BREAKING: Alaska's Rep. David Eastman and Sen. Lora Reinbold have filed an amicus brief in Texas v. Pennsylvania #aklaw
Eastman, Gillham, Kurka, McCabe, McKay, and Rauscher
Alaska's GOP members of #akleg accuse Pennsylvania et al of "ceas[ing] to oeprate under a Republican form of Government."
Alaska's GOP members of #akleg ask SCOTUS for a "full and fair trial" . . . which is, you know, not what SCOTUS does.
No Alaska lawyers are named on the amicus brief, and there is no citation or discussion of the Alaska Supreme Court's decision in Arctic Village v. Meyer 🤔
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BREAKING: Lance Pruitt's lawsuit says the Alaska Supreme Court's decision to eliminate the absentee witness requirement in Arctic Village v. State was "unconstitutional" #aklaw
Not to be outdone by the stupidity of the 3 Kenai GOP members of #akleg who asked Alaska to intervene in Texas v. Pennsylvania, today Mat-Su Reps. George Rauscher and Colleen Sullivan-Leonard, sent their own undemocratic letter to @GovDunleavy and Acting AG Sniffen #aklaw
"The enormous amount of the election statutes that were disregarded by courtroom after courtroom not just before, but also while the election was already in progress, resulted in countless venues for fraud which will take months to unravel." - what does that even mean?
Seriously, Reps. Rauscher and Sullivan-Leonard are complaining about courts contributing to election uncertainty while encouraging Alaska lawyers (who have ethical responsibilities) to file baseless claims in SCOTUS 🤦♀️
Alaska is NOT one of the 17 states that joined an amicus brief in Texas v. Pennsylvania #aklaw
The amicus states argue that it violates the U.S. Constitution's Electors Clause for state courts to change state election rules. Alaska courts have done exactly that #aklaw
Missouri et al argue that the AK Supreme Court's decision in Arctic Village v. State was unconstitutional because it changed election rules. They don't mention that case (or AK) at all. Who's gonna tell them that they're arguing Trump's 3 electoral votes from AK are invalid?
It would be almost impossible (and frankly perilous to the legal career of any AAG) for the State of Alaska to intervene in Texas v. Pennsylvania. #aklaw Here's why:
1. US Supreme Court rules for original jurisdiction cases, like Texas v. Pennsylvania, allow intervention by other parties according to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 21 requires an intervenor to share a claim or have a common question of law with the main case.
2. Texas is claiming that the Electors Clause of the U.S. Constitution prohibits state courts from changing state election laws. That's what Pennsylvania's court did by allowing late ballots to be counted.
BREAKING: In one of the dumbest and most undemocratic letters ever penned by Alaska officials, 3 Alaska legislators ask Acting AG Sniffen to join a misguided and sanctionable case seeking a ruling from SCOTUS that would invalidate even their own elections #akleg
Apparently @RepVance doesn't even think she was validly reelected to represent HD 31. This is idiotic.
By falsely claiming that Alaska courts lacked constitutional authority to enjoin the absentee witness signature requirement, @RepVance is bringing dangerous, undemocratic lies to Alaska. She should be roundly condemned by every member of #akleg and every Alaskan voter #aklaw