Edit: Nevermind, this reply was in regards to the treatment of observers. The SCOTUS can probably hear this case on the basis on how Federal law allows the election of Federal elected officials.
PA cannot add any laws that would violate the Federal Constitution or Federal law. That's Supremacy Clause. (Article VI, Paragraph 2).
In this theoretical scenario, legalizing slavery is in contradiction to the Constitution, and includes Federal charges, they can still be charged under Federal laws and go to jail in a Federal jail, no matter what the law is in PA or under the PA constitution.
The only law that I'm aware of regarding observers of State Elections are part of the Voting Rights Act, which permits Federal observers in certain States and Counties.
It's clear that the PA election officials only adhered to the letter of the law, and not the spirit in regards to observers. Since it is politically advantageous of the PA Supreme Court to tell the GOP observers to get fucked, they did.
The whole reason why we have observers is to make sure there isn't any shitty behavior by election officials. Cheating in some fashion has been going on in this country for centuries by different political machines, where observers help prevent it. Cheating happened in 2020, that's why they kicked out the observers.
Be outraged over this.
Put in on your wishlist for a Federal Law to be put in place rights for observers. Hopefully for a Voting Rights Act of 2021 or 2023.
And it can also come back and bite them in the ass regarding SCOTUS cases regarding the fraud in this election, and be used as a reason for the PA legislature to send no electors, or electors for Trump.
Edit: Nevermind, this reply was in regards to the treatment of observers. The SCOTUS can probably hear this case on the basis on how Federal law allows the election of Federal elected officials.
PA cannot add any laws that would violate the Federal Constitution or Federal law. That's Supremacy Clause. (Article VI, Paragraph 2).
In this theoretical scenario, legalizing slavery is in contradiction to the Constitution, and includes Federal charges, they can still be charged under Federal laws and go to jail in a Federal jail, no matter what the law is in PA or under the PA constitution.
The only law that I'm aware of regarding observers of State Elections are part of the Voting Rights Act, which permits Federal observers in certain States and Counties.
It's clear that the PA election officials only adhered to the letter of the law, and not the spirit in regards to observers. Since it is politically advantageous of the PA Supreme Court to tell the GOP observers to get fucked, they did.
The whole reason why we have observers is to make sure there isn't any shitty behavior by election officials. Cheating in some fashion has been going on in this country for centuries by different political machines, where observers help prevent it. Cheating happened in 2020, that's why they kicked out the observers.
Be outraged over this.
Put in on your wishlist for a Federal Law to be put in place rights for observers. Hopefully for a Voting Rights Act of 2021 or 2023.
And it can also come back and bite them in the ass regarding SCOTUS cases regarding the fraud in this election, and be used as a reason for the PA legislature to send no electors, or electors for Trump.