer way of saying it, I ain’t buying it,” U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen said at a hearing Monday in Houston, rejecting the request by Republican activists because of lack of standing.

[SKKY]

1. Great news indeed!!!

[KewlKat]

2. Yeah

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Curious about the reason: Lack of Standing. Can any law type DUer's explain?

[babylonsister]

6. Lawyer speak for 'not a leg to stand on'?

[drray23]

8. The judge remarked that the plantiffs would have had to prove that the secretary of state

had "evil intentions" setting up a drive thru voting. That was not proven to him.

[Fahrenthold451]

13. Yeah, there's a scary moment when you think that maybe another plaintiff could

Prevail with the same argument, but that it's not the case here. Lack of standing can also mean that your case is such a huge piece of sh*t that you need to go away.

[Fahrenthold451]

14. Yeah, there's a scary moment when you think that maybe another plaintiff could

Prevail with the same argument, but that it's not the case here. Lack of standing can also mean that your case is such a huge piece of sh*t that you need to go away.

[Blue Owl]

4. K&R

[The Magistrate]

5. Damn, Sir

That is a pleasant surprise.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

7. Bush-appointed conservative judge no less. N/T

[kwolf68]

10. I know it

Gives me faith that not all Conservatives are vile POS.

[Cha]

16. Thanks for that.. wonder if bush

is secretly happy?

[Thekaspervote]

9. JMHO since the TX supreme ct already weighed in, the decision would be on his shoulders alone

Didn’t want to take that responsibility

[TeamPooka]

11. Trump has bad lawyers everywhere. The worst

[Girard442]

12. BRAVO!

I’ve gotten cynical in my old age and think that one of the reasons the judge ruled in our favor is that he realized that Dirtbag Donny won’t be around to reward him for shivving justice.

Still, a win is a win is a win.

[Cha]

15. TY, Fahenthold! This is Grand NEws!