The suit brought by Texas in the US Supreme Court may be read here. A press release by Bill Paxton, the Attorney General of Texas, describes what this suit is about:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a lawsuit against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the United States Supreme Court. The four states exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to justify ignoring federal and state election laws and unlawfully enacting last-minute changes, thus skewing the results of the 2020 General Election. The battleground states flooded their people with unlawful ballot applications and ballots while ignoring statutory requirements as to how they were received, evaluated and counted.
“Trust in the integrity of our election processes is sacrosanct and binds our citizenry and the States in this Union together. Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin destroyed that trust and compromised the security and integrity of the 2020 election. The states violated statutes enacted by their duly elected legislatures, thereby violating the Constitution. By ignoring both state and federal law, these states have not only tainted the integrity of their own citizens’ vote, but of Texas and every other state that held lawful elections,” said Attorney General Paxton. “Their failure to abide by the rule of law casts a dark shadow of doubt over the outcome of the entire election. We now ask that the Supreme Court step in to correct this egregious error.”
Elections for federal office must comport with federal constitutional standards. For presidential elections, each state must appoint its electors to the electoral college in a manner that complies with the Constitution. The Electors Clause requirement that only state legislatures may set the rules governing the appointment of electors and elections and cannot be delegated to local officials. The majority of the rushed decisions, made by local officials, were not approved by the state legislatures, thereby circumventing the Constitution.
Other states are joining Texas, including Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama, with more likely on the way. The Supreme Court has ordered Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to respond by Thursday at 3:00 PM EST.
I think this is the longest of long shots, but we will quickly find out if the Supreme Court intends to intervene in this election. What was a squabble over an election outcome is rapidly becoming a very important question of Federalism. Stay tuned.
Wonderful news. When I’d first heard the news, it was only Texas bringing suit— with other states joining in, it becomes much more difficult for the left to continue to spin this as the disaffection of a lone state in the grip of crazy right-wingers.
Praying. Good news on other states joining.
I see on twitter last night, a link to the Hill is posted: “Arizona GOP asks if supporters willing to give their lives to “stop the steal”
Mark Shea quoted it with the words: “The Party of White Terrorism”
This is what is hitting the pit of my stomach. The feeling that the Right is going, “Please, let’s not fight. It won’t be pretty.” While the Left is going, “C’mon! Let’s fight already! You’re going down, you nazis!”
As the saying goes, “the enemy gets a vote in war.” The Left are fast playing the role of idiots by acting like the Right can be denied a vote at all – even in war.
The problem is ever that Mr. Bullet (formerly Mr. Arrow and Mr. Stone) has a rebuttal that cannot be topped.
I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes…
Some folks think that’s a joke.
/sad