Judge tosses Trump Campaign lawsuit to disenfranchise 7 million Pennsylvania voters

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Judge Brann noted that Trump’s legal team argued that the counties having control over notice-and-cure policy “creates an arbitrary system” thus it is unconstitutional. The president’s lawyers then “tried to merge” their argument with a much simpler theory of harm based on the cancellation of Individual Plaintiffs’ ballots in order to satisfy standing”

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He compared Trump legal team’s argument to a “Frankenstein Monster” that “has been haphazardly stitched together from two distinct theories in an attempt to avoid controlling precedent.”

“Even assuming that they can establish that their right to vote has been denied, which they cannot, Plaintiffs seek to remedy the denial of their votes by invalidating the votes of millions of others. Rather than requesting that their votes be counted, they seek to discredit scores of other votes, but only for one race. This is simply not how the Constitution works,” according to Judge Brann.

Trump Campaign legal team vows to appeal

In a statement, Jenna Ellis, the legal adviser for Trump Campaign, and Giuliani vowed to appeal Judge Brann’s ruling. In fact, they consider the decision as positive citing the reason that it paves the way for them to quickly bring their case to the Supreme Court.