cowboypack02 said:If this is the case...is it your argument that we should just ignore it because it may not overturn the election?IseWolf22 said:cowboypack02 said:Your right here. So my question is who voted on these changes? No one got a vote. In fact in PA the legislature decided to not vote on the exact changes that the court enacted.IseWolf22 said:caryking said:IsleWolf, help me understand...IseWolf22 said:Dmax95 said:
They don't have the right to change election laws without approvals from state legislature votes. A lot of these rule changes were pushed through and approved by the local courts not legislatures. Left and Right made some mistakes. They also don't have precedent over the Constitution as well to do such(Florida 2000). This is a layup lawsuit if SCOTUS follows the precedent.
If you're reading mainstream media outlets don't be surprised if this blindsides people. Like the Hunter Biden crap. There's been evidence and issues since the start that should be resolved like the election issues. It's amazing how much the mainstream narrative is to cover up the election issues. They're going to act like SCOTUS stole the election if the Texas lawsuit wins.
It's very clear why say a state like Pennsylvania is trying to shoot down the suits in court. Both sides messed up with the mail in ballot issues. Hence why it was petitioned to the supreme court asap. Avg person has no clue what's going on.
The statute is not absolute that the legislature must vote on every minutia of election law. The SC has allowed in the past that the power can be delegated (ex. Redistricting commissions, ballot referendums).
There is also the scale of remediation. Even if the SC finds an added rule was invalid, they may strike the rule while upholding the election results. Plaintiffs will need to prove the specific rule in question for each state would have resulted in significant enough shifts in voting to change the outcome.
I don't think you'll be getting the results you hope for.
A state can delegate its legal powers to an agency (BTW, the federal government has done this as well); however, can they do this when it appears that it's in violations with the constitution?
Also, you referred to a statute.. Is that what is being argued. I was understanding that the states are arguing the constitutional nature of the actions by the states in question...
The SC has previously interpreted "legislature" in the elections clause very loosley. They've allowed things like independent redistricting commissions and referendums passed by voters. The lawsuit will first need to convince the SC that the changes in each state were invalid and the rule wasn't passed by the more nebulous definition of "legislature".
Then they would need to prove that in absense of the rule, Trump likely could win. Without the 2nd piece the SC is within their power to overturn specific laws/statutes that they find invalid without overturning the overall election results.
I agree that if voters pass something then it should respected. But no one got to vote here...
Well the original act was passed by the legislature. I think you're referring to the court case around if ballots should arrive by 8 PM on election day vs be postmarked by 8 PM on election day.
Without pulling up the specific text of Act 77 on my phone, yes the USSC may rule that the law's intent was for ballots to arrive by election day.
But that's only about 10,000 ballots, not nearly enough to overturn PA. So the PA court decision may be overturned without any impact to the election. It is possible other down ballot races could be affected
No, my argument is that even if the US SC overturns the PA SC on this issue, it would not invalidate other votes or kick the selection of electors to the legislature. If ballots are disallowed, some down ballot races may be reversed, but electors would still be selected for Biden.
I don't really have a strong opinion on the exact issue at hand (ballots postmarked by or arrived by election day). I'l have not read the exact text of Act 77 and I mostly trust the USSC to rule fairly