Rudy Giuliani: Losing election lawsuits is part of our plan 'to get it to the Supreme Court'

[DonViejo]

Published 2 mins ago on November 17, 2020By David Edwards

Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for the President Donald Trump, said on Tuesday that the Trump campaign is “prepared” to lose election lawsuits with the hope that one or more are heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Since election day, more than a dozen lawsuits brought on behalf of the president have failed to produce results. Giuliani talked about the losing streak during an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo.

“Frankly, this is a case we would like to see get to the Supreme Court,” Giuliani said of one lawsuit in Pennsylvania. “So, you know, we’re prepared in some of these cases to lose and to appeal and to get it to the Supreme Court.”

“You’re not going to win every one of these,” he continued. “I don’t want to say it’s because of a Democrat judge or whatever. Some of them are just as fair as anybody. But in some cases you win, in some cases you lose.”

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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/rudy-giuliani-losing-election-lawsuits-is-part-of-our-plan-to-get-it-to-the-supreme-court/

[joshcryer]

1. The SCOTUS won't even hear this case, lol

What a pathetic hail mary.

[lettucebe]

24. No, they won't. What a waste of $ & time

Guess they don't care. It's not their money.

[unblock]

2. Huge tip-off that they figure the Supreme Court is the most rigged court.

[dware]

3. I would love for a judge to say,

"Rudy, you're an idiot, now get the fuck out of my courtroom with your bullshit".

[Gothmog]

4. This is a very stupid strategy

[dware]

5. I'm no lawyer, but even I know that this is a stupid strategy. nt

[mr_lebowski]

8. I'm guessing that advertising it on TV that's your strategy probably adds to the stupidity ...

But with THIS SCOTUS?

I gotta say ... who knows?

[Gothmog]

16. The SCOTUS and the courts only have jurisdiction if there is a case or controversy

Filing lawsuit that have no evidence to support their claims means that the courts ultimately have no real jurisdition which is why all but one of these cases have been dismissed

[mr_lebowski]

6. There are no 'some cases you win' Rudy ... your side haven't won ANY cases ...

Unless you count the one order on election day letting observers move slightly closer to the action.

Oh, or Justice Alito saying ... "Oh hey, you guys keep doing what you're already doing in Pennsylvania" wrt sequestering the later ballots.

[True Blue American]

7. John Roberts would not touch this idiots cases.

[unblock]

9. "We want to lose the first 3 quarters so we can have a come-from-behind victory in the 4th"

[Laelth]

10. Actually, that's sound, legal strategy.

Whether or not the SCOTUS will actually hear one of these cases is another question altogether.

-Laelth

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. There's a little thing called "cert," or "writ of certorari."

It means that the Supreme Court doesn't have to take every case appealed to it, and it first has to make it through the threshold of certorari before it can even entertain arguments.

I don't see how the Supreme Court in good faith can give these clowns cert.

[Arazi]

15. Really? You're really counting on THIS Supreme Court to act in good faith?

I'm not.

Only positive thing is that Giuliani has said the quiet part out loud - they know SCOTUS is a fucked up partisan mess.

We can use that in the arguments to add more justices

[Mike 03]

12. Don't think it will work here.

But it's true, corporations and the religious right ("Project Blitz" ) have mastered the art of (sometimes intentionally) losing cases in order to get them before the SCOTUS. Senator Whitehouse has talked a lot about this.

So many of Trump's cases are being withdrawn, not appealed. I don't think the SCOTUS will hear any of these cases.

[rso]

13. Giuliani

It would be an infinitely better strategy for Rudy to win cases and then have democratic lawyers appeal to SCOTUS. His stupid admission of the game plan is not going to go over well with SCOTUS.

[treestar]

14. It would be better to win and have the other side have to appeal

So this is one of the dumbest excuses for losing ever.

[C_U_L8R]

17. Brilliant. The Tommy Flanagan Stratagem. He's got 'em now.

"I meant to lose. Yeah, that's the ticket."

[liberal N proud]

18. The reason they muscled the Barrett nomination through

They get it to the Supreme Court and the Constitution is trashed

[Gothmog]

19. Rudy Giuliani claims to be a member in good standing of the DC Bar.

Link to tweet

[struggle4progress]

20. "Not paying my bills is my strategy for improving my credit rating"

[RobinA]

22. Yes, Leaving My Moonroof

open in a rain storm was all part of the plan. I figured having to dry off my seat with towels would clean up that minor coffee spill. It didn't, but that WAS the plan.

[Baked Potato]

21. Trump wants his legacy to be "I lost in the courts."

Not Electoral College. Not the popular vote. Courts, so he can claim he won if not for the corrupt courts.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

23. Lose your way to the top!