Jonathan Swan at Axios reports a Scoop: Trump’s plan to declare premature victory: President Trump has told confidants he’ll declare victory on Tuesday night if it looks like he’s “ahead,” according to three sources familiar with his private comments. That’s even if the Electoral College outcome still hinges on large numbers of uncounted votes in … Read more
The Twitter-troll-in-chief was having a mental breakdown last night over his hand-picked Supreme Court not doing what “Dear Leader” has commanded them to do. Trump Ominously Declares Joe Biden Will Only Win White House if Supreme Court Fails to Stop It: With just five days left in a hotly contested election in which most polls … Read more
Law professors Akhil Reed Amar, Vikram David Amar and Neal Kumar Katyal warn in a New York Times op-ed, The Supreme Court Should Not Muck Around in State Election Laws: Just as they did in the infamous Bush v. Gore litigation in 2000, Republican lawyers are trying to get the Supreme Court to undermine state … Read more
For the second time in one day on Wednesday, the Supreme Court rejected a Republican effort to block a state’s extension for the receipt and counting of mail-in votes beyond Election Day, this time in North Carolina. Supreme Court Rejects Trump Campaign’s Bid to Block Mail-in Voting Extension in N.C.: The ruling fell hours after … Read more
Amy Coney Barrett became the 115th Supreme Court Justice Tuesday when Chief Justice John Roberts administered the judicial oath of office in a private ceremony at the court. A Newly Sworn In Justice Barrett Faces A Motion To Recuse Herself In Election Case: Barrett immediately was faced with an unusual motion seeking her recusal in … Read more