Posted on 01/11/2021 10:17:13 AM PST by Red Badger
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected efforts by President Donald Trump and his allies to get the court to quickly consider challenges. The move effectively shut the door on the president’s legal strategy to stop the steal.
The court released an order in the morning denying expedited consideration to suits filed by Trump’s campaign challenging election procedures in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
It similarly denied requests from L. Lin Wood and Sidney Powell to expedite challenges to the elections in Michigan and Georgia, as well as other suits filed by Trump supporters.
The action by the court was widely expected and was not accompanied by any explanation or opinion, as is typical in such denials. There were no noted dissents from any of the court’s nine justices.
The court could still theoretically agree to take cases related to the election, but likely would not hear arguments before October, well into Biden’s first year in office. The justices returned from their winter recess to convene for a private conference on Friday. The order list was released this morning.
The court had made it clear that it would not process the cases on the schedule Trump asked for even before issuing the order.
For instance, in Trump v. Boockvar, one of the cases challenging the Pennsylvania election procedures, the president’s attorney, John Eastman, urged the court in a December brief to take up the case before Jan. 6, when Congress met to certify the Electoral College tally.
Eastman wrote that if the court did not act before Jan. 20, when Biden will be inaugurated, “it will be impossible to repair election results” that included ballots that he alleged were cast unlawfully based on rules approved by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
SCOTUS laying low hoping court packing won’t happen...but that’s likely a hopeless position.
Probably threatened to not let them attend the DC cocktail parties....
Besides leading the Legislative branch of gov’t and the Executive branch, now Ms. Pelosi is leading the Judicial branch. When does she have time to be Speaker?
John Roberts has been little more than a democrat stooge since Bush hired his sorry ass.
Ya have to know Roberts is either a true a-hole, folks have serious dirt on him or he just hates conservatives.
I love the smell of Kraken in the morning...
oh, wait, that was just my dog.
Same difference. Punting the cases until after January 20 seals the fate of the country just as much as if they had denied them, and every one of those justices knows it.
Darkness is the result.
Indeed this failure of the Supreme Court has all but guaranteed the political earthquake about to occur.
Roberts is guilty of judicial malfeasance in his refusal to hear one of the most important cases presented to the Supreme Court in American history.
A great deal of the upcoming political violence and bloodshed can be laid directly at the criminally-closed door of Roberts and his bevy of craven judges.
I was forced to wait through 15 minutes of infomercials (Epoch Times and Glenn Beck) before I was allow to listen to the actual video.
I think YT probably has me flagged as a conservative, eh?
Why the military is the last resort
Rahm Emmanuel: Never let a good crisis go to waste.......................
Agree. Same diff.
Will watch Bannon’s show, this morning. He frequently has Trump Atty John Eastman on.
I’m sure he’s livid, today.
Not for long. Win or lose. IF Trump is not successful with his efforts to take back the country from the left, Jesus Christ will be returning to take his followers and all children in the not too distant future.
When I read Revelation, I see basically everything reflected in the bible. It’s crazy how alive the book has become.
My prayer is that God will give us a window of time before that happens to gather in more sheep. 2 Peter 3:9 NIV
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Peter%203%3A9&version=NIV
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