CNN)The Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit Saturday night from US Rep. Mike Kelly and other Republicans, after they had tried to invalidate absentee voting and block the certification of votes in recent weeks.
The dismissal adds to a growing number of losses in court for Republicans and supporters of President Donald Trump, who have tried to attack voting systems in the wake of President-elect Joe Biden's victory. The lawsuits have failed almost uniformly.
The court was unanimous in deciding against Kelly and others, and refusing to block vote certification on Saturday. Five of the seven judges wrote that they believed the lawsuit had been filed far too late, a year after absentee voting procedures had been established in the state and weeks after millions of Pennsylvanians voted in good faith. MAP: See 2020 election results
"It is beyond cavil that Petitioners failed to act with due diligence in presenting the instant claim," the court wrote in its majority opinion.
The high court said the Republicans couldn't reconfigure their complaints and try again.
Lower courts in the state had said the lawsuit, which was filed weeks after Election Day, could stop counties from certifying votes, but that move had essentially become irrelevant.
Pennsylvania counties had already certified their vote counts, making Biden the winner of the battleground state by an 80,000-vote margin.
Earlier this month, a federal judge in Pennsylvania dealt a death blow to the Trump campaign's effort to overturn Biden's presidential win by dismissing a closely watched lawsuit that sought to invalidate millions of Pennsylvania votes. That case was essentially the last major case seeking to throw out or block enough votes that could swing a key state in Trump's favor.
Judge Matthew Brann of the US District Court in the Middle District of Pennsylvania called the Trump campaign's case "Frankenstein's monster" for its poorly stitched together legal theories.
On Friday, a federal appeals court dealt the Trump campaign's effort another blow, with a Trump-appointed judge writing in a scathing opinion that the campaign's lawsuit lacked proof and that its allegations in Pennsylvania "have no merit."
The court opinion also rejected Trump's motion to undo Pennsylvania's certification of votes, calling it "unprecedented" and "breathtaking" relief where no fraud had been alleged.
I called this shyt weeks ago because it would’ve given the postal service more time to complete their jobs. It just happened to be a smaller amount than I thought it would be but he basically just blew out his ass &3million he could’ve used for his 2024 bid. Hilarious though and if he decides to run again it’s just going to handcuff progress in the gop and hand Biden Harris another 4 years.
I called this shyt weeks ago because it would’ve given the postal service more time to complete their jobs. It just happened to be a smaller amount than I thought it would be but he basically just blew out his ass &3million he could’ve used for his 2024 bid. Hilarious though and if he decides to run again it’s just going to handcuff progress in the gop and hand Biden Harris another 4 years.
I don’t think Harris can pull a win as president, so hopefully the democrats can get it together to build a better platform for 2024. They literally ran on Covid, and not being Trump. Those things aren’t going to be relevant forever, unless they try the “Do you want to go back to a Trump America?”
I called this shyt weeks ago because it would’ve given the postal service more time to complete their jobs. It just happened to be a smaller amount than I thought it would be but he basically just blew out his ass &3million he could’ve used for his 2024 bid. Hilarious though and if he decides to run again it’s just going to handcuff progress in the gop and hand Biden Harris another 4 years.
He isn’t an idiot. He won on slim margins and got beat on large margins.
Regaining power after losing it is hard to do. If he had chosen not to run in 2020 then came back in 2024 it would be different.
Having a taste of world leaders giving you anything you want to go back to bidding against other businesses ain’t to his liking. The house of Saud isn’t booking Trump Hotels in 2021.
He isn’t an idiot. He won on slim margins and got beat on large margins.
Regaining power after losing it is hard to do. If he had chosen not to run in 2020 then came back in 2024 it would be different.
Having a taste of world leaders giving you anything you want to go back to bidding against other businesses ain’t to his liking. The house of Saud isn’t booking Trump Hotels in 2021.
Yeah but let’s be real here. He’s not trying to overturn the election cause he cares about waking up for security briefings or traveling for G20 summits.
People kiss his ring and pay back door money to him and his family. He gets to play golf with tax payer money every weekend
No matter how influential he is in GOP politics, Ted Cruz and Jim Bob in Kentucky aren’t going to give him money.
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