The Hail Mary throw falls incomplete.

in election •  4 years ago 

https://www.axios.com/texas-supreme-court-case-trump-paxton-dismissed-0f705700-24a4-48c2-add8-1bc7763db4d2.html

Safe Harbor day has passed, the day where state certification of electors obligates Congress to accept them.

Monday the electors cast their votes.

It's over, but some folks will keep playing past the buzzer, out in the parking lot, claiming that really truly they're scoring points and winning. And a truly gullible audience will keep buying tickets to watch that farce.

"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.

Thomas and Alito doubted the Court could properly reject a case where it has original jurisdiction, so would have taken it but not granted any preemptive relief.

I can't say that their position on that is constitutionally wrong. I haven't given that issue much thought (few have, I'm sure), but as original jurisdiction is a substantively different thing than appellate jurisdiction, I think the argument for their position deserves a hearing.

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