It looks like we have a new leader in the “craziest lawsuit filed to purportedly challenge the election” category:

The State of Texas is suing Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin *directly* in #SCOTUS.

(Spoiler alert: The Court is *never* going to hear this one.)

Although the Supreme Court has “exclusive” jurisdiction over disputes between states, it does not automatically hear all such cases.

Rather, states have to receive “leave to file,” which usually requires showing that there’s no other forum in which these issues can be resolved.

Here’s the full (and insane) filing:

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/admin/2020/Press/SCOTUSFiling.pdf?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=

And as others have pointed out, it’s more than a little telling that Kyle Hawkins — the Texas Solicitor General, who represents the State before #SCOTUS — is not on the filings.

Good for him for refusing to associate himself with this utter and indefensible nonsense.

Anyway, it takes five votes to grant a motion for leave to file — which isn’t going to happen.

And it’ll take some time. So chalk this up as mostly a stunt — a dangerous, offensive, and wasteful one, but a stunt nonetheless.

For more, here's my #thread on the Supreme Court's "original jurisdiction": https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1336329901859688451?s=20