Supreme Court denies case seeking to remove Biden and reinstate Trump

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9. (1) Goofballs lost on appeal, and

(2) Goofballs had a filing fee.

That is what it takes to "get to SCOTUS."

Federal procedure, brief form:

Anyone with a filing fee can bring a suit in federal district court.

Any losing party with a filing fee can appeal the decision of the district court; court of appeals has to hear the case, although it doesn't have to pubish the opionion.

Any losing party at the appellate level who has the filing fee can file a Petition for Certiorari with the Supreme Court. Every year 7,000-8,000 people do.

The Supremes reject all but 80 or so of those petitions. In virtually every case that rejection occurs without explanation. Think about it: If the Supremes gave a 100-word explanation for each rejected petition for cert, they'd be writing 700-800,000 words a year just in explanations.

This case, which has been subject to several shocked and horrified threads on DU already, mostly represents the power of the internet. Someone (probably the goofball who brought the case in the first place) is hooked in enough to get the word out about this idiot case. Some other people on the internet have amplified that message to the extent that it has become a story in the actual media.

Back in the day, the goofball cases got cert quietly denied and nobody had to hear about it.