Well, I’m not sure what to believe. I’m being told by an attorney that these states are definitely not plaintiffs, and haven’t even filed as friends of the court. According to him, they’ve just expressed support for the case.
I’m also being told that adding an original case to the docket isn’t anything special, that ALL original cases get added to the docket.
I don’t know...
I am not an attorney. But I did attend one year of law school before being drafted in the Vietnam war back in the 60s. And I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night. 😂
Seriously, I heard and read several places on the internet that the seven or eight states had "joined" in with Texas in the lawsuit, but legally how they did that I don't know. Again, I would have to defer to your attorney friend.
And I was wrong about it being on the docket meant it would be heard. The court will await the responses from the four states by tomorrow's deadline before they decide to actually hear the case or not. I apologize for misleading you. It can be confusing to the rest of us too.
But I think the court will agree to hear the case because it is a true constitutional issue case, not a fraud case like the president's lawyers are pursuing. It is an important case that affects the integrity of our elections and possibly, as a result, the future of the Republic.
Texas alleges that the fours states violated the equal protection clause of the US Constitution, the due process clause and the Electoral Clause. Their main argument is that all four states violated the Electoral Clause of the constitution by not conducting their elections in accordance with the procedures set down by their own state legislatures and prescribed by their state constitutions. Election officials allegedly violated that clause by altering election procedures in violation of state law.
Whether the court will agree to take the case is still up in the air. If they did hear the case and rule in Texas' favor, they probably wouldn't nullify the elections. They would probably instruct the state legislatures to pick another slate of electors than the ones the states have already certified.
If the state refused or the electors they picked in conjunction with the other 46 states, did not add to 270 electoral votes for either candidate, then the whole mess is thrown into the House to decide.
Currently Republicans have an advantage there with 27 Republican delegations and the democRATS with 22 state delegations. But then there are RINOs who may not vote for Trump but rather Biden.
So nothing is settled yet and we are a ways from this thing being over.
Thanks for responding.