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Last night the Supreme Court rejected Republicans’ attempt to overturn the election results in 4 key states on the grounds that Texas had no standing

[Decision: buff.ly/3maa4EN]

What does standing mean?

Let me (a constitutional law prof) try to explain

#SCOTUS #Texas
Standing asks whether the party bringing the lawsuit even has the right to sue.

It basically requires that the plaintiffs have real injuries caused by defendants that can be addressed by the courts.

#Standing #SCOTUS #TexasLawSuit #Texas #TexasCase
Technically, standing has 3 requirements:

1.Injury in fact: A imminent or actual concrete injury that affects plaintiff in a way it doesn't affect everyone else

2.Causation: The injury has to be traceable to defendant

3.Redressability: The court must be able to fix the injury
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This claim, taken from the #texascase is based on a misunderstanding of how Detroit absentee vote numbers are reported. If you look at the Statement of Votes Report for Wayne County ( waynecounty.com/documents/cler… ), you can confirm that the following is true:

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To understand the basic format, skip ahead to the first precinct outside Detroit: "City of Allen Park, Precinct 1," near the bottom of page 46.

The data is reported in three rows: "Election Day" (in-person votes), "AV Counting Board" (absentee votes), and "Total."

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Each row lists "Registered Voters" (which is the same for all three rows, and represents the number of voters registered as living in that precinct, not the number of registered voters who voted there), "Cards Cast" (i.e., ballots), "Voters Cast," and "% Turnout."

(3/15)
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You must read what the four Attorneys General have said in their 🔥 response to the #TexasCase for #SCOTUS.

Thankfully, we have these AGs in battleground states standing up for the Constitution, federalism, and representative democracy. // Mini-thread
AG Josh Shapiro (PA):

"Texas's effort to get this Court to pick the next President has no basis in law or fact. The Court should not abide this seditious abuse of the judicial process, and should send a clear and unmistakable signal that such abuse must never be replicated."
AG Dana Nessel (MI):

"The election in Michigan is over. Texas comes as a stranger to this matter and should not be heard here."
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