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16. I know the specifics of FL are not at all the same
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 05:48 PM
Oct 2020

But the issue here is SCOTUS stealing an election.

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The relevant constitutional clause states:

In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.

So, his legal beagles rush over to the SCOTUS at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, with lawsuits against all 50 states demanding an immediate nationwide injunction ending all further ballot counting immediately, and asking that SCOTUS order the Secretaries of State to certify the partial illegitimate results immediately in a case called theoretically 'Trump V. PA, et al." Further, they claim original jurisdiction mentioning "in which a state shall be the Party" grants them immediate hearing before SCOTUS. The brief they file claims that all the mail-in ballots are illegal and that the remedy is to toss all VBM ballots and that only in-person election day and early voting are constitutional. They will want to keep the in-person early voting results I'm pretty sure.

The Supreme Court, citing irreparable harm to Trump, grants a temporary injunction pending their further review ala 2000.

Can you tell me, for sure (other than citing some broad tropes about respecting the rule of law and societal norms, which Trump has smashed repeatedly), that that cannot, even theoretically happen. If so, I'll be super relieved and more than glad, ecstatic even, to stand down.

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People keep trying to compare this to 2016. It's a ridiculous comparison. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #1
I've been saying the same thing. Turin_C3PO Oct 2020 #2
Except he will attempt to run straight to SCOTUS at 12:01 A.M. EDT, Wednesday, Nov 4, 2020 NewsCenter28 Oct 2020 #3
Good luck with that. CincyDem Oct 2020 #7
He will want to do that leftieNanner Oct 2020 #8
My fear would be that he gets the nationwide injunction against further counting of ballots after 12 NewsCenter28 Oct 2020 #12
That's not gonna happen, even Kavanaugh isn't against that sir pball Oct 2020 #18
NO, it's NOT "Similar to what SCOTUS did in FL" brooklynite Oct 2020 #11
I know the specifics of FL are not at all the same NewsCenter28 Oct 2020 #16
THEORETICALLY SCOTUS can do whatever they want sir pball Oct 2020 #20
We Hope to Hell NOT. Cha Oct 2020 #4
And if they try, Cha, the answer is to hit the streets NewsCenter28 Oct 2020 #5
I know.. We can't let them Steal Cha Oct 2020 #9
Yep that's for damn sure, Cha! NewsCenter28 Oct 2020 #10
I Agree, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2020 #6
In most states, the first ballots counted, and the first results to be released PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #13
Oregon is 100% VBM leftieNanner Oct 2020 #15
Several other states do all vote by. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #21
Great info leftieNanner Oct 2020 #22
Ya for sure, that's our way out of avoiding SCOTUS shenanigans and what I'm praying for-n/t NewsCenter28 Oct 2020 #17
K&R Blue Owl Oct 2020 #14
"The thing to watch is how smoothly vote counting goes and whether there are broad challenges ... mzmolly Oct 2020 #19
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