Thread by @LiamWBZ

A federal judge in Pennsylvania just dismissed the Trump campaign’s lawsuit with prejudice — meaning it can’t be refiled — and tore into their claims: “This court has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit ... Our people, laws and institutions demand more.”

We have a Frankenstein’s Monster reference in this opinion.

Here’s the meat of the decision. The Trump campaign asked the court to overturn the election and effectively disenfranchise ~7 million people: “It is not in the power of this court to violate the Constitution.”

So what does it mean that the judge dismissed with prejudice? The Trump campaign can appeal the decision that it lacks a claim upon which relief can be granted. But it can’t refile this case unless it wins that appeal.

Republican Sen. Pat Toomey releases statement after this latest defeat for the president in court.

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1330331517709668354