2020 Political Chatter

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[Too Tall]

Thank you SpeedOne.

In other news R.W. is winning this thread.

[guido]

Barry Blitt in the current New Yorker

[guido]

Over 30 Trump Campaign Lawsuits Have Failed. Some Rulings Are Scathing.

"Judges, a generally sober lot, are not as a rule given to snark, sarcasm or outbursts of emotion in their orders.

But in the nearly three dozen lawsuits challenging the 2020 election that the Trump campaign and its proxies have either lost or withdrawn in recent weeks, a number of judges have lost patience.

Here are some scathing excerpts from their rulings:
Pennsylvania
Oct. 10

“Perhaps Plaintiffs are right that guards should be placed near drop boxes, signature-analysis experts should examine every mail-in ballot, poll watchers should be able to man any poll regardless of location, and other security improvements should be made. But the job of an unelected federal judge isn’t to suggest election improvements, especially when those improvements contradict the reasoned judgment of democratically elected officials.”

“Put differently, federal judges can have a lot of power — especially when issuing injunctions. And sometimes we may even have a good idea or two. But the Constitution sets out our sphere of decision-making, and that sphere does not extend to second-guessing and interfering with a state’s reasonable, nondiscriminatory election rules.”

Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, dismissing the Trump campaign’s attempt to stop Pennsylvania counties from using ballot drop boxes and from tallying absentee ballots that were not in a “secrecy” envelope.
Nov. 21

“This claim, like Frankenstein’s Monster, has been haphazardly stitched together… This Court has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations, unpled in the operative complaint and unsupported by evidence. In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state. Our people, laws, and institutions demand more.”

Judge Matthew W. Brann of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, dismissing the Trump campaign’s attempt to block certification of Pennsylvania’s election result. (The state certified its results on Tuesday.)

Texas
Nov. 2

“Here, the court finds the plaintiffs did not act with alacrity. There has been an increasing amount of conversation and action around the subject of implementing drive-through voting since earlier this summer…”

“At virtually any point, but certainly by October 12, 2020, plaintiffs could have filed this action. Instead, they waited until October 28, 2020 at 9:08 p.m. to file their complaint and did not file their actual motion for temporary relief until midday on October 30, 2020 — the last day of early voting.”

Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, dismissing a Republican-led lawsuit seeking to end drive-through voting in heavily Democratic Harris County, Texas."

[Paul Jacobs]

This thread seems to have gone quiet. Does this mean that you are all more relaxed about an orderly transition between one administration and another? I hope so.

[vertical_doug]

No, a combination of food coma from Thanksgiving Turkey, stuffing and gravy and a bit punch drunk from the avalanche of lies coming from Trump & Co.

https://djhjmedia.com/steven/audible...r-trump-video/

He is a classic Trump retweet lie- The article claims 2.5mm mail-in ballots were counted but only 1.8mm sent out.


However, on Oct 30, the Pennsylvania Sec of State said 2.2 mm mail-in ballots had already been returned which were 73% of the the total sent (3mm) ....

Team Trump tried an identical tactic in Wisconsin claiming more votes than registered voters. That was the case if they used 2016 registration rolls, but the total registered voters exploded in 2020.
That sad fact is even with these numbers, only like 70% of eligible voters bothered to vote.

[vertical_doug]

I must admit, I do admire the British dry wit.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...dent-furniture

Boris will miss him for being the benchmark of foolish....