Did GOP lawyers just cite this case Chase v. Miller (PA 1862) to overturn the 2020 election results in PA?
This is a real beauty ....
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This is a real beauty ....
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Citing now defunct Art. 3 of the PA Constitution: “In elections by the citizens, every white freeman of the age of twenty-one years, having resided in the state one year, and in the election district where he offers to vote .... and within two years paid a state or county tax."
Legal briefing 101: An 1862 Pennsylvania case interpreting an election law provision of the Pennsylvania constitution that bestows the right to vote on "every white freeman" is probably too old to cite for purposes of overturning a Pennsylvania election result in 2020.
"By comparing this clause with the corresponding provision of the Constitution of 1790, it will be seen in what the amendments consisted. The word 'white' was introduced before 'freemen,' excluding thereby negro suffrage, which had prevailed to a slight extent." 41 PA 403 (1862)
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