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A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert s lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence, which was designed to overturn President-elect Joe Biden s victory over President Trump.
The three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, comprised of Reagan appointees Patrick Higginbotham and Jerry Smith, as well as Trump appointee Andrew Oldham, issued a two-page ruling affirming a district court’s Friday decision rejecting Gohmert’s arguments over lack of standing.
“This administrative panel is presented with an emergency motion for expedited appeal … We have the benefit of the briefing before the district court and its 13-page opinion styled Order of Dismissal, issued January 1, 2021. That order adopts the position of the Department of Justice, finding that the district court lacks jurisdiction because no plaintiff has the standing demanded by Article III,” the trio wrote Saturday. “We need say no more,
A federal appeals court has rejected a Republican congressman's bid to allow Vice President Mike Pence to overturn president-elect Joe Biden's election victory in favour of President Donald Trump.
JAN 3 A federal appeals court yesterday rejected a Republican congressman’s bid to allow Vice President Mike Pence to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s Nov. 3 election victory in favour of President Donald Trump. In a brief order, a three-judge panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of.
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