Texas Election Lawsuit added to Supreme Court Docket

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This is a coup attempt right in front of our eyes.
 
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AZ says that it does not care what SCOTUS rules, as long as it rules quickly.
 
The Court will decide the emergency application, but whether or not it will agree to hear the merits of the case could be different. My understanding is that the SCOTUS has original jurisdiction over disputes between states, but is not mandatory jurisdiction, which is why I think there is a motion for leave to file the case by AZ. Maybe the Court will agree to hear the case but it has not done so yet. Responses are due tomorrow by 3pm.

The Texas suit is inarguably correct, however. The constitution gives the state legislature sole authority to set the rules for the elections. Not the courts, and not back-room deals. But it is inarguable, that some of the rules followed during the election were set by the courts and by side agreements outside the legislature (for example, allowing no-excuse mail-in ballots and accepting ballots after 8 pm election day in PA). If SCOTUS does not grant the relief TX seeks, then it says, the constitution has no meaning. It says Dems can set rules for the election that are not constitutionally valid that we must still abide by these unconstitutional rules. A government of men not of laws. At some point SCOTUS is going to HAVE to address the real issue of a handful of states.
 
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Well we will see how hard you are laughing after a little bit of time under a Biden/ Harris administration.Sadly I don’t think you will be laughing,instead crying right along with those of us who saw what was coming
 
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Well we will see how hard you are laughing after a little bit of time under a Biden/ Harris administration.Sadly I don’t think you will be laughing,instead crying right along with those of us who saw what was coming
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It will better than the Trump reign.

Seriously, the last month has shown his true colors and those of his rabid supporters in Congress. They are abusing the legal system to flog conspiracy theories, grievances, idiotic analyses, and in general not respecting the American electoral process.

Losing 49 out of 50 cases before the courts constitutes frivolous and abusive use of the courts.
 
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And to what end, really? Either they know they lost but are doing it to raise money, or they have completely lost their grip on reality.
 
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That none of you are the least concerned about the integrity of our election process is alarming.forget about Trump,this could have happened to Joe Schmo a Republican,would you be concerned,or is it ok because it’s Trump and ya just want the guy out.
 
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And to what end, really?
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Since so much of Trump’s appeal is based on him being the invincible God-like creation that he sees himself as, it is simply impossible for him to lose an election (even though he has lost many elections across his career). He never loses (even though he loses A LOT).

Many Republicans see him as a necessary figure in the party, and will not abandon him too willingly. Until they are put in a position where they actually have to take an action, they will support him without question. That’s why state officials are breaking with him before federal officials.

If he continues this charade within the halls of Congress - which I’m certain he will - there will be a little more grumbling.
 
It’s simply because all the “evidence” that anything untoward happened has fallen apart under even the lightest scrutiny.

Apparently the state and federal courts don’t care either, according to you.
 
When some credible evidence is put forward to suggest this election was different from any other presidential election we’ve had in terms of fraud, then I will be concerned. But that has not happened.
 
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I am not concerned. The longer these claims continue without substance, the less I am concerned. Of course I want the one who lost the election out. That is our constitutional form of government. Had Biden lost, I would be wanting him to disappear already.
 
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These filings are hilarious.
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Trump’s filing is the weidest. He basically says ‘something’s rotten in Denmark’, but does not say what or how. He does not really allege fraud but says many in the country suspect fraud. So what?

“These things just don’t normally happen, and a large percentage of the American people know that some-thing is deeply amiss” Yes, what’s amiss is your refusal to concede.

Then AZ says it ran a good election but SCOTUS needs to hurry up and rule because the nation is on edge.
 
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Who has standing to complain? Not Texas.
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Equal protection clause, national election. The USSC in 1964 used the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to invalidate how states elected their own state senators (Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533). So it’s not that much of a stretch to consider that the USSC could use the 14A to ensure that states conduct their elections properly, since Article II, 12A, and 22A all provide a framework for how it’s supposed to be done.
 
What you described is not standing.

Standing means you have the legal right to bring the suit in the first place. Texas does not have standing to sue another state for the laws it makes (or amends, or interprets, etc.).

If it did, California could sue Texas because it made changes to its election procedure because of COVID.
 
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