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| Trump scores two wins as Michigan legislature, federal appeals court agree to election reviews |
| 2020-11-24 |
| [Just the News] Michigan House hearing set for Wednesday, and 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals grants expedited review. President Trump's campaign said it scored two victories Monday in its effort to contest results in several key battleground states, as Michigan state legislators agreed to hold a hearing into election irregularities while a federal appeals court expedited proceedings to consider Trump's legal challenge in Pennsylvania. The developments were announced by Trump campaign senior legal counsel Jenna Ellis, who said the GOP-led Michigan House would hold its hearing at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ruled Trump's "motion for emergency expedited review is granted at the direction of the court." The campaign must file its initial brief by Monday afternoon, and the court said it "will advise if oral argument desired." The Trump campaign is appealing U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann's decision Saturday to dismiss the campaign's lawsuit seeking to throw out hundreds of thousands of votes in Pennsylvania on the grounds that Democratic-led counties made changes to voting that violated the equal protection clause of the Constitution. Brann, an appointee of President Barack Obama, wrote that he "has no authority to take away the right to vote of even a single person, let alone millions of citizens." His ruling cleared the way for Pennsylvania officials to certify results. Ellis cheered the appeals court intervention. |
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