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Trump vows to intervene in Texas election case before Supreme Court
Reuters via Yahoo Snooze ^ | 12/9/2020 | Andrea Shalal and Jan Wolfe

Posted on 12/09/2020 8:30:03 AM PST by jdsteel

...The lawsuit, announced on Tuesday by the Republican attorney general of Texas Ken Paxton, targeted the election battleground states of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Trump has falsely claimed he won re-election and has made baseless allegations of widespread voting fraud....

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: election; trump
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Falsely claimed, baseless allegations...

They are getting worried. Pulling out all of the buzzwords at once.

1 posted on 12/09/2020 8:30:03 AM PST by jdsteel
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To: jdsteel

They are getting worried.

*************

They should be. We are getting fed up.


2 posted on 12/09/2020 8:33:02 AM PST by Starboard
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To: jdsteel

I’d prefer they be terrified


3 posted on 12/09/2020 8:34:53 AM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: jdsteel

In all seriousness, from PDJT’s Twitter feed...he said, intervene.

Without sarcasm, facetiousness, what does anyone think, “intervene” will look like? I’m looking for real ideas, not memes or other. I haven’t a clue...3 branches of separate of government...

Is Ted Cruz presenting to the SCOTUS, “intervening” ...?


4 posted on 12/09/2020 8:36:04 AM PST by CincyRichieRich (What do we do to stop them from stealing our republic?)
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To: jdsteel

They’re not even pretending to report facts now. Straight propagandizing.


5 posted on 12/09/2020 8:37:31 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

“Baseless” reporting from professional liars.


6 posted on 12/09/2020 8:38:36 AM PST by laconic
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To: jdsteel

He should just be quiet and let them get to it.


7 posted on 12/09/2020 8:39:49 AM PST by livius
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Falsely claimed, baseless allegations...

I have been saying I am not sure I can continue to hold myself back during a long period of the leftist biased news media saying those and similar things and laughing in our faces that they got away with stealing an election.

It is taking a lot of energy and a toll on my health.

8 posted on 12/09/2020 8:41:01 AM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: CincyRichieRich

I wish he would stand aside and let Texas present the case. This case is based entirely on Art II and the Constitutional mandate that legislatures have the sole power of deciding how the electors are chosen.No fraud, no cheating, only the Constitution. It is best Trump stay out of it.


9 posted on 12/09/2020 8:41:59 AM PST by xkaydet65 ( )
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To: jdsteel

Intervene might not be the word meant.


10 posted on 12/09/2020 8:42:02 AM PST by madison10
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To: CincyRichieRich

Probably means filing amicus briefs.


11 posted on 12/09/2020 8:43:50 AM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: laconic
They [and their master] have been at it a very, very long time


12 posted on 12/09/2020 8:43:56 AM PST by Salamander (...Ragnarök...)
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To: CincyRichieRich

Intervene is a technical legal term meaning he and/or his campaign will attempt to become a party. Normally, one accomplishes this in a federal case by petitioning the court under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to be allowed to join the lawsuit as what is known as a “Plaintiff-Intervenor.” That would make him a party aligned with the Plaintiff in the case at hand in front of the Supreme Court.


13 posted on 12/09/2020 8:43:56 AM PST by The Man
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To: jdsteel

Wow. It takes four people to write this very short fake news story.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal and Jan Wolfe; Editing by Tim Ahmann and Will Dunham)


14 posted on 12/09/2020 8:45:59 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Starboard

Fed up with all the corruption Trump has uncovered in the last 4 years. Patience with the US Supreme Court. My gut feeling tells me the three Justices Trump installed ( all Christians) will abide by their deeply held beliefs and triumph over the corrupted elections. I hope and pray THREE God fearing justices will beat the hundreds of thousands of haters, mega bucks America hating social media companies, and totally corrupted news agencies.


15 posted on 12/09/2020 8:46:42 AM PST by delta7
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Trump tweeted “We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case.

Intervening is a procedure used in a lawsuit by which the court allows a third person who was not originally a party to the suit to become a party, by joining with either the plaintiff or the defendant.

The case currently is a State vs State case giving original jurisdiction to SCOTUS. The argument is that SCOTUS has jurisdiction to hear this because it cannot possibly be resolved in any other venue as it is State vs State.

The counter argument by law professors is that if Trump is a party, then it no longer is State vs State and thus other venues are available so SCOTUS should deny the case.


16 posted on 12/09/2020 8:46:57 AM PST by tarpit
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To: CincyRichieRich

I have no idea either. IMHO, it’s likely to be something none of us have thought of yet.

None of the “usual suspects” (martial law; invocation of the Insurrection Act; implementation of his 2018 EO) seems to “fit”. My $.02 only. :-)


17 posted on 12/09/2020 8:47:14 AM PST by AFB-XYZ (Option 1 -- stand up. Option 2 -- bend over.)
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To: CincyRichieRich

Three co-equal branches. So if the Court fails to come to the right conclusion, then by “co-equality,” either the Congress or the President can come to a different conclusion. That’s extreme, but a possibility.

But as far as “intervene” goes, I think the tweet means “get involved” which could take the form of joining legal teams, sharing evidence, drumming up other state plaintiffs, etc...


18 posted on 12/09/2020 8:48:02 AM PST by MikeyB806
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To: Salamander

I like that; it’s concise, and catchy. Where did you find it?


19 posted on 12/09/2020 8:49:27 AM PST by AFB-XYZ (Option 1 -- stand up. Option 2 -- bend over.)
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To: The Man

Thanks for the explanation. “Intervene” sounds like an action you would take to stop something from happening.


20 posted on 12/09/2020 8:50:16 AM PST by libertylover (Remember: Deep State hated Jesus too.)
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