Thread by @AkivaMCohen

LOLOL. They just keep finding new ways to screw up

https://twitter.com/BarrierSlat/status/1340003301316829190

Here's the motion to expedite, my disaster-tourist #Squidigation fan friends

supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/2…

Sid and Lin finally noticed that the briefing schedule wasn't going to work. Of course, the Court won't act on their idiocy anyway.

I also love the suggestion that maybe Congress will just pass on confirming the election of President Biden (or anyone)

Oh, you crazy kids

Yes, you read that correctly. Powell and Wood are asking the Court to consolidate their two docketed cases with their two *undocketed* petitions that they somehow screwed up the filing of.

This is not a thing.

Two problems: 1) Cases have to *exist* in order to be consolidated, and the cases don't exist until they're docketed

2) They didn't bother submitting copies of the Petitions, so the court couldn't review them and say "hey, let's consider these together" even if it wanted to

"Look, your Honors, we're not suggesting that the clerks' office is part of the deep state/chavista/globalist plot against Trump. Yet. But we will if you make us"

"OK, maybe we screwed up. But I'm sure we can fix it if you let us. And expedite that, without seeing it!"

There's brazenness. There's stupidity.

I don't think words have yet been invented to describe telling the Supreme Court that a "Republican slate of electors" voted in Michigan while citing a report that says "The GOP legislature refused to appoint alternate electors"

Like seriously, what do we even call that ish?

I kind of feel like if you're going to say "a group of people declaring themselves electors without the process required by existing state law and without even a vote of the legislature means there are now 'competing slates', legally," you should include a fucking citation

I mean, I don't care to what. Cite a law review article. A thinkpiece. Spyder's Electionlaw blog. But cite SOMETHING

Again, this might be an area where you'd like a citation for the claim that the legislatures authorized this. Typically, you'd cite a legislative document recording the vote. The fact that doesn't exist is a miiiiiiiiiinor problem here

Also, can you at least TRY to reconcile this with the fact that your earlier citation expressly said "the Michigan legislature refused to do this" and you said that they were blocked from even entering the building?

(The answer, btw, is "no". It's impossible to even try to reconcile that)

"The courts below evaluated the evidence incorrectly" is not a claim that SCOTUS will review.

"Four separate courts, in four different states, all got the evidence wrong in exactly the same way" is not going to make that more likely

"We're really surprised and disappointed by the outcome" remains a claim that courts will not give two shits about

As of this point, they've gone three full pages of "background facts" without a citation to the record. And almost two pages without a citation to *anything*

For my non-lawyer friends: When you are making factual arguments to a court, this is, um, VERY not how you do it.

You need to provide evidentiary (if to a trial court) or record (if on appeal) support for every factual claim. You can't just say stuff. They're just saying stuff.

Aside from the fact that the Ramsland report is just epically bad and useless, technically, that is NOT "supplemental authority"; what you're actually trying to do is supplement the record with new information on appeal, which, again, is NOT A THING

Here's their proposed schedule. Considering this motion was just made today, they're asking that they get more time on REPLY than the respondents would have to file opposition papers

The extent to which these maroons appear to have left the bonds of earth and reality behind is just breathtaking.

And all-encompassing. Like, being a conspiracy nut doesn't require you to be this stupid about scheduling, but by God, they'll do it anyway

And the wrap up: Don't do this for *us*, Court. We're doing this for you!

Live look at Sydney Powell