Lauren C. Moye, FISM News
1/11 Update: Raland Brunson has announced he will file a petition for reconsideration after the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) denied hearing the Utah man’s case for the removal of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and hundreds of federal lawmakers.
SCOTUS announced they would not be picking up the case on Monday. Four votes were needed to accept Brunson’s case.
“The Petition was denied. We will now make our next move. A petition for reconsideration. Hang in there everyone,” he stated on his Facebook.
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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is expected to decide today if they will hear a lawsuit alleging that lawmakers violated their duty by certifying electoral votes on Jan. 6 and that President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and 385 federal lawmakers between the two legislative branches should be removed from office.
The lawsuit stems from the electoral vote certification held on Jan. 6, 2021. The petitioner, Raland Brunson, has accused the defendants of ignoring evidence of fraud and thereby “fraudulently” inaugurating Biden and Harris for their offices. In doing so, he claims the defendants committed treason.
“During this Proceeding, over 100 members of U.S. Congress claimed factual evidence that the said election was rigged. The refusal of the Respondents to investigate this congressional claim (the enemy) is an act of treason and fraud by Respondents,” Brunson wrote in his writ of certiorari.
He continued: “A successfully rigged election has the same end result as an act of war; to place into power whom the victor wants, which in this case is Biden, who, if not stopped immediately, will continue to destroy the fundamental freedoms of Brunson and all U.S. Citizens and courts of law.”
Brunson originally filed the lawsuit on June 21, 2021 in Utah’s 2nd District Court. It was later moved to state court, which decided against Brunson.
He appealed the decision. He then decided to invoke Rule 11 of the Supreme Court of the United States, which allows for a case pending in a U.S. appeals court to go before SCOTUS if it is “of such imperative public importance as to justify the deviation” from usual court procedures.
Brunson is representing himself during proceedings.
He posted on his Facebook account that the Justices would meet to discuss the case on Jan. 6 and that the decision will be posted at some point today. Four of the nine justices have to agree to hear the case for it to move into the Supreme Court.
“Now, don’t think for a second that my brothers and I are not prepared for a denial. We’ve got plenty of chess pieces still at play and we still have our queen,” said Brunson on Facebook.
His brother, Loy, has an identical case still in federal court in Utah and is also self-represented.
On Jan. 6, some Republicans notably voted to reject accepting electoral votes specifically from Arizona and Pennsylvania due to integrity concerns. Specifically, 121 representatives and six senators voted against accepting Arizona, and 138 representatives and seven senators voted to overturn Pennsylvania’s results.
These battleground states were instrumental in securing Biden’s electoral votes to win the presidency.
However, Brunson’s allegations are more widespread than those two specific states. His complaint in the federal district court case claims 1,000 affidavits attest to fraud, foreign interference, and noncitizen votes during the 2020 election.
Due to how the case is written, however, Brunson is not arguing for removing legislators from office based on if fraud really happened. Instead, he’s arguing that their refusal to investigate is grounds for a “breach of duty.”