Justice Rebecca Bradley’s Teigen Concurrence – Judicial Acknowledgment That “Equity” Override of Statute Immunized Unlawful Election Administration (WI)

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, United States, Wisconsin / Patrick Colbeck

Established Fact In Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Grassl Bradley wrote separately to note that the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s 2020 Trump v. Biden decision had allowed “equity” concerns – specifically, the disruption that post-election relief would cause – to override mandatory statutory requirements. This is a finding by a sitting […]

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Trump v. Biden, No. 2020AP2038 (Wis. S. Ct.) – 4-3 Decision Dismissing Three of Four Claims on Laches; Drop Boxes Subsequently Ruled Illegal (WI)

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, United States, Wisconsin / Patrick Colbeck

Established Fact The Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision, dismissed three of four claims in the Trump post-recount challenge under the doctrine of laches, ruling the campaign’s delay in bringing the challenges was “unreasonable in the extreme.” The challenged conduct included the WEC’s drop-box authorization, altered certification envelopes, and “Democracy in the Park” pre-canvassing

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Kelly v. Commonwealth, No. 620 MD 2020 (Pa. S. Ct.) – Act 77 Challenge Dismissed on Laches Despite Meritorious Constitutional Question (PA)

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, Pennsylvania, United States / Patrick Colbeck

Established Fact The Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismissed with prejudice a challenge to the constitutionality of Act 77 (which authorized universal no-excuse mail-in voting) on the doctrine of laches, ruling that petitioners had waited over a year after the law’s enactment, and until after the election, to file their facial constitutional challenge. However, Pennsylvania courts had

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Costantino v. Detroit, No. 20-014780-AW (Wayne Co. Cir. Ct.) – Dismissal Without Admission of TCF Center Internet Connectivity Evidence

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, Michigan, United States / Patrick Colbeck

Established Fact [Established Fact – Evidence was excluded and witnesses not permitted] A Michigan circuit court dismissed election challenges related to Detroit ballot-counting procedures at the TCF Center – including systemic exclusion of Republican poll challengers – without permitting the factual record to be developed through discovery. Judge Timothy Kenny specifically declined to admit evidence

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Costantino v. Detroit, No. 20-014780-AW (Wayne Co. Cir. Ct.) – Dismissal – Court Basis for Dismissal Disputed (MI)

Case Dismissal, Disputed Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, Michigan, United States / Patrick Colbeck

Disputed Fact [Disputed Fact – As to court’s factual conclusion] A Michigan circuit court dismissed election challenges related to Detroit ballot-counting procedures at the TCF Center – including systemic exclusion of Republican poll challengers – without permitting the factual record to be developed through discovery. Judge Timothy Kenny specifically declined to admit evidence from certified

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King v. Whitmer, No. 20-13134 (E.D. Mich.) – Dismissed on Five Compounded Procedural Grounds; “Speculation and Conjecture” Language Absent Discovery (MI)

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, Michigan, United States / Patrick Colbeck

Established Fact A federal lawsuit seeking to decertify Michigan’s election based on widespread fraud allegations and Dominion machine vulnerabilities was dismissed on five simultaneous procedural grounds: Eleventh Amendment immunity, laches, lack of standing, mootness, and abstention doctrines. The judge additionally characterized the claims as based on “nothing but speculation and conjecture” – language subsequently cited

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System Rigged Against Election Fraud Claims – Circular “Ripeness / Mootness” Trap – Pre-Election Claims Premature; Post-Certification Claims Moot (GA)

Case Dismissal, Georgia, Judicial Malfeasance, Reasonable Inference, United States / Patrick Colbeck

Reasonable Inference [Reasonable Inference – Pattern was structurally self-reinforcing] Georgia courts dismissed pre-election challenges to expanded absentee and drop-box procedures as “not yet ripe” because the challenged election had not yet occurred. After the election, courts dismissed the same or analogous challenges on mootness grounds because certification had occurred. This bidirectional procedural barrier – deployed

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Circular “Ripeness / Mootness” Trap – Pre-Election Claims Premature; Post-Certification Claims Moot (GA)

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Georgia, Judicial Malfeasance, United States / Patrick Colbeck

Established Fact [Established Fact – Dismissals before and after election on procedural grounds] Georgia courts dismissed pre-election challenges to expanded absentee and drop-box procedures as “not yet ripe” because the challenged election had not yet occurred. After the election, courts dismissed the same or analogous challenges on mootness grounds because certification had occurred. This bidirectional

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Wood v. Raffensperger, No. 1:20-cv-04651-SDG (N.D. Ga.), aff’d 11th Cir. – Standing and Laches; Affirmed as Moot Post-Certification (GA)

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Georgia, Judicial Malfeasance, United States / Patrick Colbeck

Established Fact A lawsuit challenging absentee ballot signature verification procedures and seeking to prohibit certification was dismissed by the District Court for lack of standing and laches, then affirmed by the Eleventh Circuit on the additional ground that the case had become moot once results were certified. The plaintiffs alleged that Georgia’s failure to enforce

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DoJ Lawsuits To Obtain State Election Records Required to Determine HAVA and NVRA Compliance Dismissed (US)

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, United States / Patrick Colbeck

Established Fact Courts have dismissed DoJ lawsuits demanding access to records needed to verify HAVA and NVRA compliance. Michigan, Georgia, Oregon and California cases were dismissed. Other suits are pending. These lawsuits cite HAVA and the NVRA as legal authority, but federal courts have so far rejected the argument that either statute compels states to

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