This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Judges and Judiciary,
Government

Dec. 22, 2020

One cheer for the courts that held the line in 2020

A Trump-appointed jurist said it most resonantly. Rejecting one of the 60 or so Republican lawsuits challenging the 2020 presidential election, Judge Stephanos Bilbas of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stated simply, “charges require specific allegations then proof,” “ballots not briefs decide elections.”

Robert L. Bastian Jr.

Partner
Bastian & Dini

Penthouse Suite 9025 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills , CA 90211

Phone: (310) 789-1955

Fax: (310) 822-1989

Email: robbastian@aol.com

Whittier Law School

A Trump-appointed jurist said it most resonantly. Rejecting one of the 60 or so Republican lawsuits challenging the 2020 presidential election, Judge Stephanos Bilbas of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stated simply, "charges require specific allegations then proof," "ballots not briefs decide elections."

Federal courts are the product of an Enlightenment-inspired experiment in constitutional democracy. It is a fact-based, rhet...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up