Is the idea to keep contesting the battleground results in court with the hope that judges won’t be able to whack all the moles before December 14th, thereby forcing states to either blow the deadline or risk further calamity by pushing forward despite “unresolved” disputes?
It’s clear that’s what relief they want from courts, but it also seems that they’re hoping that flooding the zone with a constant flow of lawsuits could just block certification by 12/8 safe harbor by default cdn.donaldjtrump.com/public-files/p…
I’m generally of the mind that should any of this get to SCOTUS, it’s gonna be ACB and Kav who stick the final dagger into the Trump Presidency
Hearing is still going on, but I have to go on air now. So go to @KlasfeldReports for more updates
Just deleted a tweet saying Judge Grimberg said the case was a closer call than the Dem Party argued and wanted to decide on the briefs. Judge was talking about Dems’ motion to intervene, not about merits of case or plaintiffs’ standing.
SORRY FOR THE HEART ATTACKS.
NOTE TO SELF: Don't livetweet reports from high-profile hearings I'm half-listening to while writing my on-air intro.
Rudy pretty much delivering to the press right now his opening argument to Judge Brann the other day.
Rudy alleging a vast left-wing conspiracy in which any judge that rules against Trump Campaign "will issue ridiculously irrational opinions just to come out in [Democrats'] favor."
Wood, a GA Elector, is asking Judge Grimberg, a Trump appointee, for a temporary restraining order to block certification of GA's final count as well as closer count observers for the GASEN runoff courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Hearing's underway now and Judge Grimberg doesn't seem all that keen on the plaintiff's argument for standing
Federal judge in PA heard enough at yesterday's arguments, cancels evidentiary hearing scheduled for tomorrow, and orders final briefing to be completed by the end of this week. courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Meanwhile the federal judge in Michigan yesterday called out the Trump Campaign for not even serving a copy of their complaint to the State and set the briefing schedule for completion by this Friday: courtlistener.com/docket/1861986…
Judge Neff: "[D]espite setting forth these looming deadlines and despite having characterized their pleading as one requiring 'emergency” relief,' Plaintiffs have, to date, neither served their Complaint on Defendants nor filed any motions for immediate injunctive relief."
“The best description of what we’re alleging...is widespread nationwide voter fraud of which this is a part” - Giuliani, noting in those ellipses that his claims, all based on conspiracy theories, have to be treated as true at this motion to dismiss phase
Roberts probing whether individual plaintiffs have standing because even though they don't have to pay anything, they're still breaking the law
Thomas hypos a mask mandate: "There is some degree of opprobrium of one doesn't wear one in some settings. What if someone violates that command, let's say it's in similar terms to the mandate here but no penalty, would they have standing to challenge the mandate to wear a mask?"