US President Donald Trump (right) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in Dallas, Texas, USA last June
Last night/today
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the US Supreme Court to instruct legislatures in four states to throw out what he calls “tainted” results and select their own slate of presidential electors.
Via Newsweek:
The Republican-controlled legislatures in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin would then be free to choose electors who could vote for Trump when the Electoral College meets on December 13.
At least 17 states that voted for Trump have signed a brief supporting the Texas lawsuit, which claims that the four states in question didn’t follow election laws correctly in administering the 2020 election. Trump has also filed a motion to intervene in the case.
The U.S. Constitution permits states to decide their own laws on running elections and a variety of legal experts have harshly criticized the Texas lawsuit, with some arguing the Supreme Court won’t even hear the case because the state doesn’t have standing to sue its sister states in this way.
Can Trump Still Win the Election? Texas Supreme Court Lawsuit Chances (Newsweek)
Meanwhile…
The Long-Shot Texas Suit Trump Is Hailing as the ‘Big One’ (Bloomberg)
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