Fellow Lawyers, This Election Isn't About the Candidates or the Voters - It's about Us.

With states and courts continuing to change the rules about how and for how long ballots can be counted, it seems likely the political legal class will soon be deciding this election, not the voters.

Biden legal team: Biden’s “legal war room” is ready to “ensure that elections are properly administered and votes correctly counted” and to “combat voter suppression at the polls,” according to the Associated Press. Biden’s legal operation has been called “the largest election protection program in presidential campaign history”. The team consists of former solicitors general (Donald Verrilli, Walter Dellinger), Obama legal stars (Bob Bauer, Eric Holder), Democratic Party titans (Marc Elias), and “hundreds of lawyers,” according to the NYT.

Trump Legal team: Justin Clark leads Trump’s legal team, who in 2016 played a key role helping Mr. Trump navigate recounts and line up delegates. The Trump legal advisory board contains an array of hard-charging state attorneys general, and its own list of stars, from Ed Meese to Harmeet Dhillon to Leonard Leo. It has its own staff of lawyers and poll watchers, who are already spread out across the 50 states, although significantly less than Biden.

Legal teams are bracing for chaos in states where the rules have been changed. On Wednesday lawyers will be filing dozens of complaints over irregularities, recounts, and which stacks of ballots should be counted. In Pennsylvania, the rules are now so uncertain that officials are going to be segregating ballots received after Election Day—in the understanding that their ultimate fate may be decided by judges, potentially weeks after polls have closed.

Go vote and make your voice heard…then hope your side’s lawyers went to a good law school.

Hail Lawyers!