Trump asks Supreme Court to invalidate millions of votes in battleground states - CNNPolitics
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(CNN)President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block millions of votes from four battleground states that voted for President-elect Joe Biden.
Trump's request came in a filing with the court asking to intervene in a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton seeking to invalidate millions of votes cast in four states that went for Biden: Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The President is being represented by a new attorney, John Eastman, who is known for recently pushing a racist conspiracy theory that claimed Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was not eligible for the role because her parents were immigrants. This story is breaking and will be updated.
CNN's Kaitlan Collins contributed to this report.
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He's such a POOR LOSER, SORE LOSER, WHINY LITTLE BITCH!
I think those of us on the right were saying the same exact thing about the left for the entirety of the past 4 years......and boy....were we right
Trump is going to be disappointed. He probably thinks the SCotUS will 'be loyal' rather than 'be professional'. That, of course, is his ego and stupidity talking. The SCotUS has a long-term perspective and Trump is definitively on his way out.
They basically told him to pound sand with one word....DENIED! Even Amy shot him down which surprised me.
too bad not on 5th Avenue
The question of whether or not the State of Texas has standing to bring this case should be interesting.
I haven't been following the details of all the lawsuits, but I would have thought that if Trump or the Republican Party thought the state governors had changed election rules in violation of their state constitutions, they would have pursued that argument already. If memory serves, we already had suits to that effect (that failed) during the summer.
the case will be heard. and it is already on the docket.
proving those states ignored their own election laws is too easy. (open / shut case)
and now 17 states have joined the lawsuit.
www.google.com/search?q=17+states+back+texas+scotus
That’s all good news and I’m glad that Trump is onboard with this. This was likely to be the grounds this is fought over, those four states not following their own laws and constitutions and thus the US constitution.
if it is found that states can just abandon their election laws to get the so called 'winner" of their choice? it will be time for a serious discussion regarding a national divorce.
Just because it's on the docket does NOT mean it will be heard. Anytime anyone submits papers to the SC it is docketed.
The PA case that they just denied is on the docket
It can be on the docket and the Court can still rule Texas lacks standing. Sometimes almost the whole published opinion is about standing and they never get to the underlying issues. It feels like they do that as a dodge to avoid dealing with a political issue.
Speaking of which, the Court may decide this is officially a political issue and therefore outside their review. That happens, too.
Hey, where you been?
You're the one who's been saying all along that tRumpturd was going to win!
LOL! HE'S SUCH A LOSER. Joe Biden beat him by over 7 million votes!
The Kelly v Pennsylvania case was 'on the docket too' 8. You know what happened to that right?
On average, 7000+ applications are filed with the SCOTUS every year. So it's pretty fucking obvious that an application does NOT mean a HEARING.
Texas appears to have no standing, but all lawsuits between states are settled by SCOTUS.
This should be over by 5PM EST tomorrow.
Trumps legal team is 0-50 do far.
It remains to be seen if Eastman gets a hearing or a rebuke.
Meanwhile, yesterday, TX AG Paxton turned himself in to be fingerprinted and have his mugshot taken on unrelated charges from 2007.
(Insider trading after a guilty plea and $1,000.00 fine in 2005 for insider trading (?).
7 Deputy AGs recently signed an open letter to the FBI to investigate Paxton, again, for corruption, bribery and insider trading.
LOL
SCOTUS is a tribunal, not a fact finding body. They haven't the time or the resources to re-litigate what the lower and Superior Courts in those 4 states have already rejected.
The writer of the article, Steve Vladeck, professor at the University of Texas School of Law, also notes that;
ignoring a state's election laws to rig a presidential election is very fraudulent and directly impacts all states.
Please don't quote things I haven't said.
Already litigated between 36 and 50 times from the lower state courts through the Supreme Courts of the 4 states being sued.
SCOTUS already denied to hear several cases based on States right to govern themselves and their own elections.
The article explains it well enough, I suggest you read the whole thing slowly.
Anyone supporting this chicanery are making Gore & HRC look not just sane but saintly.
You certainly aren't making Trump look any better either.
This isn't Venezuela, yet and I hope it never comes to that.
that flipping the script bs does not work on me.
the left could not win so they tried to steal it just like they do in venezuela.
if biden prevails we will never see a fair election in the usa again. and dems will never lose another election again.
if you actually did not want the usa to become venezuela you would support election integrity above everything else. if joe won fair and square, so be it. (so try that bs on someone else.)
like it or not 18 state governors and AG's agree here. this case will be heard and proving those battleground states ignored their own laws is very easy.
if states can ignore their own election laws to get the president of their choice? that civil war people have been talking about ain't so far away. expecting the other states to just "let it slide" is ridiculous.
Here's a link to all election cases
this is not trumps legal team...
this case was brought by texas backed by 17 other states. but I think trump is trying to join the lawsuit? not sure about that. or even why...
regardless... the left has to win them all, trump only needs one/
see ya back here tomorrow night after 5pm
Really? you seem triggered by it.
If trump prevails we will never see a fair court system for 100 years...
Are you feverish? They will most likely lose the House in 2022 mail in ballots or not. Write it down.
Where did I say I want the USA to become like Venuzuela?
6 states have had 51 suits settled or tossed with no fraud proven, I think you're flogging a dead horse.
Still triggered?
Meaningless partisan BS, please note that the TX state Solicitor who is our employee expected to present our case to SCOTUS refused to sign on the case. That alone is ominous.
Again, this is a states rights issue already settled and certified by AZ NV PA NM MI MA & GA, 52 cases.
Trump lost them all.
You aren't listening. Facts matter, our opinions, not so much.
Those cases have all been presented 52 times to no avail. The votes were count 4 times in GA.
Don't know what you mean, but I do know that the subject gets tossed for terms of service around here.
Would you let PA sue TX to verify the outcome and do a recount, particularly in Harris and Dallas?
Nope, neither would I. I be right beside you telling them to mind their own fucking business.
In this case I will with side PA and tell TX and the others to shove it.
This has gone on too long.
So be it.
John Eastman is another Trump lawyer...
Then you are unprepared to discuss the topic intelligently and just keep throwing out emotional bs about civil war?
Good to know.
that's the problem with your thinking. we aren't playing at a casino for $$.
After 52 losses, Team Trump doesn't deserve any more house credit. He should be making a list for Mayflower.
That's why he brought the lawsuit. He wants a pre-emptive pardon
Question for you. If the Democrats "stole" this election, then what happened in Ohio and Florida? Those are considered swing states, aren't they?
pffft, bring it ...
Oh, you didn't know? We're wimpy liberals we don't know how to fight......
... and the liberals that actually do own guns don't know how to shoot them. boo hoo hoo
well, since i'm Independent of both thought AND reason, I DID learn how to operate FireArms, as these clowns R talking about threatening the most basic of our entire Countries foundations, based on, uhhh, based on a POS potUS that has told over 3o,000 LIES to date, LIES EVERY SINGLE DAY OF HIS LIFE, and based upon this jack off on switcher of the damn TRUTH, N word up, these knumb skullz are actually heeding his dawg whistle, without AN IOTA OF PROOF, as Trump is, 0 and 53 in challenges to date.
.
hat a sad reflection of US and the blatant IGNORANCE that engulfs SO M<ANY...again WTF , Y can't they SEE what is SO DAMN OBVIOUS to me, and N E other thinkin individual ?
allegiance to the death for their reich fuhrer. aka the 2020 tea party do-over gambit.
I love how that one bat shit ex team Trump attorney is accusing Hugo Chavez of being "in on" tampering with the election. I guess she didn't hear that Chavez died THREE YEARS BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION.
Trump lost Georgia more times than the Confederacy.
As far as I know these were state charges but I could be wrong...
The projection is strong amongst the tRumpturd supporters.
You were one of the ones who predicted a tRumpturd landslide.
Again,
Oh...well! That's a horse of a different color. So color my horse stoopid lol
He did, didn't he??!!!!!
Oh...that might be construed as taunting.....
That is exactly what it is, projection. They cannot accept the results so they are actively trying to change them by any means necessary.
There is no way he could have lost, look at all the people at his rally's, look at all the votes he got, no way someone could have gotten more, etc.
They are actually trying to get the states to select electors that will go against the will of the people yet it is the Democrats that are trying to steal the election?
It is really kinda sad that they cannot hear how they really sound.
When are people going to realize that all 6 contested states are considered to be controlled by Republicans?
PA has a Dem Governor and both houses are controlled by the GOP.
GA has a GOP governor and both houses are controlled by the GOP.
MI has a DEM Governor and both houses are controlled by the GOP.
AZ has a GOP governor and both houses are controlled by the GOP.
MN has a DEM Governor and both houses are controlled by the GOP.
WI has a GOP governor and both houses are controlled by the GOP.
So can someone intelligently explain to me
how the GOP governments of these states "stole the election' for the opposition?
Most of them forgot to vote they were way too busy dancing to ''YMCA''...
If I still lived in PA I would consider switching back to an R, just because of the integrity they have shown,
but then I realize that this kind of integrity isn't rare, it is normal. It is the way it has been for many many decades.
Except during this Administration.
That would be a bridge too far for many Trump followers.
I don't think even WATSON can answer that
I sets them up
so's other can knock'em down
Or singing 'Macho Man' not realizing it is a gay anthem.
Will be quite happy to prove you wrong, AGAIN!
OOOO, a conspiracy.
I'd ask you for evidence but since neither the Texas filing or the multiple Amicus briefs claim that anyone 'rigged' ANYTHING, or conspired on ANYTHING, I shutter to think of where you would pull it out of.
Well, it's past the 3PM EST deadline for the 4 states to submit their replies to SCOTUS.
Tick, tock.
We should not have to wait too long for a decision.
Well here is the title of ONE of the applications filled today:
MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AND BRIEF FOR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THE STATES AND TERRITORIES OF
CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, GUAM, HAWAII,
ILLINOIS, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA,
NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA,
OREGON, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, VIRGINIA, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS,
AND WASHINGTON AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS
AND IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A
BILL OF COMPLAINT
All of the states [defendants] have met the deadline.
well, maybe tomorrow? LOL
that is the best part of this case, none of that matters
all texas has to prove is those 4 states ignored / did not follow their own election laws. and game over. resulting in four birds hit with one stone
and technically, not following election laws? that is cheating by every definition.
What do you think will happen if all four states are found to have violated their election laws in some way?
I'm just gonna go with.... "all hell will break loose" LOL as long as they follow the law let the chips fall where they may.
for more details, we both will have to wait on scotus to provide the remedy.
thank god acb got seated on the court as a 4-4 decision by the court here would be no fun.
Never promised you anything.
Must take more than two hours for SCOTUS to wade through 1 lawsuit by 17 GOP states against 4 of their brethren GOP states;
The 4 individual state's briefs reguested & delivered
and the Amica Curea by 20 other states & territories that joined the 4 "bad" GOP states.
Fascinating.
Meaningless if she is impartial about the law and since there are no religious overtones to this case,
her decision should be predictable.
4 birds with one stone. and now it is 20 states... maybe more?
the left should have cheated in blue states, cheating in red states is going to bite the left in the ass when new electors are chosen. (if scotus goes that route, trump for the win.)
Which makes 9-0 denial much better.
LOL yeah, heard that one before... have fun
yepp, and her being seated makes roberts bs irrelevant.
so, I expect 5-4 or better.
as kagan shows some sense now and again... maybe 6-3
good fun
YOU sure as hell thought it mattered yesterday when you said:
What's changed?
WRONG. What Texas has to do is prove that they have STANDING to argue to the court in the first place. They have to prove that Texas was harmed by 'those 4 states'.
If you had READ the filing, you would recognize that Texas' AG's argument is laughable.
Which has been litigated ad nauseam in multiple venues, including in 'those 4 states' and in EVERY case the 'plaintiffs' have been laughed out of court.
It much like all too many of those here that just keep repeating the same bullshit over and over again. It was bullshit then and it's still bullshit now.
im not sure.... LOL
what I implied was texas does not have to prove anything was "rigged or conspired" per your post.
all texas has to prove is those states ignored/ did not follow election laws and game over.
how hard ya think it will be to prove those states did not follow their own election laws?
I'm going with "very easy to prove" what do you think?
Victory is sweet, is it not?
joe biden should demand this case be heard to prove he won legally or resign now for the good of the country.
joe won't do either... joe knows he did not win fairly.
All that I hear is you whistling past the graveyard.
The majority of Americans know that Joe did in fact win the election and by millions of legally cast and rigorously counted votes.
But you claimed that their reason to ignore the law was to rig a presidential election. That wasn't ME, that was YOU. So what happened to your conspiracy theory 8?
I don't have to 'think' about it 8, all I need do is review the plethora of cases wherein Trump and his sycophants have tried and FAILED to do just that.
So if as you say, it's 'very easy to prove', even with MONTHS to prepare, Trump's lawyers have proven to be epically incompetent.
yes that is MY claim. but fun fact: texas does not have to prove MY claim in court, only that those states did not follow their election laws.
hey, guess what... this has nothing to do with trump's lawyers... LOL
texas brought this case to the court and now has 20 states backing it.
complete bs on all counts.
have a great night
I know you like to make outrageous statements for fun, but it seems to me that you actually believe that Trump is the legitimate winner of the presidential race this year.
and at least 24 opposing it along with DC, Guam and the USVI.
States rights is all about States doing what they want within the federal framework.
States rights have prevailed 52 times so far, but don't worry
Pat Robertson has guaranteed a miracle from God to keep Trump in the presdency.
Good luck.
Pat Robertson Says God Will 'Intervene' in Favor of Texas SCOTUS Lawsuit (msn.com)
Nope, YOU are the one that has to prove YOUR claim HERE. Please proceed.
Again, WRONG.
Trump's lawyers 'intervened'.
Oh and only 17 states backed up Paxton and Trump.
DO try to keep up.
my bad, try 18 for the win? LOL
www.google.com/search?q=18+states+back+texas+lawsuit
all I have to do is sit here and watch the show.... ya having fun yet?
the federal framework does not allow states to ignore duly legislated election laws. period.
states had months before the election to change their election laws "legally... not going thru their states legislatures to make changes to their election laws is going to bite them in the ass.
but anyway.... nothing left to talk about on this subject until the supreme courts sets a date to hear the case. and they will. c-ya again then.
cheers
I know you like to make outrageous statements for fun, but it seems to me that you actually believe that Trump is the legitimate winner of the presidential race this year.
Do you believe Trump legitimately won?
Joe Biden got more than 7 million votes than trump(deleted). trump( deleted ) is such a pathetic loser whiny little bitch.
You're always good for a laugh. One who said trump would win by a landslide.
They did, please prove otherwise.
Aside from rumor and innuendo, feel free to prove that they did not do so, what the first 52 lawsuits could not.
Please remember that these 4 states are GOP controlled and have each been to their own Supreme Courts to hash this about multiple times and still certified for a Biden win.
Seems that any civil war must be within the GOP.
Well if you had been correct about the Trump landslide victory, we wouldn't need to talk about anything.
from here it just seems like you have a bad case of 'surfer's ear' and aren't listening.
Cheers to you as well SU,
Only if you count Texas TWICE.
As long as you just want to post BS and snark and have no desire to be included in adult conversation, carry on...
joe knows he did not win fairly.
Banana Oil!
Is Banana Oil related to Bull Shit?
Biden has nothing to prove. He won by a landslide. This is what Trump said in 2016 because of his EC votes. Biden got the same, so it was also a landslide.
Pat was committed right after that statement.
Well, you are right for the millionth time..."nothing left to talk about on this subject"
And wrong as hell again, as usual.
SCOTUS just tossed the suit for "No Standing", as I said they would yesterday.
So NOW that 3 cogent members of NT and the SCOTUS have told you that Texas has to prove they have standing, do you believe it?
It is a word Babe Ruth used when around kids. He did not like cussing around kids so when he needed to say bs, he would use banana oil in lieu of.
I never knew that...Banana oil it is.
Same. You learn something new every day.
What Trump is basically saying is that your vote doesn't or shouldn't count if it's for Biden. He is beyond delusional, as are those who think the election results could be changed in a significant enough way at this stage to ensure a victory for Trump. It's just not going to happen!
I doubt that Trump thinks he can reverse this election (which would indeed be stealing it). This is just his ego being unable to accept defeat. I am sure he cannot face the notion that, like John McCain, he lost ... and he does not like losers.
Those who are supporting him are the enigma. What is in this for Giuliani; a long term legal relationship with Trump at the expense of all of his credibility? What is up with Ted Cruz? Someone pay him off? Why would he want to have this idiocy on his record showing to the world that he has become a sycophant of con-man Trump?
Finally we have the everyday people who simply believe whatever Trump claims. Is it possible that they cannot comprehend that Trump is simply using them to ease his bruised ego? Are they truly that unaware of what is going on?
Giuliani was working for $20K a day for Trump. Give me $20K a day and I'll say any batshit insane thing you want me to. LOL!
He's another attention whore with the same electorate base as Trump.
What is up with Ted Cruz?
A good question, Trump said Ted's wife was ugly and his father murdered JFK and now Trump wants Ted to represent the states in arguing before SCOTUS.
I do believe there are some deep-seated problems with these two. Ummm, they couldn't be too deep-seated since there are both pretty shallow humans.
Or Ted could be having an identity crisis. Not only who am I but what country do I belong to.
Just look at some of the memes that follow after this comment...
Some believe there was actually widespread fraud and that somehow mail in ballots automatically double the vote count, or something.
I say they worship donald because he is what they really want to be but feel restrained.
I tend to think his entire presidency was one big ego stroking for Trump. He couldn't handle criticism or the challenges of being President. Now he can't handle a defeat in the election. As far as other politicians supporting him go, I'll bet there's some benefit in there for them. That's the most likely explanation for their continued support. Where everyday people are concerned, one can only wonder about their intellect or mental state.
both of them are stoopid
at the expense of all of his credibility
He didn't have any before Trump.
Hell, for 20 grand a day I would even wash and wax (two coats) the giver's car.
Mail in................hmmmmmmmm great idea....
I installed Dominion software on my facebook page and POOF............I suddenly had 75 million followers
Good times, let the good times roll...
Laissez les bons temps rouler
Each bottle comes with a discount certificate for McD's.
The "states rights" Tea Party crowd is sure silent on this one. So are all the Republicans that said the ballot box is how you make change while they vote against all aid to working Americans solely as means to obstruction of their corporate agenda.
because the states do not have the right to ignore election laws.
that is a fairly easy notion to grasp no?
btw, love the attempted spin - you do good work. LOL
You might want to try something other than predicting elections or SCOTUS decisions.
Trump the Loser lost once again.
SCOTUS DECIDES AGAINST TEXAS AND TRUMP, 9 to 0.
Actually, they didn't even let Texas file the case...LMAO
Trump leaving the stage with his tail between his legs.
The 18 state AG's and 126 house republicans really look like what they are...ASSHOLES