The docket was subsequently amended on 23 December (see following) to show service of the Motion – but the opportunity to order the above timetable requested by the President's Attorneys before the Xmas break had been lost.
A further search of the docket on 26 December indicates that the Court has not yet taken action to institute any timetable – but the docket has been expanded to include the lodgement of an amicus brief.
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The Court now has a very limited window of opportunity to deal with the Motion, hear the Petition and deliver judgement before 6 January.
The Court's nonchalance in dealing with the Motion does not augur well for President Trump.
Will Trump's Petition – like so many cases contesting the election result in other jurisdictions - be dismissed because it was lodged too late?
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International - an organisation calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at www.jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.
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