Trump Pennsylvania lawsuit dismissed with prejudice.

[GreatLakes4Ever]

Are you sure?

Yes. They may ultimately side with Trump but that’s because of ideological alignment, not because of Trump strong arming them.

 

[timothyu]

That’s not how it works. You can’t go to a higher court with new evidence to try your case again. You have to try to convince the higher court that the lower court made a mistake in deciding it the way they did. With what Trump’s team has put forth so far in the lower courts, that’s not happening.

Time will tell won't it.

 

[timothyu]

Yes. They may ultimately side with Trump but that’s because of ideological alignment, not because of Trump strong arming them.

Maybe even the law might play a part

 

[GreatLakes4Ever]

Time will tell won't it.

Only if the United States court system changes in the next couple of weeks, which it won’t.

 

[timothyu]

Only if the United States court system changes in the next couple of weeks, which it won’t.

Time will tell

 

[GreatLakes4Ever]

Time will tell

It will tell you and the rest of Trump’s website design company with an affinity for Nikes and Marie Calendars that Trump lost.

 

[trunks2k]

But the idea is to quickly get to the higher courts then present what they have. They are just quickly jumping the hurdles at present.

They can't do that. As the commercial goes "That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works"

You cannot present new evidence in an appeals court. Any evidence had to be presented in the lower court, and they failed to do so. All they can do is argue that the lower court got it wrong. Given the total burn of a ruling the district judge made, I find it unlikely that the circuit court or SCOTUS will rule in Trump's favor. SCOTUS may not even get the chance - once PA certifies the election, the case is moot, and that happens in about 24 hours.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Are you sure?

Did he kidnap their families?

 

[TLK Valentine]

I don’t see why they would bend to Trump’s will. They have lifetime appointments thanks to Trump. He has absolutely nothing to threaten or coerce them with.

Nothing except a grossly overestimated sense of entitlement... he assumes that they'll bend to his will out of sheer gratitude.

Noting, of course, that Gorsuch and Kavanaugh have already ruled against him in the past...

 

[TLK Valentine]

Yes. They may ultimately side with Trump but that’s because of ideological alignment, not because of Trump strong arming them.

Any chance whatsoever that they'll side with Donald because of a preponderance of the evidence?

Oh, right.... there is no evidence.

 

[Tanj]

Yes. They may ultimately side with Trump but that’s because of ideological alignment, not because of Trump strong arming them.

They wont.

This was a statement from 5 days BEFORE the election:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20-542_i3dj.pdf
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Now, as Alito “reluctantly” concluded in a statement joined by Thomas and Gorsuch and issued last night, it is simply too late to rule just five days before the election.
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If they are not willing to rule on the ballot segregation 5 days before the election because it is "too late", they are not going to delay the process 2 weeks after.

 

[timothyu]

If they are not willing to rule on the ballot segregation 5 days before the election,

Perhaps they weineed out and didn't want to get blamed with election tampering like the FBI did with the Hillary thing.

 

[Tanj]

Perhaps they weineed out and didn't want to get blamed with election tampering like the FBI did with the Hillary thing.

Perhaps they did. However, the opinion holds precedent since there's no legal recourse to throw it out based on weeininess. For the case tossed on Saturday, I predict the SCOTUS will either refuse to hear or wait for it to be moot, assuming the appeal gets to the SCOTUS in the first place.

Luckily we only need wait 1-2 days to see how my prediction fares.

 

[timothyu]

Luckily we only need wait 1-2 days to see how my prediction fares.

Yes, like I said right up until late January, time will tell.

 

[trunks2k]

And Santa might bring me a real live unicorn! Only time will tell!

 

[GreatLakes4Ever]

Yes, like I said right up until late January, time will tell.

Time will tell you and the rest of the inhabitants of Spahn Ranch that Trump lost.

 

[timothyu]

Time will tell you and the rest of the inhabitants of Spahn Ranch that Trump lost.

Time will tell. Those who have nothing invested will nod and turn away.

 

[trunks2k]

And it looks like the appeal is only appealing the judges refusal to grant leave to amend an error in the complaint that the lawyer had messed up. They aren't appealing the judges decision to toss the case! They are arguing that the case should go BACK to the district court so they can amend the complaint, and make the Judge rule again... and by that time, the election will have been certified so what they wanted the court to order can't happen. Snippets of the appeal and summary in this thread:

https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1330690759289401345

Can we please all admit that there is no real intent to actually accomplish anything other than putting on a show that sows doubt about the fundamentals of our democracy?

 

[timothyu]

Time will tell

 

[trunks2k]

Sure. My unicorn will be here any day now!