DOJ lawsuit over Alaska Senate certification

Justin Levitt said there is no law that allows DOJ to challenge ballots or delay certification.

Derek Mueller said the legal claim was so weak that it had essentially no likelihood of success.

David Becker said the dispute is a matter of state law and that the Justice Department has no authority or role in it.

Jessica Levinson said the Justice Department must identify a specific provision of federal law to enforce, rather than relying on a law’s general objective.

The transcript says some experts question whether the statute cited by the Justice Department authorizes blocking certification.

The report says the federal government has no authority to direct Alaska’s certification of its election results.

The transcript says neither Blanch nor Trump cited a law they believed would be broken.

Judge Gleason wrote that the relief requested by the federal government was infeasible because many ballots had already been cast and commingled, making voter identities indeterminable.

Derek Muller said the lawsuit will likely matter only if Republicans narrowly lose the Alaska Senate race.

Jessica Levinson said the Justice Department faces a serious uphill battle in the case.

Derek Mueller said the legal claim was extremely weak and had essentially no likelihood of success.

Ben Ginsberg said the lawsuit appeared politically motivated and that its proponents did not have much of a case.