Voter suppresion/"stealing the election" megathread

[Non Swing Voter]

https://twitter.com/jonathanoosting/status/1331714294598275075

Trump has given up. It is now PARDONING time. Flynn, Bannon, Manafort, Kyle Rittenhouse, Ghislaine Maxwell, the whole program. This is gonna own the libs for good.

how on Earth does he pardon Kyle Rittenhouse for a state level homicide charge?

[Middle-aged Europe]

https://twitter.com/jonathanoosting/status/1331714294598275075

Trump has given up. It is now PARDONING time. Flynn, Bannon, Manafort, Kyle Rittenhouse, Ghislaine Maxwell, the whole program. This is gonna own the libs for good.

how on Earth does he pardon Kyle Rittenhouse for a state level homicide charge?

Yeah, GeorgiaModerate had already pointed that out.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/jbillinson/status/1331946309302018055

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1331746796952023040

[Virginiá]

Districct is thicc

[DINGO Joe]

Can't believe Trump hasn't added Bob Loblaw to his crack legal team yet.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Can't believe Trump hasn't added Bob Loblaw to his crack legal team yet.

The meaning of "crack" in the description of that team is finally becoming clear.

[DINGO Joe]

Can't believe Trump hasn't added Bob Loblaw to his crack legal team yet.

The meaning of "crack" in the description of that team is finally becoming clear.

I mean Trump Jr. is on the team and he's not even a lawyer.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1331974770225786885

[Non Swing Voter]

Has anyone filed a bar complaint against Sidney?

[they don't love you like i love you]

I've seen some speculation that the Republicans made sure no judge was present at that malarkey Pennsylvania hearing, because the things Trump's lawyers were saying there would almost certainly get them disbarred if said in court or any type of actual legal proceeding.

[Non Swing Voter]

I've seen some speculation that the Republicans made sure no judge was present at that malarkey Pennsylvania hearing, because the things Trump's lawyers were saying there would almost certainly get them disbarred if said in court or any type of actual legal proceeding.

Lawyers can still face consequences if they are doing shady and unethical stuff outside of court.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Can't believe Trump hasn't added Bob Loblaw to his crack legal team yet.

Barry Zuckercorn would be an improvement over his current team.

[Hammy]

Trump has returned to using terroristic language, calling Raffensperger an "enemy of the people"--how much longer before he starts directly calling for violence?

This man belongs in prison but of course Dems are all talk and will do what they do best, which is absolutely nothing.

[Non Swing Voter]

Trump has returned to using terroristic language, calling Raffensperger an "enemy of the people"--how much longer before he starts directly calling for violence?

This man belongs in prison but of course Dems are all talk and will do what they do best, which is absolutely nothing.

I am holding out hope that NY prosecutors lock him up.  They have the political capital to do it.  NY absolutely hates him.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/MikeScarcella/status/1332376306005184516

The unanimous opinion by the three-judge panel was authored by a Trump appointee.  The other two judges were appointed by George W. Bush.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1332362936917037059

[Democratic Hawk]

Trump loses appeal of Pennsylvania election case

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/27/trump-loses-appeal-of-pennsylvania-election-case.html

Key points:

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected an attempt from President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign to keep alive its effort to undo the result of Pennsylvania’s presidential election.

A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit wrote in a scalding opinion that the Trump campaign’s “claims have no merit.”

The court opinion marks the latest court loss for Trump, who has refused to concede the election to President-elect Biden and is falsely asserting that he won the race.

[they don't love you like i love you]

https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1332380180065738754?s=19

The judge who wrote the opinion was appointed by Trump himself. And the other two were appointed by George W. Bush.

[Hammy]

https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1332380180065738754?s=19

The judge who wrote the opinion was appointed by Trump himself. And the other two were appointed by George W. Bush.

Still sad that the fate of the country essentially rests on Brett Kavanaugh now.

[compucomp]

https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1332380180065738754?s=19
The judge who wrote the opinion was appointed by Trump himself. And the other two were appointed by George W. Bush.

Still sad that the fate of the country essentially rests on Brett Kavanaugh now.

This is over-the-top dooming; every case has been dismissed out of hand with the legal language equivalent of "GTFO", even by judges appointed by Trump. Extremely unlikely the Supreme Court takes up the case. It's good to see that judges still see themselves as stewards of the Constitution and democracy and not as the lackeys of one party or the other.

[Hammy]

https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1332380180065738754?s=19
The judge who wrote the opinion was appointed by Trump himself. And the other two were appointed by George W. Bush.

Still sad that the fate of the country essentially rests on Brett Kavanaugh now.

This is over-the-top dooming; every case has been dismissed out of hand with the legal language equivalent of "GTFO", even by judges appointed by Trump. Extremely unlikely the Supreme Court takes up the case. It's good to see that judges still see themselves as stewards of the Constitution and democracy and not as the lackeys of one party or the other.

I'm not saying they'll win, but as far as I know, SCOTUS only requires four votes to take up a case--so my point stands. Merely taking up the case at all would set a damaging precedent.

I'll add that decisions will not necessarily be the same from people with a higher profile than the judges that have so far been put on cases.

[compucomp]

https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1332380180065738754?s=19
The judge who wrote the opinion was appointed by Trump himself. And the other two were appointed by George W. Bush.

Still sad that the fate of the country essentially rests on Brett Kavanaugh now.

This is over-the-top dooming; every case has been dismissed out of hand with the legal language equivalent of "GTFO", even by judges appointed by Trump. Extremely unlikely the Supreme Court takes up the case. It's good to see that judges still see themselves as stewards of the Constitution and democracy and not as the lackeys of one party or the other.

I'm not saying they'll win, but as far as I know, SCOTUS only requires four votes to take up a case--so my point stands. Merely taking up the case at all would set a damaging precedent.

I'll add that decisions will not necessarily be the same from people with a higher profile than the judges that have so far been put on cases.

You're definitely dooming here, making it sound like the decision could go either way on the Supreme Court. Alito and Thomas might take up the case, but I doubt Barrett, Gorsuch, or Kavanaugh want to touch it. These guys are not Eric, Don Jr, and Ivanka.

As to your second point, that should make it even less likely the Supreme Court will actually support Trump; a lower level no-name judge can do his MAGA virtue signaling without much repercussions because he knows a higher court will overturn it and it will be forgotten because he's not high enough, while Supreme Court justices for sure know that their decisions are final and they will have to live with the consequences.

[Hammy]

https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1332380180065738754?s=19
The judge who wrote the opinion was appointed by Trump himself. And the other two were appointed by George W. Bush.

Still sad that the fate of the country essentially rests on Brett Kavanaugh now.

This is over-the-top dooming; every case has been dismissed out of hand with the legal language equivalent of "GTFO", even by judges appointed by Trump. Extremely unlikely the Supreme Court takes up the case. It's good to see that judges still see themselves as stewards of the Constitution and democracy and not as the lackeys of one party or the other.

I'm not saying they'll win, but as far as I know, SCOTUS only requires four votes to take up a case--so my point stands. Merely taking up the case at all would set a damaging precedent.

I'll add that decisions will not necessarily be the same from people with a higher profile than the judges that have so far been put on cases.

You're definitely dooming here, making it sound like the decision could go either way on the Supreme Court. Alito and Thomas might take up the case, but I doubt Barrett, Gorsuch, or Kavanaugh want to touch it. These guys are not Eric, Don Jr, and Ivanka.

As to your second point, that should make it even less likely the Supreme Court will actually support Trump; a lower level no-name judge can do his MAGA virtue signaling without much repercussions because he knows a higher court will overturn it and it will be forgotten because he's not high enough, while Supreme Court justices for sure know that their decisions are final and they will have to live with the consequences.

I'm all but certain Barrett will agree to take it up. And I'll reiterate what I've been saying for months--it's not that I think this will happen, but it shouldn't have anything beyond a non-zero chance of happening. Even if the chances are 1%, the fact that it's even a remote possibility really says something about the point we've come to.

[compucomp]

https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1332380180065738754?s=19
The judge who wrote the opinion was appointed by Trump himself. And the other two were appointed by George W. Bush.

Still sad that the fate of the country essentially rests on Brett Kavanaugh now.

This is over-the-top dooming; every case has been dismissed out of hand with the legal language equivalent of "GTFO", even by judges appointed by Trump. Extremely unlikely the Supreme Court takes up the case. It's good to see that judges still see themselves as stewards of the Constitution and democracy and not as the lackeys of one party or the other.

I'm not saying they'll win, but as far as I know, SCOTUS only requires four votes to take up a case--so my point stands. Merely taking up the case at all would set a damaging precedent.

I'll add that decisions will not necessarily be the same from people with a higher profile than the judges that have so far been put on cases.

You're definitely dooming here, making it sound like the decision could go either way on the Supreme Court. Alito and Thomas might take up the case, but I doubt Barrett, Gorsuch, or Kavanaugh want to touch it. These guys are not Eric, Don Jr, and Ivanka.

As to your second point, that should make it even less likely the Supreme Court will actually support Trump; a lower level no-name judge can do his MAGA virtue signaling without much repercussions because he knows a higher court will overturn it and it will be forgotten because he's not high enough, while Supreme Court justices for sure know that their decisions are final and they will have to live with the consequences.

I'm all but certain Barrett will agree to take it up. And I'll reiterate what I've been saying for months--it's not that I think this will happen, but it shouldn't have anything beyond a non-zero chance of happening. Even if the chances are 1%, the fact that it's even a remote possibility really says something about the point we've come to.

I totally disagree with you. Agreeing to taking up this case requires a justice to not only be a partisan hack, but a corrupt partisan hack. Thomas and Alito have shown signs of that, but I've seen no indication nor aware of any such history from Barrett.

Let's not forget that this is a case where the plaintiffs have brought no specific claims, no evidence, and in the courtroom the main plaintiff even denied that the case was alleging fraud. It's a complete dumpster fire. It might even be too much for Alito and Thomas to take up.