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Your comment about R lawsuits prompted a search for me. For those who want to know more, I found this: "Could Republicans sue to keep Biden on the ballot? Speaker Mike Johnson’s threat to challenge Vice President Harris’s nomination in court should be frivolous. But who knows with this Supreme Court?" by Ian Millhiser at Vox (vox.com/scotus/362186/s…).
Your comment about R lawsuits prompted a search for me. For those who want to know more, I found this: "Could Republicans sue to keep Biden on the ballot? Speaker Mike Johnson’s threat to challenge Vice President Harris’s nomination in court should be frivolous. But who knows with this Supreme Court?" by Ian Millhiser at Vox (https://www.vox.com/scotus/362186/supreme-court-biden-ballot-harris-lawsuits).
It's certainly amusing to see how concerned these people seem to be about disenfranchising their opposition's voters.
Well, their position is pretty clear. If someone is going to disenfranchise voters, it is going to be them, damnit!
Hah!
Yes, especially when they claim it isn't small-d democratic. That's rich.
As I understand it, anyone can sue. If the lawsuit is found to be frivolous, it ought to be dismissed. Although I am concerned about what SCOTUS might do if an appeal is made, I think even, and maybe especially, the conservative majority would decide they do not want to take up the case this close to an election.
How would a registered Republican even have "standing" to file such a lawsuit?
Good question.
Yes, that is the precedent - not taking cases that would affect an election this close to it. But they have smashed so many precedents already. I don't trust them at all.
I don't rust them either. I just think they wouldn't want to set a precedent that can be used against their puppet masters down the road.