An effort to lift Trump’s gag order has been rejected by SCOTUS. Though Alito and Thomas of course said they’d allow the gag order to be lifted.
How the hell would a Missouri AG have any shred of standing to bring this lawsuit in the first place?
No doubt his “argument” had something to do with “protecting the border”.
Heh. Actually, a quick skim of the story suggests he tried a bullshit argument about Missourians’ First Amendment right to listen to Trump bloviate.
Yes, I know, I know.
I did not know the First Amendment protected self-harm.
Good question. In the past, I would have suggested they brought such a ridiculous case in order to curry political favor. But with the Supreme Court as it is, maybe they had a shot of getting something through.
The Missouri AG brought it under the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction, as one state suing another. Their argument was that the NY prosecution impaired the right of Missouri citizens to bow down and worship at the feet of the Orange God attend one of Trump’s rallies and take in the reasoned political discourse, essential to being able to cast a fully informed ballot.
If I recall correctly, the Texas AG tried something similar to try to challenge the 2020 election results in some of the other states, using the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction. Supreme Court kicked them to the curb.
What’s the procedure if someone dies before the election but after sending in a mail in ballot?
I googled, and will share below. Georgia doesn’t have a rule one way or the other, apparently.
Some states are silent on this issue. Others address it directly in statute, either by prohibiting or permitting the counting of ballots from voters who die before Election Day.
- Nine states—Arkansas, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, North Dakota, Tennessee and Virginia—have statutes that explicitly permit counting absentee ballots cast by voters who die before Election Day; one state—Connecticut—only counts these ballots if the deceased voter is a member of the armed services.
- Ten states—Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wisconsin— have statutes that explicitly prohibit counting absentee ballots cast by voters who die before Election Day. Missouri states that such ballots be rejected only if sufficient evidence is shown to an election authority that the voter has died before the opening of the polls on Election Day, and the deceased voter’s ballot is still sealed in the ballot envelope.
- At least two states—Kentucky and Mississippi—also prohibit counting deceased voters’ ballots, but through attorneys general opinions, rather than statute.
- In the remaining 28 states, NCSL has not found citations indicating whether absentee/mail ballots from voters who die before Election Day are to be counted.
As a practical matter, it is hard to retrieve ballots from people who have died between casting their votes and Election Day. Once the absentee ballot has been verified and removed from the envelope for counting, the ballot cannot be retraced to the voter.
For some reason, Trump wants Biden to take back the nomination. Perfectly stable and genius thing to say, right?
Given how many times Trump has said Harris is getting the nomination unconstitutionally it’s clear that he doesn’t understand what the nomination process is. And that he hasn’t read the constitution.
If I was walking down the street and there was a fellow standing there yelling this:
What are the chances that Crooked Joe Biden, the WORST President in the history of the U.S., whose Presidency was Unconstitutionally STOLEN from him by Kamabla, Barrack HUSSEIN Obama, Crazy Nancy Pelosi, Shifty Adam Schiff, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, and others on the Lunatic Left, CRASHES the Democrat National Convention and tries to take back the Nomination, beginning with challenging me to another DEBATE. He feels that he made a historically tragic mistake by handing over the U.S. Presidency, a COUP, to the people in the World he most hates, and he wants it back, NOW!!!
I would say to myself, « Don’t make eye-contact with the crazy man », cross to the other side of the street, and consider whether I should call 911 to suggest they make a wellness check.
Trump did the interview Monday and Ross gave him a Cybertruck and a Rolex worth $300,000 during the interview. What the fuck? There are a couple clips in this article and the whole thing was just weird. And if anyone thought there was hope for Barron, he is a fan of this guy and recommended that Trump do the interview.
Adin Ross interviews Trump, gifts him a Cybertruck and a Rolex (nbcnews.com)
Donald Trump has no idea who Project 2025 head Kevin Roberts is. “… no idea who is in charge of it.”
And his new running certainly knows him. As I posted in the Vance thread:
Vance wrote the forward to a book Roberts wrote, but Roberts is postponing the publication of the book until after the election so as not to advertise how tight he is with the Trump campaign until the election is over. (Wink wink, nudge nudge…)
Trump, can you please stop pretending you don’t know what Project 2025 is? All of your people are in on it so if you truly don’t know what it is you are openly admitting that your people are actively betraying you before you even get started. Your future administration is full of traitors three months in advance because you don’t know about a very public thing that no one is trying to hide from you (beyond the fact that they know damn well that you will never in your life even attempt to pick up a 900 page book much less read it). I know you expect a lot of people to believe a lot of dumb shit but this one takes the cake.
The perfect 900-page book for Donald Trump: Crime and Punishment.
Not sure if this is the right thread for this question, but here goes:
In the Xwitterverse, there’s a concern that Jamie Raskin is going to overturn the election results. Of course, I’m sure it’s mostly bullshit. But I can’t find anything that Raskin has said recently about the upcoming election that could be misconstrued into what the MAGA crowd is saying.
Anyone know what they’re talking about?
Who is Jamie Raskin, please?
“Mostly”? Really, dude?
Jamie Raskin is a Congressman from Maryland, representing the state’s Eighth District in the House of Representatives. He’s also a ranking member of the Oversight Committee.
@JKellyMap, I was trying to be generous.