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US appeals court rejects Trump appeal over Pennsylvania race

(AP) — President Donald seeking such a startling out-
Trump’s legal team suf- come, a plaintiff would come
fered yet another defeat formidably armed with com-
in court Friday as a federal pelling legal arguments and
appeals court in Philadel- factual proof of rampant cor-
phia roundly rejected its ruption,” Brann wrote in his
latest effort to challenge scathing ruling on Nov. 21.
the state’s election results. “That has not happened.”
A separate Republican chal-
Trump’s lawyers vowed to lenge that reached the Penn-
appeal to the Supreme Court sylvania Supreme Court this
despite the judge’s assess- week seeks to stop the state
ment that the “campaign’s from further certifying any
claims have no merit.” races on the ballot. Demo-
“Free, fair elections are the cratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s ad-
lifeblood of our democracy. ministration is fighting that
Charges of unfairness are effort, saying it would pre-
serious. But calling an elec- vent the state’s legislature
tion unfair does not make it and congressional delega-
so. Charges require specific tion from being seated in the
allegations and then proof. coming weeks.
We have neither here,” Judge
Stephanos Bibas wrote for On Thursday, Trump said
the three-judge panel. the Nov. 3 election was still
The case had been argued far from over. Yet he offered
last week in a lower court by the clearest signal to date that
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, he would leave the White
who insisted during five House peaceably on Jan. 20 if
hours of oral arguments that the Electoral College formal-
the 2020 presidential election izes Biden’s win.
had been marred by wide- “Certainly I will. But you
spread fraud in Pennsylvania. know that,” Trump said at the
However, Giuliani failed to White House, taking ques-
offer any tangible proof of tions from reporters for the
that in court. Friday’s ruling comes four Ever since, Trump and his cept mail-in ballots through first time since Election Day.
days after Pennsylvania offi- surrogates have attacked the Nov. 6 by only a 4-4 vote last Yet on Friday, he continued
U.S. District Judge Mat- cials certified their vote count election as flawed and filed month. Since then, Trump to baselessly attack Detroit,
thew Brann had said the for President-elect Joe Biden, a flurry of lawsuits to try to nominee Amy Coney Barrett Atlanta and other Demo-
campaign’s error-filled com- who defeated Trump by more block the results in six battle- has joined the court. cratic cities with large Black
plaint, “like Frankenstein’s than 80,000 votes in the state. ground states. But they’ve “The activist judicial machin- populations as the source of
Monster, has been haphaz- Nationally, Biden and run- found little sympathy from ery in Pennsylvania continues “massive voter fraud.” And
ardly stitched together” and ning mate Kamala Harris judges, nearly all of whom to cover up the allegations of he claimed, without evi-
denied Giuliani the right to garnered nearly 80 million dismissed their complaints massive fraud,” Trump law- dence, that a Pennsylvania
amend it for a second time. votes, a record in U.S. presi- about the security of mail- yer Jenna Ellis tweeted after poll watcher had uncovered
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court dential elections. in ballots, which millions Friday’s ruling. “On to SCO- computer memory drives
of Appeals called that decision Trump has said he hopes the of people used to vote from TUS!” that “gave Biden 50,000
justified. The three judges on Supreme Court will inter- home during the COVID-19 votes” apiece.
the panel were all appointed vene in the race as it did in pandemic. In the case before Brann, the
by Republican presidents. 2000, when its decision to Trump campaign asked to All 50 states must certify
including Bibas, a former stop the recount in Florida Trump perhaps hopes a Su- disenfranchise the state’s 6.8 their results before the Elec-
University of Pennsylvania gave the election to Repub- preme Court he helped million voters, or at least the toral College meets on Dec.
law professor appointed by lican George W. Bush. On steer toward a conservative 700,000 who voted by mail in 14, and any challenge to the
Trump. Trump’s sister, Judge Nov. 5, as the vote count 6-3 majority would be more Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and results must be resolved by
Maryanne Trump Barry, sat continued, Trump posted a open to his pleas, especially other Democratic-leaning Dec. 8. Biden won both the
on the court for 20 years, re- tweet saying the “U.S. Su- since the high court upheld areas. Electoral College and popu-
tiring in 2019. preme Court should decide!” Pennsylvania’s decision to ac- “One might expect that when lar vote by wide margins.

Disney to lay off 4,000 more at California, Florida parks

(AP) — The Walt Disney in its theme parks division pandemic’s effect on the scheduled for termination furloughs and layoffs.
Co. announced plans to in California and Flori- industry. on furlough as a result of the In Florida, the company has
lay off 4,000 more workers da due to the COVID-19 pandemic. been limiting attendance at its
The announcement by the parks and changing protocols
company was made in a U.S. “Due to the current climate, to allow for social distancing
Securities and Exchange including COVID-19 im- by limiting characters’ meet
Commission filing earlier pacts, and changing environ- and greets.
this week, saying 32,000 ment in which we are operat- The company has not speci-
employees will be terminat- ing, the company has gener- fied the number of workers
ed in the first half of fiscal ated efficiencies in its staff- that would be affected in its
year 2021, which began last ing, including limiting hiring Orlando theme parks.
month. In late September, to critical business roles, fur- Disney’s parks closed in
the company had already an- loughs and reductions-in- March as the pandemic start-
nounced plans to terminate force,” the document said. ed spreading in the U.S. The
28,000 theme park workers. The company also said they Florida parks reopened in
In the SEC document filed may make more cuts in the summer, but the Califor-
on the eve of Thanksgiving spending such as reducing nia parks have yet to reopen
Day, the company said it also film and television content pending state and local gov-
put 37,000 employees not investments and additional ernment approvals.