The attorneys general of the following states just asked the Supreme Court to nullify millions of legal votes:

Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Indiana
Kansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
West Virginia https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1336763665580765187

It's not clear whether the 17 GOP state attorneys general who asked SCOTUS to throw out millions of votes realize that they are backing a lawsuit designed as pardon-bait for Texas' AG, who is under FBI investigation, not a legitimate legal challenge. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/ken-paxton-texas-lawsuit-scotus-election-pardon.html?via=homepage_taps_top

Beyond this, Republican state attorney general offices are increasingly dominated by up-and-coming Federalist Society members. These jobs are a springboard to higher office—some of Trump's worst FedSoc judges previously worked for a GOP AG. https://twitter.com/hannnahmmarie/status/1336767809121083396

The Federalist Society's best and brightest are asking the Supreme Court to nullify millions of legal votes to give Trump an unearned second term. It's appalling, unethical behavior. But it won't hurt their standing within FedSoc, or their chances of a future judicial nomination.

On another note: The GOP attorneys general asking SCOTUS to nullify millions of legal votes are members of RAGA ( @RepublicanAGs). Here are the group's top donors in the first three quarters of 2020. https://documented.net/2020/11/raga-helping-trump-election/

Today's motion is a result of the conservative legal movement's refusal to condemn legal assaults on democracy. Its standard—"never criticize lawyers who represent clients seeking to subvert the republic"—brought us to a place where 17 AGs think it's OK to blow up an election.

A few thoughts here on the alarming radicalization of the conservative legal movement under Trump https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/trump-doomed-supreme-court-filing-civil-war.html @Slate