Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to nullify Biden win in Pennsylvania

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

Source: The Hill

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by Pennsylvania Republicans to nullify President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the Keystone State, dealing another blow to the long-shot legal effort by President Trump and his allies to overturn the election in the courts.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/529334-supreme-court-rejects-gop-bid-to-nullify-biden-win-in-pennsylvania

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Stick a fork in "IT"

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Who they gonna appeal to now?

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Some of them "started all over" in the PA state courts yesterday

Link to tweet

Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
🚨
NEW: Trump electors have filed a new lawsuit seeking to decertify the 2020 general election results in Pennsylvania.
🚨ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT IN PENNSYLVANIA
Latest Republican lawsuit seeking to decertify the presidential election results has been filed in Pennsylvania.
democracydocket.com
4:36 PM · Dec 7, 2020
4K
2.4K people are Tweeting about this

And then you had the TX Attorney General sue PA and a couple other states to invalidate our elections.

These people need to be SANCTIONED and DISBARRED.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

12. Trump will call on his base to take up arms to protect his overwhelming win and "stop the steal."

And dammit, some of them will.

[Lock him up.]

17. If they try anything (I doubt it) they will see how much they R...

above the Law like their Dear Hair Furor... (not)

Criminals gonna cRime.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. From Marc Elias

Link to tweet

TEXT

Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
🚨
🚨
BREAKING: US Supreme Court, without any noted dissent, REJECTS Republican effort to block Pennsylvania election results.

Trump and his allies remain 1-50 in post-election litigation.
🚨ALERT: SCOTUS DENIES REPUBLICAN PA APPEAL
SCOTUS denies Republican appeal of 2020 election results in Pennsylvania.
democracydocket.com
4:55 PM · Dec 8, 2020

[onetexan]

6. Good to know there weren't any dissents, at least not any NOTED whatever that means.

[keithbvadu2]

19. Not even from Alito

[ancianita]

3. One might wonder when SCOTUS justices will start getting threats from Trumpers.

[k8conant]

4. Just saw this at reuters also:

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN28I35L

[onetexan]

5. CNN's article gives more detail, though i wish they would post how the justices voted.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/biden-trump-us-election-news-12-08-20/h_5aea05d0b214c3b5c332cde033b18517

I'm curious to know how the GOP justices leaned in particular, especially that Amy CB.

[orangecrush]

10. There were no dissents

[onetexan]

11. Yes i saw earlier from above post. Hope the TX challenge will also go same too

[orangecrush]

21. ...

[DeminPennswoods]

8. Was just going to post the same info

It's over. And denied by Alito, an extremely conservative justice.

[orangecrush]

9. Hold these assholes accountable

Mike Kelly has skated for too long.

[Bayard]

13. Is it too late

To file lawsuits saying the 2016 election was fraudulent?
(only partly sarcastic.) Their heads would explode.

[Midnight Writer]

14. I've gotta laugh. Hannity on radio just now saying he has reviewed this filing and it is air tight.

I just got back from the grocery, on the way home put on local radio channel.

He was also praising Ken Paxton's silly lawsuit, and claimed "The Constitution is clear" that Georgia election is illegitimate.

[BobTheSubgenius]

15. "Long-shot legal effort?"

Not by half. It was a 4th quarter Hail Mary when your team is down by 30. Never had a chance.

I admit, I was a little apprehensive when I thought about how SCOTUS has been tilted so far, but some cooler thinking prevailed.

One of my over-riding thoughts was that, John Roberts, if no one else, knows it would be his legacy, and he has more gravitas and sense of history than this wheezing calliope being pulled around by asthmatic donkeys could pull him towards either party, or Drumpf.

I'm no fan of his, but he has surprised me a couple of times, and I think he, above all others of his stripe, wants to be proud of his place in history. Kavanaugh probably doesn't even understand the concept, because he clearly has no shame (hardly uncommon over there) or sense of propriety and just Doing The Right Thing. He cried over how much he loved beer FCS.

Barrett has the certitude of a True Believer, but she's just waiting to get a crack at Roe v Wade. She has no particular allegiance, other than to her god. I could be wrong, but that's the sense I get.

Alito was a bit of an unknown, but he's come through, shown he understands the law, so I believe I can now put these reservations to bed.

Plus, I think Thomas is feeling old enough now that he's more in Roberts' camp and won't want to further wreck his reputation. Not that that was a problem with the Rs, but that whiff of scandal is never going to go away completely.

[58Sunliner]

16. OMG. I actually was a tad worried. Glad it was handled how it should have been handled.

[Initech]

18. Hey Trump! Listen to Ferris!

[keithbvadu2]

20. But several Justices 'owe' Trump. Right, Lara?

Last edited Tue Dec 8, 2020, 11:54 PM - Edit history (1)

But several Justices 'owe' Trump. Right, Lara?