The NRA is one of the US’ most influential lobby groups, funding pro-gun Republican lawmakers and opposing Democrat-driven moves toward gun control, even in the wake of mass shootings. As influential as the NRA is, all’s not well with the organization’s finances, and the group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy …
Read More »US court tosses lawsuit by Republicans to give Pence ‘sole discretion’ to decide which electoral votes to count on January 6
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 »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 »Pennsylvania court tosses Trump’s suit alleging mail-in vote irregularities. Campaign says it ‘helps strategy to get to SCOTUS’
US District Court Judge Matthew Brann has ruled to dismiss the lawsuit from the Trump campaign on Saturday, saying the president’s legal team failed to present “compelling legal arguments and factual proof of rampant corruption” which would have warranted the court “disenfranchising almost seven million votes.” “That has not happened. …
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