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For all of you who commented on the Clever Plan to Foil a 2024 Coup threads
I'm a big Greg Sargent fan... You can look and see I post a ton of his article, but Marc Elias just said it's a really bad plan. Thought you'd want to know.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216939553
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216940024
Link to tweet
Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
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Jul 18, 2022
Why on earth would we want to leave judicial review to a three judge panel with automatic Supreme Court review??
We spent much of the post-election in 2020 convincing SCOTUS not to review cases. And the last two years defending the rights of state courts!
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | A clever plan to foil a 2024 coup attempt quietly advances
How to avert the hidden nightmare scenario that many experts are warning against.
Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
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This is the kind of idea that is "clever" to people who have never stood inside a courtroom trying to litigate a post-election lawsuit.
6:07 PM · Jul 18, 2022