More GOP attorneys skating on the edge of ethical violations in Pennsylvania.  Hopefully, after the election, they too will learn the hard lessons of Guiliani and others about filing bad faith lawsuits that challenge our electoral system.

Republicans challenge legitimacy of overseas votes, including military

The six congressmen who brought the Pennsylvania case are: Guy Reschenthaler, Dan Meuser, Glenn Thompson, Lloyd Smucker, Mike Kelly and Scott Perry. All voted not to accept Pennsylvania’s electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021, despite the lack of evidence of widespread fraud. Perry’s phone was seized by the FBI during the Justice Department’s investigation into the attempt to activate Trump’s presidential electors in states that Biden won to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

“They’re looking for a way to intimidate voters as well as find a way to challenge the election afterward,” she said.

Voting-related litigation has ramped up this fall, with just weeks to go before the election. Kyle Miller, Pennsylvania policy strategist for Protect Democracy, said Republicans are filing “zombie lawsuits” that are unlikely to go anywhere, but act as placeholders for later litigation.

“So the concern here is not necessarily that they’re going to win on their merits prior to the election, but then they are going to be used to provoke elective diversion efforts on the back end,” Miller said.