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LOLOL. They just keep finding new ways to screw up
Here's the motion to expedite, my disaster-tourist #Squidigation fan friends
supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/2…
supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/2…
Sid and Lin finally noticed that the briefing schedule wasn't going to work. Of course, the Court won't act on their idiocy anyway.
I also love the suggestion that maybe Congress will just pass on confirming the election of President Biden (or anyone)
I also love the suggestion that maybe Congress will just pass on confirming the election of President Biden (or anyone)
Ding dong the Squid is dead
The final #Squidigation has been fully yeeted out of court in a drily funny opinion from judge pepper, for all the usual reasons.
A piece that made me chuckle
The final #Squidigation has been fully yeeted out of court in a drily funny opinion from judge pepper, for all the usual reasons.
A piece that made me chuckle
I'm crying
Hey @j_remy_green relevant to our earlier discussion and omg she had to love writing this: "listen, Sidney, it's not my job to tell you you're being a fucking moron and worrying about the wrong event, even when I tell you you're being a fucking moron and got the date wrong"
Goddamn it, Texas, I don't have time for this today.
Fine. Fine. A brief thread. (Yesterday I said I'd do a brief thread on the Michigan decision and finished an hour and a half later. Can't let this be that, today).
Fine. Fine. A brief thread. (Yesterday I said I'd do a brief thread on the Michigan decision and finished an hour and a half later. Can't let this be that, today).
OK. Texas filed a motion for leave to file a complaint against PA, GA, MI and WI in the Supreme Court. Someone else can lawsplain to you how that works, or you can google the highlighted rules, but briefly, this is a thing they can theoretically do
There is a MASSIVE contradiction at the heart of this complaint, and its doomed for other reasons, too (standing, laches, abstention)
I *do* want to pick it apart!
And... Wow. This is art.
154 pages.
One entry on the table of contents: "Motion for leave... page 1".
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And... Wow. This is art.
154 pages.
One entry on the table of contents: "Motion for leave... page 1".
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Typically one can sue a group of defendants together whey they acted in concert. It'd be a weird kind of joinder rule to be allowed to file one lawsuit against three different defendants under three different theories of wrongdoing solely because "it's all election stuff".
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Each of these is alleged at a different state. None are *true* of course, but even if true I'm not sure why Paxton thinks he can file one suit against all three on three different theories.
And the third is just silly.
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And the third is just silly.
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So, quick rundown of the latest #Squidigation decision: It's very thorough; 36 pages of Judge Parker explaining that Powell and her merry band of fuckups lose for every conceivable reason
First: 11th Amendment Immunity. Basically, states (and their officials) have sovereign immunity; you can't sue them in Federal Court except to the extent that they agree to be sued there. Quick thumbnail of the doctrine here
There are only 3 exceptions to this: 1) Congress says "you can sue your state for this"; 2) the state agrees to be sued; 3) Younger, a case that said "you can sue your state if you are just seeking an order saying 'stop violating my rights'"
The new #Squidigation affidavits are a TRIP, y'all
More adventures in redaction from Sidney Powell
This, btw, is the affidavit of yet another "Military Intelligence" 'expert' in "vote analysis" and "political trends" whose expert opinion is - and I shit you not - "Come on, a Democrat can't win Georgia"
Y'all, I've gotten the filings to date in the #Squidigation appeal in Georgia. Don't have time for a true thread today, but a couple of points of clownery are worth highlighting. You can find the full docs here dropbox.com/sh/uvkqcnvq2on…
First, you may remember that the Eleventh Circuit had some ... concerns ... about whether Team Kraken could actually appeal the Court's order, and directed all parties to address those concerns by December 3
Well, here's the docket entries for those filings. Note the problem?
OK, #Squidigation fans, I think we need to talk about the new Wisconsin suit Donald Trump filed - personally - in Federal Court last night. The suit is (as usual) meritless. But it's meritless in new and disturbing ways. This thread will be long
Not, I hope, Seth Abramson long. But will see.
I apologize in advance to my wife, who would very much prefer I be billing time (today's a light day, though) and to my assistant, to whom I owe some administrative stuff this will likely keep me from 😃
I apologize in advance to my wife, who would very much prefer I be billing time (today's a light day, though) and to my assistant, to whom I owe some administrative stuff this will likely keep me from 😃
First, some background. Trump's suit essentially tries to Federalize the Wisconsin Supreme Court complaint his campaign filed, which we discussed here.
#Squidigation news: @DemocracyDocket has posted the Georgia transcript. So let's do a live read
democracydocket.com/wp-content/upl…
democracydocket.com/wp-content/upl…
The first 2 pages of transcript are intros/is everyone ok on Zoom. Then we get to this ... which is not a good sign if you're the party asking for the TRO
Powell's response is "We'd like you to issue that first draft order that you circulated to the parties and my co-counsel posted to Twitter as though it had been issued"
I paraphrase. But not much.
I paraphrase. But not much.
Hi, #Squidigation fans, Brad has you covered on the latest iteration of Sidney Powell and co putting on their whiteface and red noses and hitting each other with rubber chickens for the amusement of the court.
You may have noticed the courts are not particularly amused
You may have noticed the courts are not particularly amused
But Brad just gave you the toplines. This Order doesn't really hold back. courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Some highlights. First, the background: When our gal Sid filed her Wisconsin Squidlet, she simultaneously filed a motion for injunctive relief.
OK, #squidigation fans. This is a new Wisconsin case not filed by the Krake[n/d] team of Powell and Wood and NOT focusing on wild conspiracy theories. It's a competent and professional filing that raises things that would be real issues ... if you don't understand why they aren't
So buckle up, thread incoming
FYI, this is NOT the Wisconsin version of the squidigation, which Powell's merry band of fuckups appears to have ALSO filed today in Wisconsin, this time after running a spellcheck and investing in those new-fangled "space bars" cc @questauthority democracydocket.com/wp-content/upl…
