Trump's lawyers had a 'law school 101 discussion' about explaining to him how the Supreme Court works, book says - Yahoo! Voices
Trump's lawyers had to tell him being mad over the election wasn't enough cause to sue, a book says.
"Why don't we just get up to the Supreme Court directly?" he asked, according to the book.
That prompted a "tense, basic, law school 101 discussion" about how to explain the court to Trump.
As President Donald Trump realized last year that he was on the brink of losing reelection, his lawyers had to explain to him that being angry about the results was not enough of a reason to file lawsuits, a new book says.
The conversation took place on November 6, according to the book, three days after Election Day and the day before major news outlets and television networks projected Joe Biden as the winner. At one point, the discussion took a more elementary turn as the president's lawyers tried to figure out the best way to explain to him the basics of how the Supreme Court works.
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That's according to "Peril," by The Washington Post's Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, an early copy of which Insider obtained.
Trump's lawyers started by telling him it wouldn't be easy to bring cases alleging voter fraud because they'd need to demonstrate standing - a legal principle stipulating that a party must prove the laws or actions it's challenging have caused it harm or injury - to get before a judge.
They specified that being upset about the election results did not constitute legal standing, the book says. Trump then took a different route.
"Well, why don't we just get up to the Supreme Court directly?" he asked, according to the book. "Like, why can't we just go there right away?"
The president's advisors told him that there was a specific legal process to follow to get before the Supreme Court. Trump instructed them to go figure that process out, the book says.
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