(1/3) FTA: Former DC Cir Judge Starr: “ [the] Constitution is very clear that it is the prerogative of state legislatures to determine what these rules & laws are, & that was, I must say, flagrantly violated in Pennsylvania...”
(1/4)#Pennsylvania voters challenging constitutionality of PA’s mail-in voting law have filed a very serious appeal to U.S. Supreme Court contending PA Supreme Ct’s dismissal of their case violated due process under US Constitution. #Election2020@MikeKellyPA@SeanParnellUSA
(2/4)The PA voters cite more PA Sup Ct precedent (as they did in arguing the mail-in voting law is unconstitutional) to rebut recent PA Sup Ct ruling dismissing their case. That precedent holds challenges like the one the voters are making couldn’t be made before an election.
(3/4)Interestingly, PA Supreme Court said the voters waited too long to bring their case, but the same court had no problem when a different set of plaintiffs - Democrat activists - waited SIX YEARS to file a claim that congressional districts were unconstitutional.
(1/4) Breaking: #Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court continues injunction of further #Election2020 certification actions.
The case, brought by PA voters, @MikeKellyPA & @SeanParnellUSA doesn't allege fraud but challenges PA’s mail-in voting law as violating PA’s state constitution.
(2/4) Significantly, court holds those challenging PA’s mail-in law "have established a likelihood to succeed on the merits because [they] have asserted the [PA] Constitution does not provide a mechanism...to allow for expansion of absentee voting w/o a constitutional amendment."
(1/6) Interesting case in #Pennsylvania re: #Election2020 & mail-in voting. Did PA’s General Assembly enact the mail-in voting law in violation of PA’s Constitution? More than 150 years of PA Supreme Court precedent suggests they did.
(2/6) One case requiring in-person voting (unless PA Constitution otherwise allows) goes back to 1864. Another precedent in 1924: “The ballot cannot be sent by mail...[PA Sup Ct] cannot be persuaded that the [PA] Constitution ever contemplated any such mode of voting."
(3/6) The precedent continues: “The [PA] Constitution meant, rather, that the voter, in propria persona [i.e., in person], should offer his vote...”
The PA Constitution has been amended to permit absentee voting, but not general mail-in voting.
@JoeBiden chose a running mate who is overtly & stringently anti-Catholic, imposing religious tests on public office when asking if a judge appointee was a member of #KnightsofColumbus. #prolife