The NBA’s Detroit Pistons, distinguished for a 24-game losing streak, can take solace in one fact: Their record of futility is still half that of former president Donald Trump, who, while attempting to undo the result of the 2020 election, lost more than 60 consecutive court cases in dozens of venues.
A great deal of the cases brought by Trump and his allies (including more than 100 members of Congress) were tossed out because they were based on abject nonsense. But another factor working against them was their timing. Typically, charges to election law must be made before the results of the election, not after. By the time we learn who won, objections to rules and policies everyone knew before the election are simply sour grapes. (This is why Trump didn’t challenge similar laws in states he won.)
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