Federal Appeals Court Shoots Down Trump Election Lawsuit, But There's a Huge Silver Lining

Lawyers for President Donald Trump found out on Friday that a federal appeals court struck down a lawsuit filed previously that challenged a number of voting procedures in the state.

While that may sound like bad news on the surface, there is most definitely a silver lining, as it now means that Trump’s legal team is able to take the matter all the way up to the top — to the United States Supreme Court.

According to Fox News, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on the lawsuit was written decisively, saying that “the campaign’s claims have no merit.” The ruling upheld a previous ruling from Republican-appointed U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann, who wrote a scathing response at the time, as the lawsuit had requested hundreds of thousands of votes from Pennsylvania citizens be invalidated.

In Brann’s ruling from last week, he wrote that the lawsuit was “like Frankenstein’s Monster, has been haphazardly stitched together,” citing a number of errors in the lawsuit.

The federal appeals court ruling on Friday, issued by Judge Stephanos Bibas, echoed Brann’s take on the suit from last week.

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“Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here,” Bibas wrote.

However, and that’s a big however… Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis didn’t appear to be shaken up by the Friday ruling, even though it marked yet another defeat in a long line of defeats for Trump’s legal teams. That’s because now, the Trump legal team will be able to take the matter to the Supreme Court, which, thanks to the president, has a solid conservative majority.

Ellis indicated as much in a Friday tweet, in which she not only slammed the Pennsylvania court system but seemed more than happy to be able to elevate the matter to the court of all courts.

“[email protected] and me on Third Circuit’s opinion: The activist judicial machinery in Pennsylvania continues to cover up the allegations of massive fraud. We are very thankful to have had the opportunity to present proof and the facts to the PA state legislature. On to SCOTUS!” Ellis tweeted.

.@RudyGiuliani and me on Third Circuit’s opinion:

The activist judicial machinery in Pennsylvania continues to cover up the allegations of massive fraud.

We are very thankful to have had the opportunity to present proof and the facts to the PA state legislature.

On to SCOTUS!

— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) November 27, 2020

Given the extremely short timetable between now and when votes are certified and sent to the Electoral College by December 14, it stands to reason that the Supreme Court will expedite the case so that a ruling can be made before then.