[uspol] okay so I'm mostly over the legal stuff bc at this point it's just stupid and exhausting but I decided to check in just now and man, the latest dumb lawsuit features maybe the dumbest thing yet

the suit is claiming that state legislatures are supposed to have "plenary power" to set election law -- they can do literally whatever they want and no court decisions can enforce any particular interpretation of a state law unless the legislature specifically says so (note: none of this is actually legally true, it is a very fringe interpretation, but w/e)

so SCOPA wasn't allowed to interpret the PA election code the way they did in various issues (they actually didn't do what the suit claims they did, but again, w/e)

(facts are irrelevant here)

here's the money shot, in a footnote:

which means: in a suit arguing that the PA state legislature has UNLIMITED POWER when it comes to the election code and CANNOT be contradicted by SCOPA, ever

they also casually mention that the PA state legislature may have passed a law that should have been contradicted by SCOPA

That's... that's not what plenary power means.

I mean does that even matter at this point

Well, maybe not, which is astounding.

but yes to be clear that's not me defining plenary power, that's them saying "blah blah plenary power" and then going on to say that the legislature is infallible, oh, except this one law we don't like

Oh, I know, I was saying their definition was absurd.

...wait, they're saying in the same lawsuit both that the legislature can do anything they want re: elections therefore the state supreme court can't tell the state what to do BUT ALSO that the legislature wasn't allowed to pass a law for mail voting because the legislature doesn't have that power over elections?

yes

yeah, that tracks with the ongoing stupid

Say shit and see what sticks seems to be attitude. Who the fuck cares about ethics or sanctions?