Trump Drops ‘Lawsuit Bomb’ … Confusion in Protracted Court Fights: Severe Division

Interview with Trump Giuliani’s lawyer Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (right), a close friend and former private attorney of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, held a press conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 4 (local time), with the second son of the President Eric and his wife, Lara, to discuss the reason for the lawsuit to suspend the count. Explained. The Trump camp, which has grown increasingly defeated, sued to suspend the count in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, and decided to request a recount in Wisconsin. Philadelphia = AP Newsis

President Donald Trump, who is being pushed around by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as a result of the count, ultimately chose a lawsuit. On the 4th (local time), a day after the presidential elections, a ‘suit bomb’ of the main competitions that still counted votes had been reversed or thrown. As the US presidential election progresses as the worst case of a court battle, protracted lawsuits, leading to social turmoil and issues such as division, are seen to escalate. The possibility of facing unexpected challenges abroad, such as provocations from hostile countries due to the weakening of the presidential leadership or the vacancy, is also discussed.

Trump Camp decided to demand a recount in Wisconsin that day and filed a lawsuit to suspend the count in Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania. In some areas, Republican officials raised a problem with the fact that ballots were being counted in a state where they were denied observation. In addition to allegations of cheating at some polling places, it also raised issues with guidelines related to voter identification regulations. Arizona and Nevada, where the count is pending, are also preparing lawsuits. Georgia, which is ahead of Biden, plans to require a recount in the event of a last-minute course change.

“We are trying to find the 500,000 votes that have disappeared in Pennsylvania,” President Trump said on Twitter that day. “If there are secretly discarded votes in Michigan, it is ours,” he said, retweeting an article in Detroit that said absentee vote counts closed and closed, creating confusion. “We are going to win in Pennsylvania, but the Democrats are fraudulent,” said Eric Trump, President Trump’s second son, and Rudolph Giuliani, a private attorney. This is not a democracy, but a great denial ”.

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Both camps also began raising money for lawsuits. Trump Camp sent an email to Republican supporters the same day, asking them to “help us pay for the lawsuit to maintain victory.” Biden Camp also encouraged donations, saying, “We created a new fund for a lawsuit that will last several weeks.” When you file a lawsuit, it will be appealed and appealed in state court before going to state supreme court. Even if the final ruling of the state Supreme Court is published, they can disagree and go to the Federal Supreme Court. It is also interpreted that with this in mind, President Trump forced the appointment of conservative Supreme Justice Amy Connie Barrett just before the presidential election. Some say that President Trump is looking for a way to take the lawsuit directly to the Supreme Court. However, legal experts point out that it is virtually impossible for counting matters to go directly to the Supreme Court. Matters that can go to the Federal Supreme Court without going through state court are severely limited to constitutional matters or matters related to the federal government. James Sample, a law professor at Hofstra University, told Bloomberg News that “an election-related dispute cannot go directly to the Supreme Court just because it is a partisan issue.” Some believe the situation will be resolved sooner than expected if the state court handles the case as a speedy resolution and dismisses President Trump’s claim. Professor Derek Muller of the University of Iowa Law predicted that “if Biden’s victory hardens and the gap widens, the lawsuit will quickly lose its power.”

On the other hand, there is the possibility that the Trump camp will continue to the Federal Supreme Court even if it loses in the lower court. Aside from a demand to stop counting the ballots in a court order form, which is decided within a day or two as soon as possible, it could lead to a tedious court battle over the denial of elections and the effect of the vote by mail.

Washington = Correspondent Lee Jeong-eun go to reporter’s page at [email protected]> / Reporter Kim Ye-yoon