US District Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle ruled on Friday that Texas GOP Representative Louie Gohmert and 11 Arizona Republicans can claim “at most an institutional injury to the House of Representatives,” when they argue that some sections of the 1887 Electoral Count Act violate the 12th Amendement, which stipulates the …
Read More »‘New California’ and ‘New Nevada’ sign on to Texas election fraud lawsuit, but what exactly are they?
Texas’ Supreme Court lawsuit – supported by 18 other states, President Donald Trump, and 106 Republican congressmen as amici curiae – seeks to block the seating of electors in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, alleging that Joe Biden’s victory in these key swing states was fraudulent. Two more states joined …
Read More »US Supreme Court DENIES Texas election lawsuit for ‘lack of standing’
The court announced on Friday evening that the motion by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was denied the leave to file “for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution.” Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented from the decision, saying they would have granted the motion to file the complaint, …
Read More »‘This is the big one’: Trump vows to ‘INTERVENE’ in Texas lawsuit aimed at overturning battleground results
“We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case,” Trump tweeted on Wednesday, noting that the Texas motion filed on Tuesday received support from several attorneys general in other states, including Alabama and Louisiana. “This is the big one,” the president wrote, adding, “Our Country needs a victory!” The …
Read More »Pennsylvania Supreme Court tosses lawsuit demanding rejection of ALL 2.5 mn mail-in votes, says no evidence of fraud
In a unanimous decision, the state Supreme Court ruled that the suit was brought months after the time period allowed for legal challenges to the state’s mail-in voting law had expired. The plaintiff, US Rep. Mike Kelly, had sought to halt further steps by the state to certify its election …
Read More »Supreme Court ignores Trump lawsuit that would disqualify mail-in votes in Pennsylvania
More than 2.6 million mail ballots were cast in Pennsylvania this election. Voters mailing in their ballots broke heavily for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, with nearly three times as many mail-in votes going to the former vice president. However, Republicans argued before the election that Pennsylvania’s decision to allow the …
Read More »Trump campaign withdrawing Michigan lawsuit – Rudy Giuliani
“This morning we are withdrawing our lawsuit in Michigan as a direct result of achieving the relief we sought: to stop the election in Wayne County from being prematurely certified before residents can be assured that every legal vote has been counted and every illegal vote has not been counted,” Giuliani’s statement read. The campaign had …
Read More »Trump files lawsuit alleging in-person votes in Arizona might have been ‘incorrectly rejected’ due to poll workers’ actions
The suit, filed Saturday, alleges that poll workers struggled to operate new voting machines in Maricopa County, leading to errors when the devices detected so-called overvotes – cases where too many selections were made. Rather than informing voters of the errors and giving them an opportunity to fix their ballots, …
Read More »US Justice Department & 11 states file antitrust lawsuit against Google, say giant pays ‘billions each year’ to sideline rivals
The US government has accused Google, a unit of the tech giant’s umbrella company Alphabet Inc., of paying “billions” each year to distributors, including mobile phone companies and web browser developers, to secure default status for its search engine. Earlier in October, a House Judiciary subcommittee concluded after a probe …
Read More »Biden supporter Cardi B facing defamation lawsuit over ‘racist MAGA supporters’ tirade and ‘deceptively’ edited video
John Ray, the attorney representing beachgoers Peter Caliendo, Pauline Caliendo and Manuel Alarcon, said the rapper’s viral social media video was “deviously” edited to make his clients look bad before it was published by Cardi B. The artist has claimed that her sister and her sister’s partner, both of whom …
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