{"id":38857,"date":"2020-11-28T15:35:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T19:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=38857"},"modified":"2020-11-28T15:35:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T19:35:29","slug":"pennsylvania-judge-backs-trump-claims-over-mail-in-ballots-says-unlikely-constitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=38857","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Judge Backs Trump Claims Over Mail-In Ballots, Says &#8216;Unlikely Constitutional&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>After a Pennsylvania Judge\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/judge-blocks-certification-pennsylvania-election-results\">blocked the state<\/a>\u00a0from &#8216;taking any further steps&#8217; to complete the certification of the presidential race on Wednesday &#8211; she dropped a detailed opinion on Friday justifying her decision, which concludes that\u00a0<strong>the state&#8217;s changes to mail-in balloting procedures were likely illegal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ballot-700x420_0_0.jpg?itok=U57Pumjf\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ballot-700x420_0_0.jpg?itok=U57Pumjf\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ballot-700x420_0_0.jpg?itok=B9byw3C_ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ballot-700x420_0_0.jpg?itok=B9byw3C_ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ballot-700x420_0_0.jpg?itok=B9byw3C_ 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ballot-700x420_0_0.jpg?itok=B9byw3C_ 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ballot-700x420_0_0.jpg?itok=B9byw3C_ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/ballot-700x420_0_0.jpg?itok=U57Pumjf 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/ballot-700x420_0_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"546ce607-c783-4a43-ab01-400bf93a6ea7\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The order is currently delayed while the state Supreme Court considers the case on an expedited basis, which was filed by a group of Republicans who argued that the state&#8217;s changes to mail-in voting, Act 77, violated the commonwealth&#8217;s constitution.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1332530731231236097&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fpennsylvania-judge-backs-trump-says-election-unlikely-constitutional&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1332530731231236097\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad__wrapper-element\"><\/div>\n<p>Commonwealth Judge Patricia McCullough noted in her opinion that the plaintiffs &#8220;<strong>have established a\u00a0<u>likelihood to succeed on the merits<\/u><\/strong>&#8221; of the case, because &#8220;<strong>the Constitution does not provide a mechanism for the legislature to allow for the expansion of absentee voting without a constitutional amendment.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1332539464288268288&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fpennsylvania-judge-backs-trump-says-election-unlikely-constitutional&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1332539464288268288\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Petitioners appear to have a\u00a0<strong>viable claim that the mail-in ballot procedures set forth in Act 77 contravene Pa. Const. Article VII Section 14<\/strong>\u00a0as the plain language of that constitutional provision\u00a0<strong>is at odds with the mail-in provisions of Act 77.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Judge McCullough adds that without the emergency injunction, the plaintiffs would likely suffer &#8220;irreparable harm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>If what may be an unconstitutional mail-in voting process remains extant, such mail-in ballots may make the difference as to whether he is successful or not<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In short; Judge McCullough believes that Pennsylvania&#8217;s last-minute changes to mail-in ballots was likely unconstitutional, and if allowed to remain in place may negatively affect at least one of the plaintiffs (a GOP congressman) in future elections.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/pennsylvania-judge-backs-trump-says-election-unlikely-constitutional\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/pennsylvania-judge-backs-trump-says-election-unlikely-constitutional<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}