BREAKING: Judge Hanen holds the plaintiffs don't have standing in Texas drive-thru voting case.
GOP challengers lose.
GOP challengers lose.
Judge Hanen: "I'm not happy with that finding. But the way I look at it, the law requires it."
Hanen also finds that the GOP-led challenge was not timely.
Drive-thru voting was announced and approved this summer, and the lawsuit was filed quite recently.
Drive-thru voting was announced and approved this summer, and the lawsuit was filed quite recently.
"Having said that, I realize that the folks upstairs in New Orleans might have a different view," Judge Hanen says, punting it to the Circuit.
Here's what he says he would likely have ruled if he found standing. https://twitter.com/RMFifthCircuit/status/1323362151923417093
Here's what he says he would likely have ruled if he found standing. https://twitter.com/RMFifthCircuit/status/1323362151923417093
Adjourned. More to come, @LawCrimeNews.
“That’s not an injury. That’s an election!”
A federal judge, one of the most conservative on the Texas bench, appeared to at least partly agree with this attorney's statement.
No standing for GOP-led challenges.
The story so far, @LawCrimeNews. https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/conservative-federal-judge-rejects-gop-led-effort-to-discard-127000-drive-thru-votes-in-texas/
A federal judge, one of the most conservative on the Texas bench, appeared to at least partly agree with this attorney's statement.
No standing for GOP-led challenges.
The story so far, @LawCrimeNews. https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/conservative-federal-judge-rejects-gop-led-effort-to-discard-127000-drive-thru-votes-in-texas/