grey_whiskers wrote:
“I don’t think Texas is taking this too well.
The @TexasGOP is out with a statement in the wake of the Supreme Court decision, all but calling for secession:
“Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution.” pic.twitter.com/4bB3gk88t4— Adam Kelsey (@adamkelsey) December 12, 2020”
Links that didn’t come over in the c & p:
https://twitter.com/adamkelsey/status/1337549501507264515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
My comment:
Texas is indeed pi$$3d off; there is a resolution (perhaps a stronger measure) about secession being prepared for the upcoming session.
Here’s the list of Representatives that signed on to the Texas lawsuit; Texas has the most signers-on, and there are 33 states in the list (although only 10-21 joined the suit):
Alabama
Rep. Gary Palmer, Fifth Congressional District
Rep. Mo Brooks, Fifth Congressional District
Rep. Bradley Byrne, First Congressional District
Rep. Robert Aderholt, Fourth Congressional District
Arizona
Rep. Andy Biggs, Fifth Congressional District
Rep. Debbie Lesko, Eighth Congressional District
Arkansas
Rep. Rick Crawford, First Congressional District
Rep. Bruce Westerman, Fourth Congressional District
California
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, 23rd Congressional District
Rep. Ken Calvert, 42nd Congressional District
Rep. Doug LaMalfa, First Congressional District
Rep. Tom McClintock, Fourth Congressional District
Colorado
Rep. Ken Buck, Fourth Congressional District
Rep. Doug Lamborn, Fifth Congressional District
Florida
Rep. Matt Gaetz, First Congressional District
Rep. Ted Yoho, Third Congressional District
Rep. Gus Bilirakis, 12th Congressional District
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, 25th Congressional District
Rep. John Rutherford, Fourth Congressional District
Rep. Daniel Webster, 11th Congressional District
Rep. Michael Waltz, Sixth Congressional District
Rep. Ross Spano, 15th Congressional District
Rep. Neal Dunn, Second Congressional District
Georgia
Rep. Doug Collins, Ninth Congressional District
Rep. Rick W. Allen, 12th Congressional District
Rep. Earl Carter, First Congressional District
Rep. Drew Ferguson, Third Congressional District
Rep. Austin Scott, Eighth Congressional District
Idaho
Rep. Russ Fulcher, First Congressional District
Rep. Mike Simpson, Second Congressional District
Illinois
Rep. Mike Bost, 12th Congressional District
Rep. Darin LaHood, 18th Congressional District
Indiana
Rep. James Baird, Fourth Congressional District
Rep. Jim Banks, Third Congressional District
Rep. Trey Hollingsworth, Ninth Congressional District
Rep. Greg Pence, Sixth Congressional District
Rep. Jackie Walorski, Second Congressional District
Iowa
Rep. Steve King, Fourth Congressional District
Kansas
Rep. Ron Estes, Fourth Congressional District
Rep. Roger Marshall, First Congressional District
Louisiana
Rep. Steve Scalise, First Congressional District
Rep. Mike Johnson, Fourth Congressional District
Rep. Ralph Abraham, Fifth Congressional District
Rep. Clay Higgins, Third Congressional District
Maryland
Rep. Andy Harris, First Congressional District
Michigan
Rep. Jack Bergman, First Congressional District
Rep. Bill Huizenga, Second Congressional District
Rep. Tim Walberg, Seventh Congressional District
Rep. John Moolenaar, Fourth Congressional District
Minnesota
Rep. Tom Emmer, Sixth Congressional District
Rep. Jim Hagedorn, First Congressional District
Mississippi
Rep. Michael Guest, Third Congressional District
Rep. Trent Kelly, First Congressional District
Missouri
Rep. Sam Graves, Sixth Congressional District
Rep. Vicky Hartzler, Fourth Congressional District
Rep. Jason Smith, Eighth Congressional District
Rep. Ann Wagner, Second Congressional District
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, Third Congressional District
Montana
Rep. Greg Gianforte, at-large district
Nebraska
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, First Congressional District
Rep. Adrian Smith, Third Congressional District
New Jersey
Rep. Jeff Van Drew, Second Congressional District
New York
Rep. Elise Stefanik, 21st Congressional District
Rep. Lee Zeldin, First Congressional District
North Carolina
Rep. Dan Bishop, Ninth Congressional District
Rep. Ted Budd, 13th Congressional District
Rep. Virginia Foxx, Fifth Congressional District
Rep. Richard Hudson, Eighth Congressional District
Rep. David Rouzer, Seventh Congressional District
Rep. Gregory Murphy, Third Congressional District
Ohio
Rep. Jim Jordan, Fourth Congressional District
Rep. Bob Gibbs, Seventh Congressional District
Rep. Bill Johnson, Sixth Congressional District
Rep. Robert E. Latta, Fifth Congressional District
Rep. Brad Wenstrup, Second Congressional District
Oklahoma
Rep. Kevin Hern, First Congressional District
Rep. Markwayne Mullin, Second Congressional District
Pennsylvania
Rep. John Joyce, 13th Congressional District
Rep. Fred Keller, 12th Congressional District
Rep. Mike Kelly, 16th Congressional District
Rep. Dan Meuser, Ninth Congressional District
Rep. Scott Perry, 10th Congressional District
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, 14th Congressional District
Rep. Glenn Thompson, 15th Congressional District
South Carolina
Rep. Jeff Duncan, Third Congressional District
Rep. Ralph Norman, Fifth Congressional District
Rep. Tom Rice, Seventh Congressional District
Rep. William Timmons, Fourth Congressional District
Rep. Joe Wilson, Second Congressional District
Tennessee
Rep. Tim Burchett, Second Congressional District
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, Third Congressional District
Rep. Mark Green, Seventh Congressional District
Rep. David Kustoff, Eighth Congressional District
Rep. John Rose, Sixth Congressional District
Rep. Scott DesJarlais, Fourth Congressional District
Texas
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, Second Congressional District
Rep. Kevin Brady, Eighth Congressional District
Rep. Michael Burgess, 26th Congressional District
Rep. Michael Cloud, 27th Congressional District
Rep. Mike Conaway, 11th Congressional District
Rep. Bill Flores, 17th Congressional District
Rep. Louie Gohmert, First Congressional District
Rep. Lance Gooden, Fifth Congressional District
Rep. Kenny Marchant, 24th Congressional District
Rep. Randy Weber, 14th Congressional District
Rep. Roger Williams, 25th Congressional District
Rep. Ron Wright, Sixth Congressional District
Rep. Jodey Arrington, 19th Congressional District
Rep. Brian Babin, 36th Congressional Distict
Virginia
Rep. Ben Cline, Sixth Congressional District
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Fifth Congressional District
Rep. Rob Wittman, First Congressional District
Rep. H. Morgan Griffith, Ninth Congressional District
Washington
Rep. Dan Newhouse, Fourth Congressional District
West Virginia
Rep. Carol Miller, Third Congressional District
Rep. Alex Mooney, Second Congressional District
Wisconsin
Rep. Tom Tiffany, Seventh Congressional District
Remember the lawsuit wasn’t lost. No one ruled against it.
The lawsuit was never presented. SCOTUS simply said “You can’t do it this way, we can’t hear it.”
Are they right? Pffht, who knows? Ask lawyers, they won’t agree either.
“You are going to see big things happen over the next few days.”
Well, that wasn’t a big thing, it was a complete fizzle. So maybe there’s a big thing waiting in the wings.
It looks like the Democrats may have found the hole in the law that allows this behavior as long as the individual states go along with it. The elections are up to the states, if they cheat, there’s no controlling legal authority.
I’m really bummed out that I live in Virginia. All over Virginia all my life except for four ski bum years out in the Rockies. My dream in this whole thing was that Dominion was going to be exposed in the Old Dominion. I hate moving, but would rather do that than escape.