God Bless Texas!
The state of Texas has filed a lawsuit with the United States Supreme Court against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Texas alleges that these states used “the COVID-19 pandemic to justify ignoring federal and state election laws and unlawfully enacting last-minute changes, thus skewing the results of the 2020 General Election.”
Ummm, they sure as heck did. That is OBVIOUS. Democrats saw an opportunity and they took it and ran with it.
Now, does that provide a constitutional basis for the Supreme Court to toss out the election results? We shall see and we must pray.
What is Texas requesting? Texas wants the results of the election tossed. This would force the state legislatures to select the electors.
Ken Paxton, the Attorney General for the state of Texas, outlined the rationale for the suit.
“Trust in the integrity of our election processes is sacrosanct and binds our citizenry and the States in this Union together,” Paxton said in a statement. “Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin destroyed that trust and compromised the security and integrity of the 2020 election. The states violated statutes enacted by their duly elected legislatures, thereby violating the Constitution.”
“By ignoring both state and federal law, these states have not only tainted the integrity of their own citizens’ vote, but of Texas and every other state that held lawful elections,” Paxton continued. “Their failure to abide by the rule of law casts a dark shadow of doubt over the outcome of the entire election. We now ask that the Supreme Court step in to correct this egregious error.”
Paxton referred to the U.S. Constitution, which states that the state legislatures make the rules governing these elections. In these key swing states, the changes were made outside of the legislatures and are, therefore, unconstitutional according to Paxton.
“Elections for federal office must comport with federal constitutional standards. For presidential elections, each state must appoint its electors to the electoral college in a manner that complies with the Constitution,” Paxton said in a statement. “The Electors Clause requirement that only state legislatures may set the rules governing the appointment of electors and elections and cannot be delegated to local officials. The majority of the rushed decisions, made by local officials, were not approved by the state legislatures, thereby circumventing the Constitution.
At least Texas is fighting. The chance that this suit succeeds is probably a long shot, but it is worth a try.
The fact that these other states messed up their elections affects every single American. You may not live in any of these states, but their corruption and incompetence are going to greatly impact you and me and every single American.
All Americans deserve free and fair and honest elections. Keep the faith. And don’t mess with Texas!
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