AdvertisementWhat is left of the lawsuit cannot conceivably change the result in Pennsylvania. More important, the Third Circuit held that equal-protection claims of the kind the Trump voters are raising are too non-specific and speculative to confer standing to sue. Putting the Trump campaign’s futile lawsuit aside for a moment, it is worth considering the Third Circuit opinion issued Friday, Bognet v. Secretary Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The court noted that, in addition to Pennsylvania, 19 states and the District of Columbia permit the receipt of votes post-election. There are not nearly enough ballots at issue in what remains of his lawsuit to alter the outcome of the voting in Pennsylvania.
