Originally published at: 9th Circuit Rejects Trump Appeal in CA Election Case - TPM – Talking Points Memo
Following an usual Sunday afternoon oral argument, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected for now the Trump DOJ’s bid to interfere in California’s midterm election. In a per curiam decision with two concurrences and one dissent, the appeal court panel rejected the Trump DOJ’s appeal as premature, which left the court without jurisdiction…
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Marc Elias called this right after arguments. If any one person can be thanked for helping to save our democracy, it is Marc Elias.
ETA Frist, with obligatory cat.
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You can name that cat Bob Frist the Cat.
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Bumatay is another perpetually auditioning FedSoc clown, just like James Ho.
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So far Trump’s goons have played a lot of small ball. When are they going to bring out the big guns.
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Not sure what you mean by “the big guns.” Do you mean finding actual lawyers to draft the pleadings and put together legal strategy instead of the bar exam failures and paralegal wannabes who now staff DOJ?
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I don’t think the arguments get any stronger from here. MAGA doesn’t have any real lawyers. I mean attacks on millions of votes instead of 20,000. The Dan Sullivan lawsuit is small ball. They just can’t come up with something the Alaska court hasn’t already dealt with.
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Unless the judge is a Trump stooge, DOJ’s specious case will be rejected. It is based on literally nothing but speculation.
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Judge Carter’s quote ‘failure’ text in the piece is probably counter to the author’s intent and certainly counter to the events. A minor ed. correction could be warranted here. Also whoop
You mean you were anticipating that they would use their real complaint? That lots of people voted Democratic and that’s not fair?