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QuoteThe technicalities issue is rather rediculas, if they had applied before the election they may well have been ignored as not having standing as no injury had occurred, they apply afterwards and are told they are too late. Bullocks. If the argument is that the law is unconstitutional, you can bring a case against it even if the law has yet to even take effect. This has happened multiple times in my own state, were some law is passed in the Legislature, and is challenged on constitutional grounds before it could come into effect. On more than one such case, it the law was found to be unconstitutional, and was never enacted.
The technicalities issue is rather rediculas, if they had applied before the election they may well have been ignored as not having standing as no injury had occurred, they apply afterwards and are told they are too late.
QuoteTechnicalities are not a basis for justice, the merit have to be heard for the court to ignore them is rediculas. The supreme court also refused to hear the Texas lawsuit on a technicality that Texas and 20 other states was not an injured party.What those who brought suit against the Pennsylvania election were trying to do was to get 10's of thousands of votes thrown out On a technicalityThe Texas lawsuit had no merit either. The constitution clearly states that each state has full control over how it runs its own elections. The suit was based on the fact that those 20 states didn't like how Pennsylvania ran its own election.
Technicalities are not a basis for justice, the merit have to be heard for the court to ignore them is rediculas. The supreme court also refused to hear the Texas lawsuit on a technicality that Texas and 20 other states was not an injured party.
The Supreme Court was perfectly correct in not hearing it.
Do you have any idea of the can of worms that would have been opened if they did?
Any State could sue to have any other state's elections nullified because "They didn't like the way that state ran its election.
Hawaii could have turned around and said they wanted Texas' election thrown out, because they didn't like something about how they ran it. Where would it have ended?
QuoteThat is a terrible analogy. This case we solely regarding potential fraudAnd just where is the evidence of that "potential fraud"? In all the cases presented, none was ever presented. In fact, in none of the actual court cases was massive election fraud even claimed by the plaintiffs. For all the claims of how they had tons of evidence, it never surfaced in court, where, if you actually had evidence, you would have wanted to present it. And many of the court cases were thrown out on merit. On the very fact that the plaintiffs failed to show that there was sufficient cause to have the ballots they wanted tossed out to be invalidated.
That is a terrible analogy. This case we solely regarding potential fraud
[QuoteThat's simplistic, Trump managed a huge turn out he got more votes then Obama, he actually got the most votes of any candidate in American history, beaten by Biden who claims more. In an election which had the highest turnout of any election. Which just fits the pattern; high turn out tends to favor Democrats. You've got it backwards. All indications are the Biden did get more votes. No state, or even the US justice dept. could find any evidence of massive election fraud.
That's simplistic, Trump managed a huge turn out he got more votes then Obama, he actually got the most votes of any candidate in American history, beaten by Biden who claims more.
It is the Trump supporters that are simply claiming, without any real evidence, that Biden didn't get as many votes as the election results say he did . Why is it that people have trouble accepting that a president that never got as much as a 50% approval rating lost re-election?
By refusing to hear it they have shown themselves impartial,
If they heard The case and trump lose his side would have accepted it,
If Texas had acted criminally absolutely they could and should.
Hawaii could have turned around and said they wanted Texas' election thrown out, because they didn't like something about how they ran it.
They did find fraud just not massive fraud.
Because Biden is a joke, slightly more popular then Clinton,
but the idea the man that wrote the patriot act, and has spent the last 50 years in politics building this neo liberal joke of a corporate nightmare, would be the most voted for person in American history, is...
Quote from: Jolly2 on 08/02/2021 19:20:35but the idea the man that wrote the patriot act, and has spent the last 50 years in politics building this neo liberal joke of a corporate nightmare, would be the most voted for person in American history, is... reality
now confessed kabal.
a now confessed kabal
it sounds like a paranoid fever dream–a well-funded cabal of powerful people, ranging across industries and ideologies, working together behind the scenes to influence perceptions, change rules and laws, steer media coverage and control the flow of information. (but) They were not rigging the election; they were fortifying it.
Quote from: Jolly2a now confessed kabalQuote from: Timesit sounds like a paranoid fever dream–a well-funded cabal of powerful people, ranging across industries and ideologies, working together behind the scenes to influence perceptions, change rules and laws, steer media coverage and control the flow of information. (but) They were not rigging the election; they were fortifying it.You have missed the journalese - they grabbed your attention by describing it as a potential cabal - and then said why it wasn't.
Texas won their law suits the laws were not changed in Texas.
No the lawsuit was based on the claim that the changes to Pennsylvanian law were unconstitutional.
Completely disagree by not hearing it they leave it open, and give the impression of partiality towards Biden.
No worms, the supreme court was created to deal with disputes between states. By refusing to hear it they have shown themselves impartial, and now around 100 million Americans have no faith in their legal system. If they heard The case and trump lose his side would have accepted it, as should the other.
QuoteAgain it's nothing to do with how they ran the election it was about unconstitutional changes to laws. That effected Texas and the electoral results. And again it was an issue with the State's constitution, not the US constitution, and other states have no business in telling a state how it should interpret its own constitution. There was no US constitution issue involved,as the US constitution gives states the right to run their own elections under their own election laws.Quote If Texas had acted criminally absolutely they could and should. Criminally according to what? Their state's own election laws? I don't think you have any idea of how election laws work.QuoteBecause Biden is a joke, slightly more popular then Clinton, but the idea the man that wrote the patriot act, and has spent the last 50 years in politics building this neo liberal joke of a corporate nightmare, would be the most voted for person in American history, is laughable at best, people voted against Trump hadly anyone voted for Biden.And why is it that so many people also believe that their opinion has to equate to the majority opinion?This may be your opinion of Biden, but it isn't necessarily what the majority of people think of him.It is likely true that many of the votes for Biden were votes against Trump. But that is just means that Trump lost this election as much as Biden won. And, if Biden is as bad as you say, that means a lot of voters thought Trump was even worse, and that, In their eyes, Trump was a horrible president, and they couldn't stand the idea of 4 more years of him.* Actually, there is another reason. A good number of the people who signed on to this suit probably knew that it didn't have a leg to stand on, but they just wanted to look like good loyal soldiers to the Trump base. It was just political theatrics. They just counted on most Trump supporters not being well enough versed on the law to know this.
Again it's nothing to do with how they ran the election it was about unconstitutional changes to laws. That effected Texas and the electoral results.
Because Biden is a joke, slightly more popular then Clinton, but the idea the man that wrote the patriot act, and has spent the last 50 years in politics building this neo liberal joke of a corporate nightmare, would be the most voted for person in American history, is laughable at best, people voted against Trump hadly anyone voted for Biden.
Quote from: Jolly2 on 08/02/2021 19:20:35 Texas won their law suits the laws were not changed in Texas.Why do you keep bringing suits brought up in Texas dealing with Texas election laws?Texas has its election laws and Pennsylvania has theirs. What a judge rules in Texas based on his interpretation of Texas election law, has no bearing on Pennsylvania's interpretation of their laws.
QuoteNo the lawsuit was based on the claim that the changes to Pennsylvanian law were unconstitutional. "Unconstitutional" under Pennsylvania's state constitution, not under US constitutional law.
Again, states have the authority to run their own elections under their own election laws. This is why some states have only vote by mail, some have open primaries and other don't etc.
It is the State's supreme court that decides this issue. Here we had a number of other states trying to interfere with another state's election system (just because they didn't like the results, and for no other reason!*) One reason the USSC didn't hear the case was there was no US constitutional issue involved.QuoteCompletely disagree by not hearing it they leave it open, and give the impression of partiality towards Biden. Quote only in the minds of those who aleady wanted to believe that Trump wonIf they heard the case and there is nothing there the case would be closed, their actions have left it open.Again, only in the minds of those that wished that the election had turned out differently.Quote
Completely disagree by not hearing it they leave it open, and give the impression of partiality towards Biden. Quote only in the minds of those who aleady wanted to believe that Trump wonIf they heard the case and there is nothing there the case would be closed, their actions have left it open.
only in the minds of those who aleady wanted to believe that Trump won
Quote from: Janus on 08/02/2021 23:30:44No worms, the supreme court was created to deal with disputes between states. By refusing to hear it they have shown themselves impartial, and now around 100 million Americans have no faith in their legal system. If they heard The case and trump lose his side would have accepted it, as should the other.Oh come on, I not seen any indication that Trump supporters would have accepted a Supreme Court ruling that didn't go their way. They would have just claimed the the USSC was "in on it".
QuoteAgain it's nothing to do with how they ran the election it was about unconstitutional changes to laws. That effected Texas and the electoral results. And again it was an issue with the State's constitution, not the US constitution, and other states have no business in telling a state how it should interpret its own constitution.
There was no US constitution issue involved,as the US constitution gives states the right to run their own elections under their own election laws.Quote If Texas had acted criminally absolutely they could and should. Criminally according to what? Their state's own election laws?
I don't think you have any idea of how election laws work.QuoteBecause Biden is a joke, slightly more popular then Clinton, but the idea the man that wrote the patriot act, and has spent the last 50 years in politics building this neo liberal joke of a corporate nightmare, would be the most voted for person in American history, is laughable at best, people voted against Trump hadly anyone voted for Biden.And why is it that so many people also believe that their opinion has to equate to the majority opinion?
This may be your opinion of Biden, but it isn't necessarily what the majority of people think of him.It is likely true that many of the votes for Biden were votes against Trump. But that is just means that Trump lost this election as much as Biden won. And, if Biden is as bad as you say, that means a lot of voters thought Trump was even worse, and that, In their eyes, Trump was a horrible president, and they couldn't stand the idea of 4 more years of him.* Actually, there is another reason. A good number of the people who signed on to this suit probably knew that it didn't have a leg to stand on, but they just wanted to look like good loyal soldiers to the Trump base. It was just political theatrics. They just counted on most Trump supporters not being well enough versed on the law to know this.
Sorry not an opinion, the statics show it,
They had started this conspiracy
the majority of people who voted Biden didn't like him, they just voted against trump.
Quote from: Janus on 08/02/2021 23:30:44Quote from: Jolly2 on 08/02/2021 19:20:35 Ues absolutely unconstitutional under the Pennsylvanias constitution. Not according to the State's own Supreme Court, which has the final say on interpretation of the State's constitution. There were those that tried to argue that it was unconstitutional, which is their right, But once the state's SC rules, it's a done deal, because it is the State's SC that has the power to determine constitutionality not other states that might disagree with that ruling. The supreme court's role is to adjudicate between states when they come into conflict. By refusing to hear the case they have shown partiality to Biden.
Quote from: Jolly2 on 08/02/2021 19:20:35 Ues absolutely unconstitutional under the Pennsylvanias constitution. Not according to the State's own Supreme Court, which has the final say on interpretation of the State's constitution. There were those that tried to argue that it was unconstitutional, which is their right, But once the state's SC rules, it's a done deal, because it is the State's SC that has the power to determine constitutionality not other states that might disagree with that ruling.
Ues absolutely unconstitutional under the Pennsylvanias constitution.
Wrong, open to anyone who believed there was incorrect behaviour, 30% of independents believe the election was stolen arround 17% of Democrats do, this is not simply only the people disappointed with the election result.
Again I disagree , an open case that discussed the issues and the merits finding against Trump would have been accepted by his supporters,
but refusing to hear the case they have absolutely shown themselves partial towards Biden.
Quote from: Janus on 08/02/2021 23:30:44QuoteAgain it's nothing to do with how they ran the election it was about unconstitutional changes to laws. That effected Texas and the electoral results. And again it was an issue with the State's constitution, not the US constitution, and other states have no business in telling a state how it should interpret its own constitution. Again offiacls inside Pennsylvania also brought a case, wasnt just Texas and 20 other states, members of Pennsylvanian both private and political brought cases which were also not heard and denied a hearing.
Quote from: Janus on 08/02/2021 23:30:44There was no US constitution issue involved,as the US constitution gives states the right to run their own elections under their own election laws.Quote If Texas had acted criminally absolutely they could and should. Criminally according to what? Their state's own election laws? Criminally according to the constitution that was ignored.
Quote from: Janus on 08/02/2021 23:30:44I don't think you have any idea of how election laws work.QuoteBecause Biden is a joke, slightly more popular then Clinton, but the idea the man that wrote the patriot act, and has spent the last 50 years in politics building this neo liberal joke of a corporate nightmare, would be the most voted for person in American history, is laughable at best, people voted against Trump hadly anyone voted for Biden.And why is it that so many people also believe that their opinion has to equate to the majority opinion?Sorry not an opinion, the statics show it, the majority of people who voted Biden didn't like him, they just voted against trump.
Quote from: Janus on 08/02/2021 23:30:44This may be your opinion of Biden, but it isn't necessarily what the majority of people think of him.It is likely true that many of the votes for Biden were votes against Trump. But that is just means that Trump lost this election as much as Biden won. And, if Biden is as bad as you say, that means a lot of voters thought Trump was even worse, and that, In their eyes, Trump was a horrible president, and they couldn't stand the idea of 4 more years of him.* Actually, there is another reason. A good number of the people who signed on to this suit probably knew that it didn't have a leg to stand on, but they just wanted to look like good loyal soldiers to the Trump base. It was just political theatrics. They just counted on most Trump supporters not being well enough versed on the law to know this.Which is a denial of the actual consitutional issue.
But, hey, arguing that it did made him look good in the eyes of the Trump faithful, and that's what counted!
Quote from: Janus on 09/02/2021 18:07:28But, hey, arguing that it did made him look good in the eyes of the Trump faithful, and that's what counted! I presume he got paid too.
Quote from: Jolly2 on 09/02/2021 14:22:26Quote from: Janus on 08/02/2021 23:30:44Quote from: Jolly2 on 08/02/2021 19:20:35 Ues absolutely unconstitutional under the Pennsylvanias constitution. Not according to the State's own Supreme Court, which has the final say on interpretation of the State's constitution. There were those that tried to argue that it was unconstitutional, which is their right, But once the state's SC rules, it's a done deal, because it is the State's SC that has the power to determine constitutionality not other states that might disagree with that ruling. The supreme court's role is to adjudicate between states when they come into conflict. By refusing to hear the case they have shown partiality to Biden.Quote No, by refusing to hear the case they were stating that those states bringing the suit had no legal basis for objecting to how another state interpreted it's own constitution. They were ruling that this was not a valid case to bring to the USSC.
Quote from: Janus on 08/02/2021 23:30:44Quote from: Jolly2 on 08/02/2021 19:20:35 Ues absolutely unconstitutional under the Pennsylvanias constitution. Not according to the State's own Supreme Court, which has the final say on interpretation of the State's constitution. There were those that tried to argue that it was unconstitutional, which is their right, But once the state's SC rules, it's a done deal, because it is the State's SC that has the power to determine constitutionality not other states that might disagree with that ruling. The supreme court's role is to adjudicate between states when they come into conflict. By refusing to hear the case they have shown partiality to Biden.Quote No, by refusing to hear the case they were stating that those states bringing the suit had no legal basis for objecting to how another state interpreted it's own constitution. They were ruling that this was not a valid case to bring to the USSC.
No, by refusing to hear the case they were stating that those states bringing the suit had no legal basis for objecting to how another state interpreted it's own constitution. They were ruling that this was not a valid case to bring to the USSC.
Quote from: Janus on 08/02/2021 23:30:44Again, states have the authority to run their own elections under their own election laws. This is why some states have only vote by mail, some have open primaries and other don't etc. And that's fine, what's not fine is to ignore the law when making changes. Quote from: Janus on 09/02/2021 18:07:28And the State's SC ruled that they had not, and they are the ones that determine what is or is not legal under the state constitution.
Quote from: Janus on 09/02/2021 18:07:28Quote from: Janus on 09/02/2021 18:07:28Wrong, open to anyone who believed there was incorrect behaviour, 30% of independents believe the election was stolen arround 17% of Democrats do, this is not simply only the people disappointed with the election result. So, what? The courts job is to determine law, not to assuage anyone's "beliefs". People can "believe" a lot of stupid stuff: That the world is flat, in astrology, that the Moon landings were faked, That giant space lasers started the California wildfires... and despite how silly these beliefs are, or how there is no evidence of them being true, people will still cling to them. There are still people who cling to Qanon, even after Trump left office without unleashing "The storm". They just shift the goalposts and invent some new reason to keep the belief. and I guarantee that a majority of those who "believe" the election was "stolen would have done the same if the USSC ruled against them. QuoteAgain I disagree , an open case that discussed the issues and the merits finding against Trump would have been accepted by his supporters, Right, like they accepted it when case after case failed to get the results they wanted. and failing that when the state legislatures didn't overturn the state elections, Or when the Electoral college cast their votes, or when Pence correctly said that he did not have the constitutional authority to reject Electoral votes during congressional confirmation...Every step along the way they just found something new to hang their hat on in order to hold on to their belief. (Even after the inauguration, there are those that argue the "real" inauguration date isn't until March, and that's when Trump will be sworn in. Which is just about par for the course. Anyone who, after the last 4 years still believes that Trump was a great president will believe anything.Quotebut refusing to hear the case they have absolutely shown themselves partial towards Biden.This last statement in of itself proves the point. In your mind, not hearing case couldn't have been on legal grounds, they had to be "partial to Biden". Your own statements bely your argument.
Quote from: Janus on 09/02/2021 18:07:28Wrong, open to anyone who believed there was incorrect behaviour, 30% of independents believe the election was stolen arround 17% of Democrats do, this is not simply only the people disappointed with the election result. So, what? The courts job is to determine law, not to assuage anyone's "beliefs". People can "believe" a lot of stupid stuff: That the world is flat, in astrology, that the Moon landings were faked, That giant space lasers started the California wildfires... and despite how silly these beliefs are, or how there is no evidence of them being true, people will still cling to them. There are still people who cling to Qanon, even after Trump left office without unleashing "The storm". They just shift the goalposts and invent some new reason to keep the belief. and I guarantee that a majority of those who "believe" the election was "stolen would have done the same if the USSC ruled against them. QuoteAgain I disagree , an open case that discussed the issues and the merits finding against Trump would have been accepted by his supporters, Right, like they accepted it when case after case failed to get the results they wanted. and failing that when the state legislatures didn't overturn the state elections, Or when the Electoral college cast their votes, or when Pence correctly said that he did not have the constitutional authority to reject Electoral votes during congressional confirmation...Every step along the way they just found something new to hang their hat on in order to hold on to their belief. (Even after the inauguration, there are those that argue the "real" inauguration date isn't until March, and that's when Trump will be sworn in. Which is just about par for the course. Anyone who, after the last 4 years still believes that Trump was a great president will believe anything.
Quote from: Janus on 09/02/2021 18:07:28Quote from: Janus on 08/02/2021 23:30:44QuoteAgain it's nothing to do with how they ran the election it was about unconstitutional changes to laws. That effected Texas and the electoral results. And again it was an issue with the State's constitution, not the US constitution, and other states have no business in telling a state how it should interpret its own constitution. Again offiacls inside Pennsylvania also brought a case, wasnt just Texas and 20 other states, members of Pennsylvanian both private and political brought cases which were also not heard and denied a hearing.Because the state's own SC had already ruled on its constitutionality.
Just because someone brings a case, does not mean they have legal grounds to do so. Court deny hearings when, in their opinion, such legal ground do not exist. Someone "believing" they have a case is not the same as actually having a case.Quote
Quote from: Janus on 09/02/2021 18:07:28Quote from: Janus on 08/02/2021 23:30:44There was no US constitution issue involved,as the US constitution gives states the right to run their own elections under their own election laws.Quote If Texas had acted criminally absolutely they could and should. Criminally according to what? Their state's own election laws? Criminally according to the constitution that was ignored.For the umpteenth time: Not according to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which has the final say. The only reason to get the USSC involved would be if you were arguing that the state's constitution violated the US constitution. Quote
Quote from: Janus on 09/02/2021 18:07:28Quote from: Janus on 08/02/2021 23:30:44I don't think you have any idea of how election laws work.QuoteBecause Biden is a joke, slightly more popular then Clinton, but the idea the man that wrote the patriot act, and has spent the last 50 years in politics building this neo liberal joke of a corporate nightmare, would be the most voted for person in American history, is laughable at best, people voted against Trump hadly anyone voted for Biden.And why is it that so many people also believe that their opinion has to equate to the majority opinion?Sorry not an opinion, the statics show it, the majority of people who voted Biden didn't like him, they just voted against trump.Even if true (And the funny thing about these type of"statistics" is that depending on how you interpret them, you can conclude just about what you want), This still means that more voters saw Biden as the better choice of the two, even if they didn't necessarily "like" him, they thought the other option was undesirable. Biden doesn't need to be a "great" president, just moderately capable, which in of itself would be a refreshing change to the last 4 years. Quote
Quote from: Janus on 09/02/2021 18:07:28Quote from: Janus on 08/02/2021 23:30:44This may be your opinion of Biden, but it isn't necessarily what the majority of people think of him.It is likely true that many of the votes for Biden were votes against Trump. But that is just means that Trump lost this election as much as Biden won. And, if Biden is as bad as you say, that means a lot of voters thought Trump was even worse, and that, In their eyes, Trump was a horrible president, and they couldn't stand the idea of 4 more years of him.* Actually, there is another reason. A good number of the people who signed on to this suit probably knew that it didn't have a leg to stand on, but they just wanted to look like good loyal soldiers to the Trump base. It was just political theatrics. They just counted on most Trump supporters not being well enough versed on the law to know this.Which is a denial of the actual consitutional issue.Of which there was NONE. Claiming there was a constitutional issue is not the same as there being a constitutional issue. There were those who tried to argue that there was one, but they got shot down in the courts as not having a case.The instructor that taught Ted Cruz( who offered to argue the case to the supreme court) constitutional law, is quoted to say that Ted must have slept through that part of his class. (Most likely he didn't, and knew full well that the case didn't have a leg to stand on. But, hey, arguing that it did made him look good in the eyes of the Trump faithful, and that's what counted! That's just the type of weasel Cruz is.)
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