Supreme Court Dismisses Trump’s Lawsuit in PA Without a Hearing
On Tuesday, the Supreme court dismissed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the state of Pennsylvania without even giving the legal team an opportunity to present their case.
The President’s legal team filed a lawsuit against the state in hopes of overturning former Vice-President Joe Biden’s electoral win over allegations of voter fraud. The Court immediately dismissed the injunctive relief that was filed by Republican Rep. Mike Kelly. Based on the lawsuit, Kelly challenged the 2019 law which was passed as a way to expand mail-in voting.
According to Kelly, he argued that the court must toss all the mail-in ballots because they are deemed to be unconstitutional. He claimed that in order for election law to be valid, it must first undergo through the state legislature through a constitutional amendment. Without this, the provision should be scrapped.
The case was referred to U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., which was then transferred to the high court. Alito, who was appointed by former U.S. President George W. Bush, had immediately summoned the state officials listed in Kelly’s lawsuit. The judge had given the officials a 24-hour deadline to appear in court. Unfortunately, the case was still dismissed even before the team could present their evidence that fraud had taken place. This was because the “Safe Harbor Day,” an important electoral deadline had passed.
In an interview with Trump’s former lawyer. Alan Dershowitz believed that the team had a substantial constitutional case in Pennsylvania. While the renowned lawyer was doubtful on the other lawsuits that were filed by the President’s legal team, Dershowitz believed that the case against the 2019 law in Pennsylvania is a “winning one.”
Kelly’s opponent, lawyers who were working for Democratic Gov. Tom Wolfe claimed that the legal team failed to provide a basis for their claim and that the Supreme Court is less likely to take in the lawsuit.
While states refused to believe the President’s allegation, the state of Texas also took charge and sued three states, namely Wisconsin, Georgia, and Michigan. The state shared the same argument that Kelly had presented, on how the said states had expanded their mail-in voting systems without the approval of the legislature.
In a report from The Patriot Hill, the media outlet cited that the law had completely ignored the Constitutional guidelines on how ballots should be “received, evaluated, and counted.” As a result, Texas believed that the state’s failure had compromised the election results.