Trump filed a line lawsuit, stubborn court … Judge “What’s the matter?”

Lawsuits filed by US President Donald Trump in objection to the presidential election results have been dismissed in state court. However, President Trump made it clear that he would pursue the lawsuit, saying: “The Supreme Court of this country will reach a conclusion.” He has requested the intervention of the Supreme Court, which has established a conservative superiority system of ‘6 against 3’ with the appointment of Judge Amy Comet Barrett. This means that if you do not accept the lawsuits related to the recount until it passes through the state courts, the courts of appeal and the supreme courts, you will go to the federal supreme court.

US President Donald Trump announced that he will sue in all areas where Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden predominates as market conditions worsen. [AFP=연합뉴스]

According to the Associated Press on the 5th (local time), the Michigan District Court said it would dismiss the lawsuit to stop counting the votes that Trump’s electoral camp cast the day before after objecting to the ballot counting process. Michigan Magistrate Court Judge Cynthia Stevens said after the hearing: “It is too late to stop counting the ballots and the legal basis is insufficient.”

Additionally, the camp’s claim that “Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has restricted access to Republican election observers,” he said. “The minister has never controlled the vote counting process and there is not enough reason to film the counting process.” . In addition, he dismissed the claim that the arrival date of the mail-in ballot was illegally manipulated as “a rumor without proof.”

The Georgia District Court also dismissed Trump’s field lawsuit to suspend vote counting because there was no evidence of any indictment claimed by Trump. The Georgia Republican Party previously filed a lawsuit against the Chatham County Board of Elections, requesting that the vote-by-mail ballots be separated so that invalid votes do not count.

Trump Camp insisted to the warden that “I saw the voters of the NEC arrive after the deadline to vote at 7 pm on November 3 and send 53 votes by mail that should be considered invalid in the valid vote stack.” However, Judge James Bath, who conducted the hearing, said: “There is no evidence or evidence that ballots were mishandled by NEC staff and there is no reason to stop counting.”

In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, an election commissioner sorts ballots by mail. [AP=연합뉴스]

On the other hand, the Pennsylvania Court of Appeals, one of the biggest battlegrounds, accepted a request to allow Republican election observers to observe the voting process more closely.

Judge Christine Pizzano Cannon of the State Court of Appeals ruled: “All candidates, candidate representatives and observers are eligible to participate in the counting process” and ruled that “observe from a distance of 1.8 m in accordance with the new rules for the prevention of coronavirus infection (Corona 19) “. .

Previously, Trump’s election camps demanded that the county, including Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, be sued to stop counting the counts and guarantee “ access of meaning ” to observe the count. They claimed that NEC officials were not adequately verifying whether the mail-in ballot was sent in a regulatory envelope and signed. It also stopped counting votes until access was allowed and requested the counting of votes that had already been completed. However, the court did not accept requests to stop the count and recount other than the 1.8 million visit.

President Trump announced an appeal against the state courts’ decision to dismiss him. President Trump said at a White House conference that afternoon: “You cannot rob us in this election. There will be many lawsuits in the future, “he argued, saying,” We have a lot of evidence. “All the states that claim that Biden have won election scams,” he said on Twitter. “They will face legal challenges.” “There will be more legal action,” said Bill Steffian, head of the countermeasures campaign.

Supporters of President Trump hold protests near Pennsylvania counting offices alleging illegal elections. [로이터=연합뉴스]

As soon as the Pennsylvania Court of Appeals decided to allow the ‘1.8 million visit’, a follow-up lawsuit was also filed in federal court. Trump Camp filed suit in Pennsylvania Federal District Court for failing to comply with the order of the Pennsylvania Court of Appeals for the Philadelphia Commission. This is because if the state does not follow the state court’s decision or violates federal law, you can raise a question with the federal court.

However, the federal district court immediately dismissed the case. Pennsylvania Federal District Law Judge Paul Diamond held a hearing that day and ruled that “if there are observers in the counting office, no problem.” Judge Diamond told the election field attorney: “I don’t know what the problem is. Such a lawsuit does not appear to have to be dealt with at the federal court level. “Instead, they ordered Democrats and Republicans to agree to assist 60 people each not to file additional lawsuits.

Despite successive firing decisions, Trump Camp filing a bunch of lawsuits is interpreted as an “ overtime strategy. ”

Consequently, Trump Election Camp is highly likely to appeal and appeal to the State Superior Court and the State Supreme Court, or repeatedly file similar lawsuits in objection to the state’s first trial decision. As demand lengthens, it is very likely that even the major competing states will not be able to finalize the voters list. In this process, it is pointed out that if some trials reach the Supreme Court next month, the electoral schedule of the electoral body to be held on December 14 could be disrupted.

In theory, the US court system proceeds in the following order: State Court of First Instance → State Superior Court → State Supreme Court → Federal District Court → Federal Superior and Appellate Court → Federal Supreme Court . However, if the plaintiff is determined to be an issue that must be dealt with under federal law, the plaintiff may file a lawsuit directly in federal district court rather than in state court.

In this case, the confusion of the 2000 presidential election could re-enact between George W. Bush (Republican) and Al Gore (Democrat). At that time, a Florida court accepted a recount requested by Gore’s candidate. In response, the Bush side filed a lawsuit in federal court regarding electoral jurisdiction. The federal court ruled it a serious matter and held high-speed trials in the Federal District Court, the Federal Superior Court and the Federal Supreme Court, finalizing the decision on December 12.

Despite Democratic opposition, President Trump appoints conservative federal Supreme Court Justice Amy Connie Barrett just before the presidential election and completed the Senate approval process. Consequently, the Federal Supreme Court has an overwhelming conservative advantage with 6 conservatives and 3 progressives.

Reporter Lee Min-jung [email protected]