Supreme Court Dismisses Texas Election Lawsuit Against 4 Key Swing States
The Supreme Court dismissed on Friday an election lawsuit filed by Texas seeking to overturn former vice president Joe Biden's lead in four key battleground states.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the election lawsuit this week, and it gained support from several other states in an amicus brief filed to the Supreme Court.
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"Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another state conducts its elections," the Supreme Court order said.
The high court also dismissed other claims related to the election lawsuit as moot, reported USA Today.
The suit challenges the election results in the states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
According to Breitbart, it argued that the states made illegal changes to their voting rules. These changes were made through the courts instead of the states' legislatures, violating the election laws, the suit claimed.
Apart from the support expressed by 17 other states, the lawsuit was also backed by over 120 House Republicans.
Justices Thomas, Alito Says Supreme Court Can't Refuse
NBC News reported that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito said the high court should have heard the case.
In a statement, Alito expressed his views on the case and said the high court does not have the discretion to deny the Texas suit as it falls under their original jurisdiction.
He noted that he would instead grant the motion to file the bill of complaint. However, he said he would not grant any other relief and would not express his view on any other issue.
Since the suit was essentially given a unanimous rejection, it is believed that the state electors can convene in 50 states and the District of Columbia on Monday to confirm an election winner.
Over the past few days, another lawsuit against Pennsylvania was also rejected by the Supreme Court.
Read also: Supreme Court Refuses to Take Up GOP Challenge in Pennsylvania Mail Voting
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said any other efforts to reject millions of ballots would be a "seditious abuse of the judicial process."
He added that the swift dismissal of the high court of the case should let anyone "contemplating further attacks on our election think twice."
Texas GOP Says Law-Abiding States Should 'Form A Union'
The rejection was a huge blow to President Donald Trump, who said the Texas case was a "big one."
He repeatedly urged the Supreme Court to have the "wisdom" and "courage" to hear the case. But with the dismissal, he said in a tweet that the high court had "let us down," adding there was "No Wisdom, No Courage!"
In reaction to the Supreme Court's actions, Republican Party Chairman Allen West said law-abiding states should probably form a "Union of states" that will follow the Constitution, reported Daily Wire.
"The Supreme Court... has decreed that a state can take unconstitutional actions and violate its own election law," West said in a statement Friday.
He noted that these actions result in "damaging effects on other states that abide by the law." He added that the decision says states can make violations of the Constitution without being held accountable.
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