Trump’s lawsuits continue to fail as lawsuits, succeed in their intended purpose
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The Elite Strike Force continues to get mocked by judges of all parties, not to mention Georgia’s Republican leadership:
Key rulings in Georgia and Michigan are the latest setbacks for the efforts, with in three cases issuing significant rebukes — a couple of which were scathing. In Georgia, the legal team representing Gov. Brian Kemp (R) and other top officials, including Kemp’s fellow Republicans, filed a brutal response to the continued litigation.Then comes the pièce de résistance: “Their claims would be extraordinary if true, but they are not. Much like the mythological “kraken” monster after which Plaintiffs have named this lawsuit, their claims of election fraud and malfeasance belong more to the kraken’s realm of mythos than they do to reality.”
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They even appended a footnote, which reads: “A ‘kraken’ is a mythical sea monster appearing in Scandinavian folklore, being ‘closely linked to sailors’ ability to tell tall tales.’”
Again, this is the legal team representing the state’s top Republican officials.
The legal challenge was dismissed Monday by Judge Timothy Batten, who said “the plaintiffs essentially ask for perhaps the most extraordinary relief ever sought in any federal court in connection with an election.”
“They want this court to substitute its judgment for that of two and a half million Georgia voters who voted for Joe Biden,” Batten said, “and this I am unwilling to do.”
Another Georgia lawsuit filed by pro-Trump lawyer L. Lin Wood was also cut short Saturday — thanks in part to two judges Trump has promoted as possible Supreme Court picks.
Last is a case in Michigan, in which U.S. District Judge Linda Parker issued a scathing denial of a last-ditch effort by the state’s Republicans to decertify that state’s certified results.
Parker noted that the lawsuit could have been filed much sooner than it was, and then goes so far as to suggest it was never meant to succeed — only to undermine faith in the election.
“In fact, this lawsuit seems to be less about achieving the relief Plaintiffs seek — as much of that relief is beyond the power of this Court — and more about the impact of their allegations on People’s faith in the democratic process and their trust in our government,” Parker wrote.
That last point is the rub. These lawsuits aren’t going to get the election results thrown out, but they help convince Republicans that the election wasn’t legitimate, while putting honest public officials at risk. Which is of course why they keep getting filed.