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struggle4progress

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2. Supreme Court goes idle
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 05:51 AM
Nov 2020

Robert Barnes
November 13, 2020 at 7:07 p.m. EST

Has the Supreme Court hit the pause button on all things President Trump?

The justices for more than three weeks have been holding on to the president’s last-ditch plea to shield his private financial records from Manhattan’s district attorney.

And all has been quiet on the election front.

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. on Nov. 6 directed Pennsylvania election officials to segregate .. ballots received in the three-day window after Election Day, and said he was referring the matter .. for further action.

No further action has come. Nor has the court acted on a separate request from the Trump campaign, pending for a week, to intervene in the case ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-trump-tax-returns-election-dispute/2020/11/13/2fc25b5a-252d-11eb-a688-5298ad5d580a_story.html

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Good news Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #1
Barr will try but. He is pretty much toothless now. True Blue American Nov 2020 #5
We need Coons in the Senate. Lonestarblue Nov 2020 #7
Supreme Court goes idle struggle4progress Nov 2020 #2
Re: Alito MyOwnPeace Nov 2020 #11
Can he win with electors bid? State GOP says no struggle4progress Nov 2020 #3
I think Judge Roberts True Blue American Nov 2020 #4
We can all be thankful... Fyrefox Nov 2020 #6
Maybe not. Thomas is old and decrepit and Captain Zero Nov 2020 #8
This is why it's important to win big and why even solid blue state democrats need to come out JI7 Nov 2020 #9
That was a big thing I was worried about - that his judges would side with trump even if... George II Nov 2020 #10
Yes, it DOES seem MyOwnPeace Nov 2020 #12
+1 North Shore Chicago Nov 2020 #13
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