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‘Strong Message’: US Supreme Court Rejects Attempt to Overturn Trump’s Pennsylvania Election Loss
The U.S. Supreme Court has just rejected an emergency application by a Trump loyalist to overturn the election results by enjoining the state from certifying its presidential electors. No Supreme Court justice dissented from rejecting the case, at least not publicly.
“The top court rejected a petition from Trump ally Rep. Mike Kelly, a Pennsylvania Republican, who argued that virtually all of the state’s mail-in ballots were unlawful,” CNBC reports.
“This is as strong a message as the Court could *possibly* send that it’s not stepping into the election — and that all of this nonsense is over,” University of Texas Law law professor Steve Vladeck noted.
And for those who will inevitably say “but see the new Texas suit,” just stop. If the Court had any interest in the issues raised in these cases, it would’ve stepped in here. That no Justice publicly dissented here is a pretty clear message about where that case is going, too.
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) December 8, 2020
UC Irvine professor of law and political science Rick Hasen, who is also a CNN Election Law Analyst, said the case had “the Dumbest SCOTUS Argument I’ve Ever Seen.”
When I was telling you people to chill out, lots of you didn’t believe me.
I know the courts are partisan. But they drew the line at nonsensical cases that would amount to actually stealing the election from the voters.
Even SCOTUS. https://t.co/MGYpFoJbWV— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) December 8, 2020
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