PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — Sean Parnell and Rep. Mike Kelly filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court. A Writ of Certiorari is a request that the Supreme Court orders a lower court to send up the record of a case to be reviewed. According to a news release, Parnell and Kelly are asking the court to address two questions:
- Whether the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution permit Pennsylvania to rely on the laches doctrine to bar all forms of equitable relief for substantive constitutional challenges to election laws?
- Whether the Elections and Electors Clauses of the United States Constitution permit Pennsylvania to violate its own state constitution’s restrictions on Pennsylvania’s lawmaking power when enacting legislation for the conduct of federal elections?
Parnell’s opponent, Rep. Conor Lamb, declared victory in the days following Election Day. Parnell has vowed to continue fighting.