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9 Dec, 6 tweets, 2 min read
NEW at SCOTUS: Donald Trump has filed a brief intervening in Texas v. Pennsylvania, the lawsuit urging SCOTUS to scrap election results in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Georgia

supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/2…
On the opening page, Trump says it is "no surprise" that "nearly half of the country believes the election was stolen" — since he won Florida and Ohio.
The document appears to be a brief-length version of the president's Twitter account.
The tried-and-true legal argument that it doesn't sit right in people's guts so something must be awry.
My goodness. Here is what Donald Trump is asking SCOTUS to do: nullify the results in those four states and permit the state legislatures to install their own slates of electors, or no electors at all.

I'll add: my goodness.
Wondering why Texas (and Trump) are not also suing North Carolina, which had the longest extension of the mail-in voting deadline in the country AND it was effectuated by a non-legislative body (the NC Board of Elections).

Possibly salient: Trump won that state.

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11 Dec
On the cusp of its historic election ruling, CJ Roberts is staring down a bizarro SCOTUS legitimacy crisis. (1/4)
The left is the side that’s been increasingly doubting the court’s legitimacy, but if/when the TX case gets dismissed, the right—80% of whom think Biden somehow stole the election—may be irate. (2/4)
This makes it imperative for Roberts to forge a unanimous consensus for whatever tack the court takes. (3/4)
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10 Dec
There are three emergency religious challenges to COVID public-health orders pending at SCOTUS: out of New Jersey, Kentucky and Colorado. A few thoughts on where they may be going.
Remember: Court sided with religious challengers in the New York cases on eve of Thanksgiving (lifting 10-person attendance restrictions at houses of worship in red zones) & on that basis sent California challenge to ban on indoor worship back to the lower court for another look.
Colorado was just filed, but briefing is complete in the NJ and KY cases and orders could come at any time.

Interesting that NJ hasn't come down yet, as reply brief was filed 5 days ago. SCOTUS acted on the CA request less than two days after briefing was complete.
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8 Dec
💥 BREAKING: SUPREME COURT DISMISSES LAWSUIT CHALLENGING PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION RESULTS
It is a one-line order.
Pretty close.
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8 Dec
BREAKING at SCOTUS: Texas sues Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin in last-ditch effort to challenge the election results in those states.
Here is the motion for a preliminary injunction supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/2…
Motion says these states have "tainted the integrity of their own citizens' votes".
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8 Dec
In the self-imploding challenge to the Pennsylvania election results pending at SCOTUS, 23 House Republicans file an amicus brief with this puzzling closing.

Yes, "stitch" is misspelled. And beats me what the "many more" things to be "saved down the road"...are. ImageImageImage
Here's the full brief. It's quite brief. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/2…
UPDATE: Pennsylvania officials have filed their response to this lawsuit. Here is the closing paragraph: Image
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4 Dec
NEW: Trump election challenge now at SCOTUS. Pennsylvania state representative challenges election results in his state, saying it was illegal for state legislature to expand mail-in voting late last year.
more on this lawsuit
correction: the suit comes from Mike Kelly, a member of the US House of Representatives from PA and not a PA state representative.
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