Trump And His Republican Allies Are Running Out Of Options After Supreme Court Denies To Toss Out PA Mail-In Ballots
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear a challenge to a Pennsylvania law extending mail-in voting, tossing a GOP bid to disallow mail ballots. As a result, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have reached a stage where there are no more possibilities left to overturn the election outcome.
Fox News contributor and George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley on Tuesday noted that the president and his allies are "running out of runway." This remark comes after the Supreme Court turned down their attempt to challenge a Pennsylvania law.
In Special Report, Turley suggested that Trump would need to land a jumbo jet on a postage stamp to make a difference at this point. He went on to say that the president does not have a lot of runways left. Moreover, this was touted as Trump's strongest case for the Supreme Court, but the court system showed that it is not influenced when reviewing such claims.
It is worth noting that the high court comprises three Trump-elected -justices, who did not change a decision from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to refuse a lawsuit from Rep. Mike Kelly that challenged the 2019 law. Turley said this landed a massive blow to Trump and his legal team. The GOP appeal to the high court was originally referred to Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., who then referred it to the full court.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was appointed by Trump, also participated in the vote. Democrats have been spreading conspiracy theories that she was appointed on the court in a bid to end the ACA (ObamaCare) or steal the election from the other party. However, that might not have been the goal of putting her on the court, Los Angeles Times reported.
Alluding to the dismissal of U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan's criminal case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn earlier this week was inappropriate for Sullivan to declare a verdict of a person who wasn't sentenced.
Turley noted that judges usually do not address the defendant's defendant before sentencing. He went on to say that by dismissing a case, they effectively evade that since they don't talk about innocence or guilt.
DC District Court's Judge Emmet Sullivan dismissed Flynn's criminal case in Nov., CNN reported. The pardoning came after Sullivan did not automatically grant the Justice Department's motion to dismiss his case earlier this year. Turley called Sullivan's handling of this case gratuitous, arguing that it was wrong for the court to do it.