Posted on 12/09/2020 12:29:22 PM PST by tarpit
1STATEMENT OF INTEREST OF AMICI“In the context of a Presidential election,”state actions “implicate a uniquely important national interest,” because“the impact of the votes cast in each State is affected by the votes cast for the various candidates in other States.” Anderson v.Celebrezze, 460 U.S. 780, 794–95 (1983). “For the President and the Vice President of the United States are the only elected officials who represent all the voters in the Nation.” Id.Amicicuriaeare the States of Missouri,Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,Montana,Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah,and West Virginia.1Amicihaveseveralimportant interests in this case. First, the States have a strong interest in safeguarding the separation of powers among state actors in the regulation of Presidential elections. The Electors Clause of Article II, § 1 carefully separatespower among state actors, and itassignsa specific functionto the “Legislature thereof” in each State. U.S.CONST. art. II, § 1, cl. 4.Our system of federalism relies on separation of powers to preserve liberty at every level of government, and the separation of powers in the ElectorsClause is no exception. The States have a strong interest in preserving the proper roles of state legislatures in the administration of federal elections, and thussafeguarding the individual liberty of their citizens.
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Be funny if the AG of Georgia joins the suit.
In before the doomers :-)
17 states are joining Texas? The list is growing.
16 states thats great.
Translation please.
Very good!!
Ping.
Where are Idaho, Wyoming, Montana (may need to consent of the Gov, who is a D until first of year), Ohio and Alaska??
Don’t laugh but it could happen — seen it in other states where the Gov and the AG were from different parties and things like this happened — don’t know where GA AG stands in relation to the Gov and SoS so it’s a crap shoot unless someone can opine something I’m missing. Cheers!
Waiting for Alaska.
It looks like Tennessee showed up! Yay!
So 17 states have joined the Texas lawsuit?
This is hugh and series - my beebers are stuned
Montana is on the list.
But it only looks like an Amicus brief — not as if the states are actually participating in the suit as co-Plaintiffs with Texas.
But I’m not an attorney, so I could be totally off base.
This is THE tipping point for our constitutional republic.
Absolutely nothing less.....
Is this the Texas suit or a different one?
it they want to secede, this time bloated, corrupt states like NY, NJ, CA will be too busy worrying about transgender bathrooms and paying SEIU pensions to do anything about it.
Yeehaw we just might see some justice yet :)
The other states are not joining as plaintiffs. They are filing briefs in support of Texas.
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