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Those on the side of US President Donald Trump expressed new hope when 17 states officially supported Texas’ lawsuit, demanding to cancel the results of the four-state election that Joe Biden won.
On December 8, Attorney General Ken Paxton represented Texas to file a lawsuit with the United States Supreme Court demanding the nullification of a total of 62 electoral votes from Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan.
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| President Trump hailed the Texas lawsuit as “America’s great event.” Photo: Reuters |
According to the RT newspaper, based on the large number of mail-in votes counted after the November 3 national elections, the previous four battle states announced Mr. Biden as the winner, meaning that the Democratic politicians won. obtain all the electoral votes of these states.
However, Mr. Paxton accused the measure of “illegal”, citing the four battle states for “voting irregularities”, “improper review of electoral laws” and have the potential to have ignored voters’ ballots. Republicans regardless of whether they are valid or not.
The Texas Attorney General’s lawsuit also requires the Supreme Court to postpone the National Electoral College meeting and vote on Dec. 14, an event scheduled to officially confirm Trump’s victory or defeat in the general election. this year.
Attempts to go upstream
The attorney general of 17 states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia on 12 September were to jointly sign a petition to the Supreme Court demonstrating their support for Mr. Paxton’s petition.
The current president Trump has won the last general elections in all these “reddish” states (in favor of the Republican side).
Some observers expressed on The Hill that the developments reflect the latest and possibly the last effort by allies and loyalists who want to help Trump in his long legal battle. reverse election results.
According to unofficial US media estimates, Biden is approximately 7 million more popular than Trump and has a total of 306 electoral votes, surpassing Trump’s 232 votes and surpassing the minimum threshold of 270. vote to become the next leader of the White House.
However, so far, Trump is determined not to lose and continues to accuse the general election of widespread fraud, although he does not provide evidence.
The election campaign and Trump allies demanded the election results across the country. However, according to AP statistics, the faction that supports this president has lost more than 35 cases out of a total of almost 50 lawsuits. The remaining cases are still in the review process, but are expected to barely bring favorable results for Trump.
Victory prospect
In the latest Texas lawsuit, most legal experts are skeptical about the possibility of a victory.
The Marketwatch page quoted Rick Hasen, an electoral law expert at the University of California, emphasizing that Texas was in no position to sue a case involving how another state determines how electoral votes are determined. And even if Texas had the authority to do so, the state should have voiced its opposition to the election changes from the four battle states before the date of the national vote, not after.
Lisa Marshall Manheim, a professor at the Washington Post School of Law, wrote in the Washington Post that the lawsuit brought by the Texas Attorney General “was legally incoherent, not based on facts, and based on theories about basic remedies by misunderstanding of the electoral process “. Ms. Manheim predicts that the lawsuit will definitely fail.
Meanwhile, officials from the four warring states have criticized the Paxton case as a reckless attack aimed at undermining the integrity of the elections and undermining confidence in the American democratic system. Dana Nessel, the Michigan attorney general, accused it of being “a trick to get the public’s attention, rather than a serious legal plea.”
Senator John Cornyn, the Republican politician who served as attorney general in Texas, described the case as “unusual” and “unprecedented.” So he didn’t know how the Supreme Court would behave in this case.
If the Supreme Court agrees to intervene and wins the Texas trial, Mr. Biden will have 62 electoral votes and 244 votes remaining, which is still more than the number of votes obtained by Trump, but not at least 270 votes to be declared. father won the election.
In this case, the United States House of Representatives will hold presidential elections. Each state has one vote and the candidate who receives 26 votes wins. Groups of House members from each state will meet to decide how to vote their only vote. This is the scenario that is most supportive of Trump, but it is also considered the least likely to happen.
So far, the Supreme Court has not announced whether it will hold a hearing on the case. However, the court issued a deadline of 3:00 p.m. on December 10, local time (3 a.m. on December 11, Vietnam) for the four battlefield states to file a response to Texas’ lawsuit.
Decisive battle
President Trump posted on Twitter on December 9 saying that he had filed a petition with the Supreme Court, asking all nine justices to allow him to participate in the Texas lawsuit as a third party stakeholder. He described it as “the great event of the country.”
A source familiar with the New York Times revealed that in late December 9, the incumbent president asked Republican Senator Ted Cruz in Texas to join the lawsuit and received a response.
According to analysts, the fact that many Republican politicians such as Attorney General Paxton, who is considering a race for governor of Texas or Mr. Cruz, is a face of the party to represent the 2024 presidential election and Senate Josh Hawley of Missouri, who also dreamed of running for the White House after four years, openly supported the current presidential legal war showing that Trump appears to hold a dominant role at the party.
Trump is believed to be manipulating and pressuring allies on his side, refusing to acknowledge Biden’s victory. If the information is correct, Trump could put his energy into blowing up the Texas lawsuit, making it dramatic before it ends.
See also: 2020 US presidential elections
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