Pennsylvania responds to Trump's 3d Cir. appeal: "It is beyond time for this baseless litigation to come to an end."
It argues that Trump's campaign made a mess of the litigation, and giving it permission to file a new complaint would be futile because that one would lose, too.
It argues that Trump's campaign made a mess of the litigation, and giving it permission to file a new complaint would be futile because that one would lose, too.
The state says that even Trump allowed to amend, plaintiffs wouldn't have standing. "Their proposed second amended complaint is Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, randomly re-cobbled together, even more illogical and haphazard than the first."
The state also says that because Trump's lawyers chose not to challenge most of Judge Brann's decision -- that their claims lack merit -- they're now stuck with it.
The state points out, in a footnote, that Trump's claim that Bush v. Gore means federal courts can interpret state election law is actually based on a concurring opinion joined by only 3 justices, so is "not a correct statement of the law."
That's ... embarrassing.
That's ... embarrassing.
The state's brief is quite sober and lawyerly. Its footnotes are basically ayfkm.
The state's brief - like the others - is pretty straightforward. It's soberly and not especially dramatic. But appearances can be deceiving; this is what it looks like when your appeal gets carpet bombed.
The state's brief is here: beta.documentcloud.org/documents/2041…
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