There are only a few instances where a party can file a direct lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court, a state claiming harm by another state is one of those instances.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit [pdf here] with the supreme court seeking and emergency injunction against Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia “from taking action to certify presidential electors or to have such electors take any official action including without limitation participating in the electoral college.”
The Texas AG argues that arbitrary changes made by the state’s governors, secretaries of states and election supervisors were “inconsistent with relevant state laws and were made by non-legislative entities, without any consent by the state legislatures. The acts of these officials thus directly violated the Constitution.”
The lawsuit states: “these non-legislative changes … facilitated the casting and counting of ballots in violation of state law, which, in turn, violated the Electors Clause of Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution.” […] “By these unlawful acts, the Defendant States have not only tainted the integrity of their own citizens vote, but their actions have also debased the votes of citizens in Plaintiff State and other States that remained loyal to the Constitution.”
Paxton notes the intent of the states may have been changes in good faith, due to COVID-19 mitigation efforts; however, the end result of the changes is in direct violation to the Constitution and therefore creates the harm.
“Certain officials in the Defendant States presented the pandemic as the justification for ignoring state laws regarding absentee and mail-in voting.” […] “The Defendant States flooded their citizenry with tens of millions of ballot applications and ballots in derogation of statutory controls as to how they are lawfully received, evaluated, and counted. Whether well intentioned or not, these unconstitutional acts had the same uniform effect they made the 2020 election less secure in the Defendant States.”
Here’s the full Lawsuit as filed:
December 8, 2020 – what a day with SCOTUS events, Texas et al, DHS report on the Hiden, and…ta da!!! Our LIKE button is back! Woot!
Fantastic! I can read the type again as well. Sundance and team, thank you, thank you, thank you!
The day we declared war on Japan. Fitting
In the Second World War the Battle of Midway was the pivotal battle in the war against Japan. We faked them out, and sent torpedo bombers to attack their aircraft carriers. They were basically cannon fodder, but they kept the Japanese busy and fighting while our dive bombers came undetected straight down from the Sun. The dive-bombers destroyed the Japanese carriers, and it was only a matter of time before we won the war. I’m making an analogy. I think that’s what happened today. I think every legal Skirmish up until this point has been the equivalent of the torpedo bombers. Keep the crooks busy and fighting, and thinking they’re winning, all the while exposing more and more wrongdoing. That Texas lawsuit is the dive bombers. I think this is how we win. Their argument is almost airtight. Cheating in 4 cities overturned the will of the rest of the people in the United States. And that can’t stand. Devastating
I’m still not ruling out the Dominion angle as well. Will they find evidence on the machines in Michigan? Does the President have proof through other means? The key at Midway was finding the Japanese carriers. Once exposed, we laid it on them. In order for the swamp to truly be drained here, it all has to be exposed. Including possibly SCOTUS. those five bombers you speak of still may be hiding in the sun
just now realized in reading your comment at the top of now 791 comments that the “like” button has returned – so fantastic!
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Mine does, I just tested it
And Sullivan gave up his persecution of General Flynn.
Proud of my state. Proud to live here.
TEXAS!!!
God Bless Texas ?
I’m proud of your state also!!!!
We are all proud of Texas!
And yaaayyy on the like button! Thank you SD or whoever got that back again!! Love the new format too.
I hope Kansas will join the fight!
From a born and bred Oklahoma Sooner chick…I’m proud of you all too!!!
We lived in Houston, Texas for 13 years. I always found Texans to be straight forward people with a great sense of humor. We moved to Colorado from there and we love it here despite the ridiculous political environment. But we really miss the Texans we knew, even 30 years later. We are so proud of their Attorney General for stepping up to the plate and are pleased to see several other States joining them in their lawsuit. Only the SCOTUS can this case and we will be forever indebted to the State of Texas regardless of how it comes out.
The way Presidents are elected has changed a lot since the Constitution was written, but I believe the framers had in mind that the sole authority for how elections are run is the purview of the Legislature of each State. I don’t think the 12th Amendment usurps that particular power from the State Legislatures.
I hope SCOTUS has the courage to resolve this lawsuit in a way that protects the Constitutional authority given to the State Legislatures. This looks to me like the only way out of this mess with our Republic still in a good enough place to survive.
Did SCOTUS decline the PA case before or after the filing of the Texas case?
Technically, it seems to me that the PA case will be part of the Texas case.
The Pennsylvania denial came after.
That may be good news.
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Apparently, according to Jenna Ellis, the PA case is still before the court. Just the injunctive part was denied.
Only injunctive relief was denied. The case is still on the docket.
PA case was a completely different premise, which was considered weak and difficult to overcome.
My understanding was that we have mail-in voting here in PA since Act 77 in 2018. It is being falsely conflated that the courts will nullify mail in voting all together, when in reality, it was the State Judiciary that extended the time limits for ballot receipt in violation of the State Legislature’s explicit law saying no.
Unfortunately, cheaters gotta cheat, and now we are left with a mail in ballot pool which is mixed with regular and late ballots (by design). You can’t unstir the pot, and the SCOTUS doesn’t want to toss the whole pot. So we are left with alignment with the TX case that voting was processed illegally, and the constitutional backstop should be elector nomination by the State Legislatures.
No, the mail in votes were unconstitutional en toto per the PA constitution. The Supreme Court has refused injunctive relief but has not dismissed the case.
SCOTUS didn’t dismiss. They denied injunctive–i.e. temporary–relief because it looks like they’re going permanent. That’s how I read it.
I watched the excellent YouTube video by R&R Law Group attorney, Robert ? on this case as well as Texas one. He said SCOTUS only denied the temporary injunction on the PA case and not the substance of the case itself. They possibly will combine it with the Texas one later.
That is why, TX case goes to head of line.
Only injunctive relief was denied. The PA case is still active, but the relief sought had already happened.
CTH crew even spoiled us with an EDIT button! Y’all are the best!
Ok, I’m a dunce. Where’s the edit button?
A state challenge is quite different from an individual challenge in the technical side of things, also different set of issues; one is that the state violated its Sate Constitution, and the other is that the state executive violated the US Constitution. The SC did not decline to hear the PA case, only did not grant injunctive relief to stop the vote certification, which may of already happened. But the court can change that when and if they want to at a later date. I kind of agree with then not issuing a stay, but only if they hear the PA case soon,
I am interested in that the PA legislature and executive branch clearly violated PA constitution in changing the absentee requirements. In Connecticut they did the same thing, “covid excuse” and now want to make it permit, despite that the Connecticut Constitution prohibits it. They tried to change AB voting in the Conn. Constitution, but the voter rejected it handily a couple of years back.
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I’ve always liked Texas. I definitely like it more and more with this law suit against the cheating states that would rob us of our vote.
I thought it was a cliché, but today it became evident for me “courage is contagious!”
May the Lord grant mercy and success in the pursuit of truth.
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And I love the “like” button! 😀
Thank you all!! I’ve never posted to my favorite knowledge well, CTH, before. Been reading this site for a couple of years. I just love it! You all make me smarter ?
Welcome to commenting at the Treehouse Carolina! 😀
Nice to have you CarolinaFree! What took you so long?!
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I have contacted my governor and legislators in Tennessee to join the Texas lawsuit.
I just emailed my Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to thank him for joining Texas in this noble and necessary fight against corruption and fraud!
Just did the same for Idaho….
Unfortunately, no chance for NC to join Texas as both AG and gov are Dems. NC was clearly targeted and in the crosshairs by fraudsters and were prepping for POTUS steal as illustrated by their counting extension by 9 days after Nov 3. So, I question Cooper and Stein getting back in. I suspect Dems panicked when everything started to blow up for the states cited in the Texas suit and decided it was either already “in the bag” for Biden or to cut their losses and call NC for POTUS Trump.
Will be cheering on Texas and all states who joined for our beloved republic. Patriots all!
Thanks Sundance and team for Like and also reply to functionality- so much better!
Oh wow, we can edit comments now!! Thank you Sundance and team!
Wonder if I should call my AG – Keith Ellison and ask him to join. ?
C’mon man?
I just emailed my governor as well.
Thank God and our founders that we’re a republic.I hope that the SC sees themselves as the guardians of the republic. On the plus side Justice Thomas was savaged by Biden and I don’t think the others want to see the court packed. I hope that Justice Thomas writes the opinion.
That would be so fitting!
Justice Thomas will not write out of personal revenge, but to avenge the Framers. True class.
I agree. A personal grudge against Biden could require Thomas to recuse. He’s a judge and just needs to apply the law to the facts.
You know would be excellent? Perhaps (just perhaps) the 4 liberals of SCOTUS will see the truth before their eyes and do the right thing?? It would be so much nicer to have a 9-0 result, don’t you think?
Oh THAT would be beautiful, but I wouldn’t hold your breath.
This is pretty exciting!!!
Breaking: Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, South Carolina and South Dakota Join Texas lawsuit
and Florida too
EVERY red state should sign on to this and voters in those states must demand it. I wish I was in a red state but will contact my AG here in CA, just for fun.
Im in CA too.
I believe Trump won California…
I think it’s possible, Richie. I definitely think Greg Raths defeated the odious Katie Porter.
I live in Washington. Maybe Ill write to sideshow Bob Ferguson our worthless AG 🙂
in Michigan.:-(
I think True the Vote California should sue to uncover and disable the Dominion and other “machine control” of our elections. It wouldn’t be on the same tight timeline, but is crucial to terminating the destructive trends our crazy Corruptocrats have engineered.
He is up for Secretary of Health under the Participation Trophy President.
Beceerra even got his Awan spy 800K in a hush and go away settlement, versus busting his AZZ for spying on 80Plus democrats.
Don’t you have to participate to get a participation trophy?
do you have original source?
Really, Louisiana? Under John Bel Edwards? Is there a Republican AG or something?
LA ex-pat here. Yes. Louisiana’s AG is Jeff Landry…he’s a very effective conservative Republican! ??
LA is a red state with a republican AG, though there’s always been tons of political corruption and Dominion machines in a lot of the state. People question JBE actually having won re-election without shenanigans.
Replies to a comment are in teeny tiny script. Almost microscopic. The black font, excellent. Like button, excellent. I understand there’s an edit tool haven’t figured that one out yet. But in theory, excellent.
And page numbers, excellent
Hover over your comment, select the ⚙️ Icon in the bottom right ↘️ and edit.
I wonder if they can leave the edit icon visible as folks with iPads don’t have a way to hover…unless there’s a trick for doing that.
On my iPhone now, just tap on your comment text and you should see the gear…yes, I agree it would be better if it were permanently visible tho’.
Working for me now. Somehow I must have been unsubscribed from the comments when I first tried. Thanks.
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Tap your comment and the settings gear appears bottom right of your comment area. I’m on my phone. ; )
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works! Thanks Hokkoda!
Testing edit. NICE! Thanks, Hokkoda!
I’m on a Kindle and while reply type is small, it is still readable.
Let’s hope it’s the beginning of the end
https://twitter.com/4thAmendmentRe2/status/1336510282324205570
Yes, but there’s still a long road ahead! Keep praying folks!!!
im hearing Arkansas will be joining tomorrow
Thanks for the like button Sundance and adm. Great job
Didn’t even notice that ‘like’ button until seeing your comment!
Yes, thanks Sundance and crew!
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Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar is still pending before SCOTUS.
Issue relates to ballots received after deadline.
Keep an eye on this case. I believe votes received after formal election date cannot be counted.
https://twitter.com/llinwood/status/1336495133668290566?s=21
Again, SCOTUS didn’t dismiss. They denied temporary injunctive relief because it looks like they’re going permanent. “We’ll see what happens.”
That may be true but I see no problem in granting that temporary injunctive relief while the cases go forward.
That just seems reasonable to me.
What we are about to see is historic. My guess is a 5-4 decision either way. We will find out who wants to continue in a constitutional republic.
Seven States have joined Texas ?
Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, South Dakota.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/allen-west-seven-states-will-join-texas-scotus-lawsuit-georgia-michigan-wisconsin-pennsylvania/
I have seen this posted so many times, on twitter and on here. And each single time I count and there are 8 states that joined Texas, or 9 in all. It is like everyone is mindless stating 7 states as they list 8. Over and over.
I mean this is very frustrating. Not just here, but on Twitter over and over. Don’t people read what they post? They list 8 states right in the tweets and posts.
Common Core Math.??
Incredible news!
The more states that join the lawsuit the better, its hard to find news, but maybe 8 are joining? Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, & South Dakota have all announced that they will be joining Texas in the suit. Its hard to confirm this.
These state cases are much weaker than the Mike Kelly case which was clear cut and a slam dunk.
A. The Mike Kelly case is still on the docket for the Supreme Court. Contrary to what is being written, and the MSM reporting, it has NOT been thrown out.
B. The Texas case is overarching and includes more than just PA and also what the Mike Kelly case was arguing.
Fellow Treepers, please don’t forget to continually pray for each member of SCOTUS, for God to prepare their hearts, work in their hearts, to receive what they will hear, and that God will fill them with Holy Spirit inspired wisdom, discernment and revelation knowledge in their decisions.
May God give them the wise answer of the tongue.
Proverbs 16:1
The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
So racing ahead, if SCOTUS finds many States in breech of equal protection and their own State Constitutions….then what?
Will SCOTUS order States to be compliant and the States say “we can’t, the votes aren’t separated to make that distinction”. What then? Do State Houses then get the prize and nominate any Electors they choose to the College?
Worms, bag of.
My understanding is neither candidate can reach 270 electoral votes because MI, PA, WI, & GA votes will be invalid. It will then end up before congress to decide. I would like confirmation on this however.
Good point.
Kind of amazing when you think about how Texas quietly, swiftly and unbeknownst to anyone unveiled an election integrity lawsuit against four battleground states while Democrats were distracted by other cases and then the Supreme Court ordered these states to respond by Thursday.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/380922018717515776
Yes – this. I was going to reply to WeThePeople that it’s very Trumpian. And I’ll bet we ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.
This response to one of my posts is from Bergundi Cane
Jonathan Findley – yes. This is his case along with 5 other young attorneys. They did all the leg work for the case in Pennsylvania including finding an attorney to carry the case and plaintiffs. The Trump team was so busy looking into fraud, they were not paying attention to the what the state constitution says. In order to implement the universal ballot by mail Pennsylvania’s constitution says it must past in 2 consecutive sessions then in the third year it must be placed on the ballot to be voted on by the people. They passed it in 2019, 2020. In 2021 it must go before the voters before becoming law. That’s next year. They intentionally pushed it through without waiting and putting it forth to the voters.
That explains what I thought I heard this evening that when plaintiffs tonight said that the voters hadn’t voted on the law yet. Young lawyers are hungry.
Festina lente.
Thank you to Briscoe Cain and 5 other young lawyers who worked on this case.
God Bless Texas!
This TX lawsuit is game on!
Miss this place 🙂
So he’ll leave retroactive to 2018? Because the President never needed him, he needed an actual AG.
Sessions and Barr….Barr followed the AG tradition established by Sessions; “Don’t do a damn thing”.
Actually retroactive to February 2019 when Barr was confirmed. Sessions wasn’t fired/resigned until after the November 2018 elections. Barr did stop the Mueller investigation. There is that.
I love Texas!
It’s great to see that there are still states out there that believe in the constitution
Repost by: jim says:
December 7, 2020 at 7:39 am
This is big.
The key to turning over the state elections in the disputed areas was decided by SCOTUS in 1997. Read the whole thing:
Elections Undecided by Midnight are Void & Preempted by Federal Law – Foster v Love (1997; 9-0 Decision)
https://www.thepostemail.com/2020/11/18/elections-undecided-by-midnight-are-void-9-0-decision/
I’ve only been saying this since 11/7 or 8. Midnight local time (for time zones). Midnight 11/3 was before shenanigans and Trump had 300 EVs.
“UPDATE – U.S. Supreme Court gives the states of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin until 3:00pm Thursday to respond to the filing by Texas.”
They’re scramblin’ !!
Why is Sundance’s twitter account restricted?
duh
Yeah, I just saw that as well…hmmm – too much truth being posted for the Twits to handle?
?…u can’t touch this…?
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For those Maniacs out there, let Attorney General Aaron Frey of Maine know what you think, and implore him to have Maine join the suit on principle.
Maine Office of the Attorney General
https://www.maine.gov/ag/
Contact Us Page
https://www.maine.gov/ag/contact.html
Great Newsmax interview with Jordan Sekulow about the Texas AG’s lawsuit. Eight states have now joined Texas in the suit. Sekulow says it’s the case they’ve been waiting for to reach SCOTUS.
Sounds as if this is very good news—the “be-all, end-all case,” outcome determinative, 62 electoral college votes, enough to change the outcome of the election. SCOTUS wants response from Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan by 3:00 pm ET Thursday.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/scotus-texas-original-jurisdiction-ken-paxton/2020/12/08/id/1000652/
This is good to hear. The Sekulows are highly respected, so this is good news. Sidney Powell also said that she expects other cases to make it to the Supreme Court by the end of the week. I wonder if all of these cases including the Kelly/Parnell PA case get combined into one massive case.
If Sidney gets to SCOTUS that puts the fraud squarely on the table
“Paxton notes the intent of the states may have been changes in good faith”….
Not a Freaking Chance !
Either the Supreme Court does their job and POTUS Trump remains
OUR President
or
We The People Do OUR Job and Make Sure POTUS Trump remains
OUR President….
and the rest are dealt with ….WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE !
The Pennsylvania case was dismissed for injunctive relief, it was not dismissed of cert. the case will be given a hearing.
My fellow Ohioans, please contact our AG and remind him of his Constitutional duty to protect the Republic! He can do so by joining the fight along with Texas and the other states.
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Contact
Just called to leave a message…haha, got the old “please call back during normal business hours or visit our website” malarkey then a dial tone. Who do they think they’re working for? I didn’t say anyone could go home tonight, did you?
Ill try to contact my state AG tomorrow to see what I can do. I live in a state where the AG is appointed by the RINO gov, and when previous opportunities arose for her to get involved, she decided to sit on her hands. Not saying that she will do anything about it, but its worth a try.
Texas history, as taught in the 7th grade: Tennessee, the #1 State in the nation. When our chips were down, when Mexico was ascendant, Tennessee sent her best with their long-rifles to lend a hand.
Texans, from the #1 Nation of the States, still remember. Today, from Texas, we send lawyers like Ken Paxton and Lady Sidney. Tomorrow, if the lawyers aren’t properly heard, we may send the Tennessean from among us.
Who would that be?
No one friendly with Bill Lee I hope, who has turned out to be a HUG
E disappointment.
The Honorable David Crockett
Is anyone else having problems constructing sentences and words being chopped up at Spacing?
My Spacing appears to be 2 lines deep while constructing a comment…but 1 space in the final product.
Maybe it was because my computer is set on 150% size because I’m half blind …but not a problem on Breitbart or The Gateway Pundit Commenting sites.
I’m having the same problem on my phone tonight with the words being broken up.
Trucker – Half blind and driving, are we? ?
Seriously, what’s baffling to me is seeing 4 or 5 different sizes of type on different comments, same page. And I’m on a Winders 10 laptop.
But I’m grateful we have a damned good team of elves working on the engine and gearbox here, so I just sit back and wait, knowing it takes a lot of writing and testing before putting it out on the street. It’s (CTH 2.0) coming together better and faster than I thought it could.
Snail:
Clearly there are still a few bugs to be worked out.
May these bugs find a windshield!
Yes, it’s showing up on all the posts – the letters in the words are not staying connected.
Yes-hurts my dyslexic brain, but I am trying to muddle through the comments. Just glad my last refuge is back.
Pretty sure the comment text field (in WP) has been set to full-justified or something like that, so the software is making that a priority, and ignoring where words SHOULD be separated. There’s probably a simple fix.
its not the POTUS doesnt need him, its that Barr won’t do anything.
The supreme court can not side with Trump, because, like most elites all they truly love is themselves. They put America second, after themselves. It’s the new American way, and it sucks.
It is foolish to depend upon a corrupt SCOTUS.
Executive Order 13848 signed in Sept 2020 (not 2018!) is a better bet.
Requires an Def intel report within 45 days of election about December 18 or so.
I saw another poster earlier today that said DNI Ratcliffe was asked about his report on foreign interference in the election and he said it would be coming out in January? Which is well past the 45 Day deadline that was in the EO…not sure where they got their info but am hoping that he was referring to something else because I think January is going to be too late to do anything about this election.
Is this Texas lawsuit PDJT’s last chance?
It’s his best last chance. Clean constitutional issue, four state defendants whose combined electoral votes deprive Biden of 270, 11 states on his side already, so one stop shopping. If they don’t do it in this one, they’re not gonna do it.
Unless Trump crosses the Rubicon, which is a strong possibility. Buckle up!
Lol, not even close.
I saw a post oh Hedgehog Polls that the SCOTUS vote to hear the case was 6-3, and included Roberts? Anyone else seen this reported?
That won’t happen until the states respond on Thursday
I was wondering what the vote was to hear it. Thanks. A 6-3 vote to hear is encouraging. For the life of me how can Sotomayor, Kagan, and Breyer deny even looking at the case? They have such a warped interpretation of our constitution, it is beyond comprehension. I believe the outcome will be a 5-4 decision though. Roberts will bail out and opt for good press coverage.
I also saw it here on CTH.
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Please Barr pack your bags and slither away. We don’t need a corrupt AG in the second term of our President. and we don’t trust you to do anything about anything. What a disgrace.
Arizona… https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/arizona-supreme-court-upholds-lower-court-ruling-affirms-joe-bidens-victory-arizona/
I supposed there is no way to get Arizona onto the SCOTUS case? Definitely something weird about the way that state flipped – I’d like to see a full audit of Arizona, Nevada, and Virginia!!
Consider it the shot across the bow..
The Union had better clean up her mess..
We have been politely in alignment with her Constitution..
But we will align no longer in her Union of Tyranny..
In that case, it might be a wise move for the President to request Barr’s immediate resignation and appoint Richard Grenell acting Attorney General.
Thank you and God Bless Texas, indeed.
I sent an email imploring my AG in Indiana to join the suit.