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Currently, the attorneys general of Arkansas, Alabama, Missouri and Louisiana have issued statements supporting the lawsuit filed by Texas in the Supreme Court to safeguard the integrity of the 2020 elections.
Texas accused the four states of violating the Constitution, changed electoral regulations, adopted unequal treatment of voters and relaxed measures to maintain the integrity of the votes, leading to significant voting violations. Texas requires the Supreme Court to declare that these four key states violate the Constitution in the 2020 presidential election.
The lawsuit was filed on December 7 and was filed the next day. The lawsuit requires that the counting of electoral votes cast by these four states be prohibited. For defendant states that have appointed electors, the courts must order state legislatures to designate new electors in accordance with the constitution.
In response to the Texas motion, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry urged the Supreme Court to accept the case, saying: “In the end, only the United States Supreme Court can rule that there is a real difference between the states in accordance with our constitution. Controversial case “.
Landry said Americans have “deep concerns” about the 2020 election. Previously, he had submitted a “Friends of the Court” report to the US Supreme Court, urging the court to accept the Republican Penn State’s claim. against Penn State Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar. This case challenges a state Supreme Court order allowing election officials to count absentee ballots received within three days of Election Day.
(Annotation: Friends of the Court, Amicus brief, specifically refers to not being the plaintiff, but to supporting the plaintiff’s claims from an expert or authority perspective.)
“Millions of Louisiana citizens and tens of millions of fellow Americans nationwide have deep concerns about the administration of the 2020 federal election,” Landry wrote. “The fact that is deeply ingrained in these concerns is that some states appear to be The election was held without regard to the Constitution of the United States.”
“In addition, some media and politicians are trying to sidestep legality issues to act cheaply, which further frustrates many Louisianans,” he added.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has similar concerns, saying, “Unconstitutional behavior and fraudulent voting in other states affect not only the citizens of these states, but also the citizens of the United States.”
“Every illegal vote counted, or legal vote not counted, will subtract and dilute the right of citizens to exercise their right to vote freely,” Marshall said.
He added that after the Supreme Court decides whether to accept the case, he will decide how to proceed with the “state war to ensure the integrity of the elections.”
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge also expressed her support for Texas in a statement Tuesday night, emphasizing the importance of electoral integrity.
“After reviewing the Texas motion before the United States Supreme Court, I decided to support the motion in all legally appropriate ways. Electoral integrity is an integral part of our country and must be respected,” Rutledge said.
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said Tuesday night that he would “support the Texas Supreme Court litigation,” adding that “Missouri is fighting.”
The lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that the actions of these four states violated the state’s election laws and therefore violated the United States Constitution.
The lawsuit contends that these four states enacted and implemented election-related rules and procedures prior to the November 3 general election, in violation of their own electoral laws and thus in violation of the Constitution.
The lawsuit indicated that, in some cases, the four defendant states used so-called “friendly trials” (also known as collusion trials, in which the plaintiff and the defendant colluded beforehand to obtain court orders) to formulate such measurements. In some cases, state election officials exceeded their authority to promulgate rules and procedures that should have been established by the state legislature, which is required by the Election Clause in the Constitution.
“The states violated regulations promulgated by the elected legislature and thereby violated the Constitution. By ignoring state and federal laws, these states not only tarnished the integrity of their citizens’ votes, but also tarnished the integrity of Texas and other states that legally held elections. ” Texas Said the attorney general.
Texas also requires the Supreme Court to issue a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order to prevent the four states from certifying their election results or to prevent the state’s presidential electors from taking any official action.
The court ordered the accused states to respond to the Texas complaint by 3 p.m. Thursday, December 10.
On the same day that Texas filed the lawsuit, the Supreme Court rejected an injunction requested by Republicans in another case to prevent Pennsylvania from certifying the election results. The court did not give reasons for the decision or raise objections.
An attorney in the case told The Epoch Times that he plans to file another petition in the next few days, asking the court to review the Texas lawsuit in the next few days.
This case is also known as the “Pennsylvania Dezhou Prosecution Case (22O155)”. English Epoch Times journalist Ivan Pentchoukov contributed to this report.
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