Friday, December 11, 2020. New York City – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States of America (SCOTUS) rejected Texas’ lawsuit challenging the election results in four key states: Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
“Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections,” the SCOTUS wrote.
In their dissent, Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas indicated they would have allowed Texas to bring the case, but said they would ‘not grant other relief’.
Donald Trump appointed Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States, none of them ruled in his favor on this case.
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On Thursday, December 10, 2020, AG Ken Paxton said in a press release, “Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Utah have formally joined Texas in its Supreme Court suit against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—four battleground states who ran illegal and unconstitutional elections. The joining states agree with Texas: the defendant states exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to justify unlawfully enacting last-minute changes and ignoring both federal and state election laws, thus skewing the results of the 2020 General Election.”
126 House Republicans supported the lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. 17 Republican state attorneys general filed their own amicus brief supporting the lawsuit.
23 Democratic state attorneys general filed a brief opposing the lawsuit. Democrat Montana Governor Steve Bullock filed a brief as well. Republican Montana attorney general signed the brief supporting it.
Press release by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
AG Paxton: U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Determine the Integrity of the 2020 Election.
Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued this statement after the United States Supreme Court denied the Texas lawsuit against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — four battleground states who ran illegal and unconstitutional elections:
“It is unfortunate that the Supreme Court decided not to take this case and determine the constitutionality of these four states’ failure to follow federal and state election law. I will continue to tirelessly defend the integrity and security of our elections and hold accountable those who shirk established election law for their own convenience.”
Attorney General Paxton filed an original lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, December 7, arguing that the Supreme Court must require the four defendant-states to conduct their elections in a manner that complies with the Constitution and all federal and state laws. Texas was joined by nearly half the union.”
Chairman Allen West’s Response to SCOTUS Decision.
Following the Supreme Court’s rejection of Texas’ lawsuit challenging the election results in four key states, Texas GOP chair Allen West said, “The Supreme Court, in tossing the Texas lawsuit that was joined by seventeen states and 106 US congressman, has decreed that a state can take unconstitutional actions and violate its own election law. Resulting in damaging effects on other states that abide by the law, while the guilty state suffers no consequences. This decision establishes a precedent that says states can violate the US constitution and not be held accountable. This decision will have far-reaching ramifications for the future of our constitutional republic. Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution.”
He added, “The Texas GOP will always stand for the Constitution and for the rule of law even while others don’t.”
Some allies of Donald Trump pledged to continue their fight.
“Now all eyes are on January 6th. We still think that there is evidence that needs to be considered,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said in a Fox News interview. He alluded to a challenge that several House Republicans plan to make when Congress certifies the Electoral College votes.
Some House Republicans, including Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama, have vowed to challenge the election results when Congress certifies the Electoral College votes on January 6, 2021.
The SCOTUS’s decision is likely the end of the line for Trump’s legal push to get a second term.
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