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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,254 posts) Thu Nov 12, 2020, 05:09 PM Nov 2020

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Trump campaign files lawsuit challenging votes in Detroit in court that has no jurisdiction

Donny Ferguson 🗽 Retweeted

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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Trump campaign files lawsuit challenging votes in Detroit in court that has no jurisdiction (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 OP

Trump's lawyers should prove that they're actually lawyers. C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #1

They should refile it John Ludi Nov 2020 #2

Next they'll be filing a complaint in Judge Judy's court. Progressive Law Nov 2020 #3

Rudy Rudy Rudy...... you booked the wrong "Four Seasons", now you chose the wrong court. groundloop Nov 2020 #4

The Supreme Courtyard at Marriot chriscan64 Nov 2020 #6

That's some good lawyering there. TomSlick Nov 2020 #5

C_U_L8R

(44,977 posts)

1. Trump's lawyers should prove that they're actually lawyers.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Nov 12, 2020, 05:50 PM

Nov 2020

And not Trump U alum Jethro Bodine Esquire or the like

John Ludi

(589 posts)

2. They should refile it

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Nov 12, 2020, 05:51 PM

Nov 2020

in a traffic court in Montana...it would be even funnier.

Progressive Law

(617 posts)

3. Next they'll be filing a complaint in Judge Judy's court.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Nov 12, 2020, 06:01 PM

Nov 2020

groundloop

(11,510 posts)

4. Rudy Rudy Rudy...... you booked the wrong "Four Seasons", now you chose the wrong court.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Nov 12, 2020, 06:09 PM

Nov 2020

(OK, even if Rudy didn't have anything to do with this it's funny as hell and says a lot about the entire tRump organization).

chriscan64

(1,789 posts)

6. The Supreme Courtyard at Marriot

Reply to groundloop (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 12, 2020, 11:55 PM

Nov 2020

"Big announcement in the parking lot by the dumpster!"

TomSlick

(11,082 posts)

5. That's some good lawyering there.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:57 PM

Nov 2020

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