Friday, December 11, 2020 at 8:03:00 P.M. EST
GRA: Even Amy? Yes, even Amy.
(The Hill) The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a widely panned bid by Texas to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s election win, delivering a devastating blow to the long-shot legal campaign waged by President Trump and his allies since his electoral defeat.
The ruling was a repudiation to Trump, as well as the 18 GOP state attorneys general and 126 House Republicans who had backed the lawsuit. The challenge sought to nullify Biden’s wins in Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania — key battleground states that he won while amassing 306 electoral votes.
In a brief, unsigned order Friday rejecting the petition, the court made clear its view that Texas lacked the legal right to litigate over how other states conduct their elections.
“Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections,” the ruling states. “All other pending motions are dismissed as moot.”
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito wrote a dissenting statement expressing their view that the court is obligated to hear interstate disputes. Aside from this jurisdictional disagreement, however, those two more conservative justices indicated they joined the court’s seven other members in siding against Texas.
“In my view, we do not have discretion to deny the filing of a bill of complaint in a case that falls within our original jurisdiction,” wrote Alito, joined by Thomas. “I would therefore grant the motion to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief, and I express no view on any other issue.”
The Friday order comes after the justices earlier this week tossed a similar request from Trump-allied Pennsylvania Republicans to nullify Biden’s certified victory in the Keystone State — a state Biden won by more than 81,000 ballots.
GRA: They didn’t want to get involved.
--GRA
3 comments:
Looks bad for Don. All over I fear.
For 60 years,the Supreme Court has struck down laws and stuck their collective noses into social mores and practices of White Americans,to the detriment and destruction of this country.Now,at a point in history where we needed them to get involved--they declined.
Their silence spoke decibels--comparable to the sounds of an Apollo rocket ship taking off--also the sound of America leaving the planet as well.
--GRA
Incredible, these weasels don't see why a state would have an interest in other states defying the Constitution and putting in place systems that allow free elections--and ultimately freedom itself--from being destroyed. These are worthless people only looking out for their own professional careers. I would trust a guy off a construction site before these clowns.
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