Election Challenges, Protests, Conspiracy Theories, and Moral Panics

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(12-10-2020, 12:31 PM)Au165 Wrote: At this point, any pardon for Paxton is pretty obviously a bribe to a state official (Lawsuit as a vehicle to SCOTUS for pardon). The thing with bribing state officials is that it is not just a federal crime but a state one as well. However, by doing it in a state like Texas Trump has insolated himself from any repercussions from the state.

The number of ethical issues will put Biden in a delicate situation. How do you direct your DOJ to pursue some of the clearly illegal actions of the Trump administration without making Republicans view it solely as a witch hunt

(12-10-2020, 12:44 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I listen to All the President's Lawyers which does a pretty good job of breaking down legal issues during the Trump presidency. They got into the original jurisdiction issue this week because, well, duh. Ken White (@Popehat on Twitter), who provides the legal expertise on the show discussed how the precedent right now is that SCOTUS doesn't have to accept the case, even, and they likely won't. Alito and Thomas will probably dissent because they have the position that the court must take up those cases, but that isn't something that logically or logistically would work. He went into how the evaluation on the cases has typically been that if the case could be brought by those other than the state bringing the case, then it should happen in that manner. Since pretty much the entirety of this case is in that realm because the issues have already been raised by others in different courts, it likely won't make the agenda.

He did say, though, that if the court did take up the case, the issue of standing would likely come up and could be a reason for dismissal or the case could drag out and be rendered moot.

Lacking standing, requesting relief outside the power of the court, having the incorrect defendants, not alleging any actual problem beyond wanting to change the election results. These lawsuits are just a mess. 

The one that always gets me is PA where two Trump voters in York and another county claim a violation of the equal protections clause because their counties didn't allow them to cure their mail in ballots but other counties that Biden won did. They list the other counties, not their own that actually denied them the chance to cure, as defendants and request that the relief for the violation is that those counties have to throw out millions of votes rather than their two counties allow them to cure their ballots lol.