Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Overturn Election

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/supreme-court-election-texas.html

by adamsea • 6 years ago

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adamsea2• 6 years ago

The order:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121120zr_p86...

Full text of order:

“ The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections. All other pending motions are dismissed as moot. Statement of Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins: 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. See Arizona v. California, 589 U. S. ___ (Feb. 24, 2020) (Thomas, J., dissenting). 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.”

noodles_nomore3• 6 years ago

In other words, rigged elections (hypothetically speaking) in one state do not cause any demonstrable damage to another state? I was expecting this to come down to an argument over state sovereignty on election matters, but reality appears more cynical than me. Rigged election are not fine, but if they do happen no harm done.

bdcrazy2• 6 years ago

Rigged elections are not fine. If you have a problem with a state's election, you file a lawsuit on behalf of someone whose rights were actually violated. Oh right, lawsuits were filed in the right locations on behalf of people whose rights might have been violated, and most (all?) were dismissed due to lack of standing, lack of evidence or other deficiencies.

nobody99993• 6 years ago

Rigged election are not fine, but if they do happen no harm done.

What evidence do you have that "rigging" occurred? No actionable evidence was presented in any of the 50 or so cases already filed (and uniformly rejected by the courts) in AZ, GA, MI, NV, PA and WI.

Are you claiming that not only thousands of election workers, party officials, elected and appointed government officials, but also a couple dozen state and Federal judges, including the US Supreme Court (cf. Kelly v. Pennsylvania), Democrats and Republicans conspired (and succeeded) to steal the election from Donald Trump?

That assertion would be laughable if it weren't so corrosive to our election systems and our federal constitutional form of government.

But don't take my word for it. Or anyone else's for that matter. Read the case records, including complaints, briefs, arguments from both sides and the judicial opinions.

adamsea2• 6 years ago

You're not arguing in good faith and what you're saying is, "I don't want to live in a democracy, I want to live in an authoritarian one-party state."

There was no election fraud of any kind and every single one of these lawsuits is really intended to undermine small-d democracy and invalidate the election.

Get the fuck out.

Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Overturn Election

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