Andrew W. Bell v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, et al.
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Whether a court of appeals violates Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 40 and 41 when it issues a mandate after granting a motion to correct a petition for rehearing en banc, without notice, briefing, or an order shortening the mandate period
1. Whether a court of appeals violates Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 40 and 41 when it issues a mandate after granting a motion to correct a petition for rehearing en banc, without notice, briefing, or an order shortening the mandate period. 2. Whether the Constitution requires recognition of a fraud-on-the-court exception to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine where a state-court judgment is alleged to have been procured through altered documents, misrepresentations, or other misconduct preventing meaningful judicial review. 3. Whether Georgia ’s statutory requirement that a candidate challenge the denial of a nomination petition within five days —combined with delayed notice and the inability to obtain timely judicial review —violates the. Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 4. Whether Georgia ’s ballot-access scheme, including the five-percent signature requirement for non-statewide independent candidates and the compressed judicial-review timeline, imposes unconstitutional burdens on the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of candidates and voters. 5. Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in refusing to review evidence of document alteration, irregularities, and inconsistent application of state election procedures, where such irregularities prevented Petitioner from obtaining meaningful review in state court.