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Raffi Melkonian
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Raffi Melkonian

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Appellate lawyer at Wright, Close & Barger LLP, in Houston, TX with a Fifth Circuit (and Texas) appellate practice. So-called Dean, #appellatetwitter

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    Raffi Melkonian‏ @RMFifthCircuit Dec 8

    Raffi Melkonian Retweeted Steve Vladeck

    The intro here distills the issue very well - Trump/Kraken's/Kelly's claims are beset by nearly every legal obstacle known to law. Bad facts, procedural problems, lack of a remedy, justiciability issues. It's like a law school exam - but one that is too easy.https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1336340186339262464 …

    Raffi Melkonian added,

    Steve VladeckVerified account @steve_vladeck
    Speaking of #SCOTUS and the election, here is Pennsylvania's response to @MikeKellyPA's application for an emergency injunction effectively asking the Justices to throw out either the 2 million mail-in ballots, or all 6.9 million votes statewide: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20A98/162968/20201208090425848_20A98%20Response%20in%20Opposition%20efile.pdf … pic.twitter.com/LuKRc8GJmG
    8:40 AM - 8 Dec 2020
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      1. Raffi Melkonian‏ @RMFifthCircuit Dec 8

        I would think that a law professor who wrote this scenario for an exam would junk it because the problems are too obvious - all the students would get them all right and then how do you hand out the precious, precious, As?

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      1. CadetMom‏ @mom_cadet Dec 8
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        Non-lawyer here: Aren't "bad facts" either irrelevant facts or lies?

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      1. Gary Weingarden‏ @gfactor Dec 8
        Replying to @RMFifthCircuit

        It's a hard exam if the question is "how do you rebut these arguments if you represent the plaintiff?"

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      1. Lagertha42‏ @lagertha42 Dec 8
        Replying to @RMFifthCircuit

        As lawyers, they should be very clear about the procedures and requirements. This just shows that their real purpose is not legal proceedings, but the donations of Trump's millions of fans.

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      1. MoreSkyPlease‏ @Moreskyplease Dec 8
        Replying to @RMFifthCircuit

        Maybe it not just incompetence/fabricating a case without evidence--how could they fail this badly? Maybe it's to destabilize/propel an American population further away from truth, push a false narrative to delegitimize Biden or set the stage for Trump's illegal power grab.

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      1. Bryant Delgadillo‏ @bdelgadillo Dec 8
        Replying to @RMFifthCircuit

        I love a great preliminary statement. Well done here.

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      1. Pablo Heisenburger  🇺🇸- 🇩🇪  👎Tuck Frump 👎‏ @pfw321 Dec 8
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        Why are filing lawyers not being sanctioned? Think of the time and money being wasted.

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      1. Ed Walker  🍞 🌹‏ @MasaccioEW Dec 8
        Replying to @RMFifthCircuit

        Small request: if you make the pages bigger before you screenshot them, people with low vision can read them. E.g. this from Krebs Complaint against DeGenova et al.pic.twitter.com/bW2P5MAfIr

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      2. David M. Wagner‏ @david_m_wagner Dec 8
        Replying to @RMFifthCircuit @jadler1969

        1/ IMHO: They won’t review SCOPA bc tradnl doctrines of abstention & deference. They cd review whether voting procedures were consistent w Act 77 as written (bc “legislature” in II 1), but burden of factual showing is on Ps.

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      3. David M. Wagner‏ @david_m_wagner Dec 8
        Replying to @david_m_wagner @RMFifthCircuit @jadler1969

        2/ Remedy is the big problem for Ps. What they wd need wd be at same time too broad (judicial invalidation of millions of mail-in votes) and too narrow (wdn’t affect election outcome).

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