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Texas Attorney General Paxton (left) and a group of state attorneys from both sides appeared before the United States Supreme Court in Washington DC in September 2019 – Photo: AP
Outside of the United States Supreme Court there is a showdown between the two supporters and opponents of the unprecedented lawsuit with increasing force on either side.
America was deeply divided in ways not seen since the election of 1860 (just before the American Civil War).
US President Donald Trump testified in a petition sent to the US Supreme Court on December 9 to participate in the Texas lawsuit.
Attack each other in a hurry
On December 9, 17 states under the leadership of the state of Missouri submitted their comments to the United States Supreme Court in the form of “Amicus curiae” (friend of the court) and a similar measure from the state of Arizona.
A day later, six of these states requested to join the case as a related party. These are the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Utah.
The lawsuit was also supported by 106 members of the Republican Party in the US House of Representatives, led by Representative Mike Johnson from the state of Louisiana. They signed a comment expressing concern for the integrity of the electoral system.
Unsure whether “adding fuel to the fire” is meant to increase pressure on the Supreme Court, Kyle Biedermann, a Republican from Texas, said this week that he would propose a bill to allow a referendum. The will of the state separates Texas from the United States and it becomes an independent nation.
“The federal government has lost control and does not represent the values of the people of Texas,” Kyle Biedermann explained on Facebook, saying the bill was consistent with the Texas constitution. But it is unclear when Mr. Biedermann proposed and how the plan failed.
However, at the same time, the accused’s side and the accused’s supporters have spoken out, showing the formation of two opposing factions. On this side, on December 10, representatives from the four battlefield states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia filed a response to the Supreme Court, asking the court to dismiss the Texas lawsuit. They said that accepting Texas’ unprecedented demand “would undermine the constitution” and “deprive millions of voters” of citizenship.
On the same day, Washington DC Attorney General Karl Racine directed 22 states and territories (such as California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New York …) to submit comments to the Court. Supreme expressed its support for the 4 defendant states. With such developments, the Reuters news agency assessed that many states had “attacked” Texas.
According to the New York Times, since the state of Texas sued four battlefield states, the US Supreme Court has received more than a dozen copies of comments from “friends of the court” and many petitions in favor. from both the plaintiff and the defendant from many coalitions of red states (for Republicans) and blue states (for Democrats), from President Trump to politicians and academics.
What solution?
The Texas lawsuit did not provide specific fraud allegations like those made by Trump’s legal team. Instead, Texas pointed to changes adopted by the four battlefield states to election procedure, which they said removed the barrier to protection against fraud and was illegal because state officials decided. , without the approval of the state legislature.
Trump has not yet relented due to suspected election fraud. However, Democrats accused Trump of wanting to undermine public confidence in electoral integrity and undermine American democracy by canceling voters’ aspirations.
Fox News called the Texas lawsuit “unique” because it took advantage of “first jurisdiction,” which is rarely used by the Supreme Court and often only to resolve inter-case litigation. state. Now the focus is on the Supreme Court decision.
Ilya Shapiro, director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute (USA), said that if the Supreme Court issued an opinion on the Texas lawsuit to quell suspicions about the election, that will be a positive solution .
“If the Supreme Court accepts this lawsuit and decides unanimously against it, then maybe it is good for this country, because it can calm Trump supporters,” he said. Shapiro said.
According to The Hill, the jurists estimate that even if the Supreme Court agrees to accept the case, it is almost certain that the justices will not intervene before the time of the voters to vote for the president. December 14 comes the capital
“The purple litmus test”
The AP news agency commented that the Texas lawsuit asking the court to annul the results of the four battlefield states that Mr. Biden won quickly became the conservative “purple knees test” (thought evaluation) . when many members of the United States Congress and the Republican Party attorney general spoke out on this lawsuit.
On December 10, President Trump met with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court, and a group of Republican attorneys general in the White House.
