“We cheated at historic levels because we were certain the Supreme Court would never overturn a crooked election.” https://t.co/BGGnNSPkjX
— Praying Medic (@prayingmedic) December 8, 2020
The Pennsylvania state government, represented by Democratic Governor Tom Wolf, contends the Supreme Court should dismiss charges of election fraud in order to avoid mass civil unrest.
It argues that Pennsylvania state Republicans make the request to decertify election results “without any acknowledgment of the staggering upheaval, turmoil, and acrimony it would unleash. In issuing equitable relief, this Court rightly seeks to avoid inflaming social disorder,” reads the response filed by Wolf’s attorneys.
It also contends that the Supreme Court should avoid addressing election fraud because of the number of problems it causes.
“No court has ever issued an order nullifying a governor’s certification of presidential election results. And for good reason: ‘Once the door is opened to judicial invalidation of presidential election results, it will be awfully hard to close that door again. . . . The loss of public trust in our constitutional order resulting from the exercise of this kind of judicial power would be incalculable,’” the brief reads.
The lawsuit before the Court is brought by a group of Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers and candidates. They allege Pennsylvania’s vote-by-mail statute – Act 77 (which vastly expanded the state’s mail-in voting procedures) – is in violation of the state’s constitution.
Read the brief in its entirety here.