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Yup....he hires only the best lawyers.
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Steve Vladeck
@steve_vladeck
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Nov 12, 2020
This is ... different:
The Trump campaign has filed a wide-ranging lawsuit challenging the counting of votes in Wayne County (Detroit) not just in a federal district court in Michigan, but in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in D.C. — which has *no jurisdiction* in such cases:
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Steve Vladeck
@steve_vladeck
Here's the complaint. I'm not kidding: They literally filed the W.D. Mich. complaint in a different court that only hears monetary claims against the federal government:
https://justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/01513934840.pdf…
12:51 PM · Nov 12, 2020
Steve Vladeck
@steve_vladeck
·
Nov 12, 2020
This is ... different:
The Trump campaign has filed a wide-ranging lawsuit challenging the counting of votes in Wayne County (Detroit) not just in a federal district court in Michigan, but in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in D.C. — which has *no jurisdiction* in such cases:
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Steve Vladeck
@steve_vladeck
Here's the complaint. I'm not kidding: They literally filed the W.D. Mich. complaint in a different court that only hears monetary claims against the federal government:
https://justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/01513934840.pdf…
12:51 PM · Nov 12, 2020
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