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Trump Asks Sen. Cruz to Argue Texas Supreme Court Election Case
KABC ^ | December 9, 2020 | Newsmax

Posted on 12/09/2020 8:17:16 PM PST by Golden Eagle

President Donald Trump has asked Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to argue the state’s Supreme Court case seeking to overturn the results of the election, reports The New York Times.

The state of Texas is suing four swing states that certified wins for Joe Biden.

Attorney General Ken Paxton in the suit filed earlier this week argued that a handful of battleground states destroyed the integrity of the 2020 election vote totals and insists the U.S. Constitution was violated by allowing their legislatures to make last-minute changes that ignored federal electoral regulations.

Cruz on Monday offered to present before the Supreme Court the merits of a lawsuit filed by Rep. Mike Kelly claiming Pennsylvania’s 2019 voting reform bill is unconstitutional.

The high court on Tuesday rejected Kelly’s lawsuit.

© 2020 Newsmax. All rights reserved.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; scotus; trump
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To: JennysCool

“I felt very strongly when he was running that Ted Cruz was running to save the Republic.”

You’re probably right. In that context it kind of makes sense he’d be hard on candidate Trump. At that time, DJT was pretty much an unknown quantity when it came to strict politics, so Cruz wasn’t sure how he’d be when it came to the Constitution.

Now he knows. Now he can defend PDJT to the ends of the earth.


61 posted on 12/10/2020 4:13:34 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free" Galatians 5:1)
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To: Golden Eagle

Re: Trump Asks Sen. Cruz to Argue Texas Supreme Court Election Case

If true, that is a critical mistake.

Cruz has not prepared or argued a case since 2012.

He will get crushed in oral arguments, which is the only “case” the general public will hear about.


62 posted on 12/10/2020 4:39:46 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: Hootowl99

Re: Cruz was A.G. of Texas

Cruz was Solicitor General.

Cruz was appointed by the Texas Attorney General in 2003.

Cruz intended to run for AG in 2010, but his old boss decided to seek a third term, so Cruz withdrew.


63 posted on 12/10/2020 4:59:12 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: White Lives Matter

Thinking maybe Trump and Cruz have come to an agreement that if Cruz backs Trump now, Trump backs Cruz in 2024 election.


64 posted on 12/10/2020 5:06:33 AM PST by growingpains
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To: MarDav

This is a real test for Supreme Court, if they do not follow the constitution which is clear in this matter, we know the Court has been compromised by the Chinacrats.


65 posted on 12/10/2020 5:09:29 AM PST by growingpains
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To: Lurkinanloomin

As usual, they made a misleading statement. The article says that the suit is over last minute changes made by state legislatures. This is incorrect; last minute changes were made by state governors and/or courts, not legislatures.

The distinction is critical, in fact the entirety of the case is based on the fact that the changes were invalid precisely because it was NOT the legislatures making them. The Constitution gives state legislatures, not governors or courts, the sole power to determine the manner in which Presidential electors are chosen.

Had the legislatures made the changes, we could oppose them and think it’s wrong, but there would be no constitutional issue for the SCOTUS to rule upon. The other races affected by these changes; races for senate, house seats, local elections, etc., also are unaffected by this — there’s no constitutional issue involved with any of them.


66 posted on 12/10/2020 5:16:10 AM PST by stremba
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To: growingpains
In my view, the SCOTUS is faced with the following 2 scenarios:

1) decide whether we are still America, as founded, governed by the rule of law, in which case some serious blood will be spilled on the streets and, ultimately, troops will be needed to put down the attempted overthrow of our nation, or

2) decide whether we will cease to be America, as founded, nothing more than a prize to be claimed by whoever can swindle elections, foment fear in the population, threaten, badger, and beat down one's opponents through intimidation and disinformation, in which case some serious blood will be spilled on the streets as patriotic Americans rise up to take back their country.

67 posted on 12/10/2020 5:18:02 AM PST by MarDav
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To: DrHFrog

Same for Jay.


68 posted on 12/10/2020 6:10:02 AM PST by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

I agree with you, except IF......

Obama and those who pushed him forward are all exposed, prosecuted, sentenced and punished......and his name expunged from thr records as much as possible.


69 posted on 12/10/2020 6:41:48 AM PST by Tucker39 ("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
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To: hollywood12345

Ah, Your attorney is supposed to be partisan. You don’t suppose the opposition has a non-partisan lawyer arguing do you?


70 posted on 12/10/2020 10:09:22 AM PST by DrHFrog
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To: Golden Eagle

..class move by the President if true.

Cruz has his own interests, but this is an opportunity of a lifetime.

The Republic needs heroes right now...


71 posted on 12/10/2020 3:29:09 PM PST by WalterSkinner (In Memory of My Father, WWII Vet 2007 , and Mom, the Best Mother Ever 2019)
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To: 4Liberty

She may prove to be in the same league as Alito and Thomas.


72 posted on 12/10/2020 4:25:38 PM PST by Arcadian Empire
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