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Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar BIO
Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar BIO
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BRIEF IN OPPOSITION TO
PETITION FOR CERTIORARI
JOSH SHAPIRO
Attorney General
of Pennsylvania
J. BART DELONE
Chief Deputy Attorney General
Appellate Litigation Section
Counsel of Record
HOWARD G. HOPKIRK
Office of Attorney General CLAUDIA M. TESORO
15th Floor SEAN A. KIRKPATRICK
Strawberry Square Sr. Deputy Attorneys General
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 712-3818 MICHAEL J. SCARINCI
jdelone@attorneygeneral.gov DANIEL B. MULLEN
Deputy Attorneys General
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QUESTIONS PRESENTED
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
QUESTIONS PRESENTED ......................................... i
PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING ............................. ii
INTRODUCTION .........................................................1
OPINIONS BELOW ......................................................2
STATEMENT OF THE CASE ......................................3
A. Mail-in Voting under the Pennsylvania
Election Code ......................................................3
B. Letter from the United States Postal Service ...3
C. Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. Kathy
Boockvar, 238 A.3d 345 (Pa. 2020) ....................4
D. 2020 General Election ........................................7
REASONS FOR DENYING THE WRIT ......................7
CONCLUSION ............................................................28
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Page
Cases
Alvarez v. Smith,
558 U.S. 87 (2009) ......................................................8
Anderson v. Celebrezze,
460 U.S. 780 (1983) ....................................................9
Bush v. Gore,
531 US 98 (2000) ................................................23, 24
Carson v. Simon,
978 F.3d 1051 (8th Cir. 2020) ..................................12
Chase v. Lujan,
149 P.2d 1003 (N.M. 1944) ......................................22
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Crossey v. Boockvar,
108 MM 2020 (Pa.) ...................................................13
DeFunis v. Odegaard,
416 U.S. 312 (1974) ....................................................9
Ex parte Siebold,
100 U.S. 371 (1879) ..................................................26
Florida v. Powell,
559 U.S. 50 (2010) ....................................................25
Foster v. Love,
522 U.S. 67 (1997) ....................................................26
In re Bruno,
101 A.3d 635 (Pa. 2014) .............................................5
In re General Election-1985,
531 A.2d 836 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1987) ........................1, 15
Lance v. Coffman,
549 U.S. 437 (2007) (per curiam) ............................11
McPherson v. Blacker,
146 U.S. 1 (1892) ................................................20, 21
Murphy v. Hunt,
455 U.S. 478 (1982) ..................................................10
Rotkiske v. Klemm,
__U.S.__, 140 S. Ct. 355 (2019) ...............................27
Smiley v. Holm,
285 U.S. 355 (1932) .......................................... passim
Storer v. Brown,
415 U.S. 724 (1974) ....................................................9
U.S. v. Johnston,
268 U.S. 220 (1925) ..................................................14
Constitutional Provisions
U.S. Const. art. I, § 4..................................................... i
U.S. Const. art. II, § 1 ................................................... i
U.S. CONST. art. III, § 2 ..............................................11
PA. CONST. art. I, § 5 .....................................................4
PA. CONST. art. II, § 1 ..................................................21
PA. CONST. art. V, § 2 ..............................................5, 15
PA. CONST. of 1776 § 19 ...............................................18
PA. CONST. of 1776 § 2 .................................................18
PA. CONST. of 1776 § 3 ................................................18
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Rules
Pa.R.A.P. 3309...............................................................5
Other Authorities
Bush v. Gore and Article II: Pressured Judgment
Makes Dubious Law, THE FEDERAL LAWYER,
Mar./Apr. 2001, Vol. 48, No. 3 .................................22
INTRODUCTION
OPINIONS BELOW
1 See Attachment 1.
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CONCLUSION
Respectfully submitted,
JOSH SHAPIRO
Attorney General
J. BART DeLONE
Chief Deputy Attorney General
Appellate Litigation Section
Counsel of Record
HOWARD G. HOPKIRK
CLAUDIA M. TESORO
SEAN A. KIRKPATRICK
Sr. Deputy Attorneys General
MICHAEL J. SCARINCI
DANIEL B. MULLEN
Deputy Attorneys General