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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 09:14 PM Nov 2020

Why the Supreme Court probably won't help Trump's reelection fate

Donald Trump’s drive to have the Supreme Court ensure his reelection faces serious obstacles — both legal and practical — that could wind up leaving him empty-handed.

“We’ll be going to the U.S. Supreme Court,” Trump declared early Wednesday during a speech to supporters at the White House. “We want all voting to stop. We don’t want them to find any ballots at 4 o’clock in the morning and add them to the list, OK? ... We will win this and as far as I’m concerned we already have won it.”

Legal experts from both parties said they were somewhat baffled by Trump’s remarks about asking the high court to stop voting. Even interpreting his statement to mean halting vote counting was confusing because under any scenario, vote counting in some states was sure to continue for several days after the election.

Asked to parse Trump’s comment, longtime GOP election lawyer Jan Baran said: “I have no idea—and I don’t think he does either.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/why-the-supreme-court-probably-wont-help-trumps-reelection-fate/ar-BB1aH8Y7?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP

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Why the Supreme Court probably won't help Trump's reelection fate (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
GOP-controlled state legislatures can rescue Trump however. Frasier Balzov Nov 2020 #1
False. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #3
Myth or controlling jurisprudence? Frasier Balzov Nov 2020 #6
It will be the first brief filed in crayon. nt Midnightwalk Nov 2020 #2
Or Sharpie nt Lord Ludd Nov 2020 #7
A good Justice would ask "Did you count the votes?" C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #4
When I was in in law school my trial ad professor talked rsdsharp Nov 2020 #5

Frasier Balzov

(2,598 posts)
1. GOP-controlled state legislatures can rescue Trump however.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 09:20 PM
Nov 2020

State legislatures choose their state's presidential electors, and they are constitutionally free to ignore the popular vote.

Frasier Balzov

(2,598 posts)
6. Myth or controlling jurisprudence?
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 09:37 PM
Nov 2020

"Whatever provisions may be made by statute, or by the state constitution, to choose electors by the people, there is no doubt of the right of the legislature to resume the power at any time, for it can neither be taken away nor abdicated."

MacPherson v. Blacker cited in Bush v. Gore.

C_U_L8R

(44,889 posts)
4. A good Justice would ask "Did you count the votes?"
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 09:35 PM
Nov 2020

"Well, go back, let the votes be counted and there's your verdict"

rsdsharp

(9,035 posts)
5. When I was in in law school my trial ad professor talked
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 09:36 PM
Nov 2020

about a certain whining objection: “But yer honorrrrr, if he gets to say that I’m gonna looooose!”

That’s Trump’s argument. If they keep counting I’m gonna looooooooose!”

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