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A much missed part of the Texas filing and EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ANALYSIS:
This "lawsuit" (it is AND isnt a lawsuit) is essentially a declaration that in the mind of these States, other States of the Union have decided the Constitution that binds the country together no longer applies.
However, since THEY think it still does, they are asserting their rights. And they are demanding their rights as Sovereigns to have their grievance heard by the Court.
That is Capital "C" Court. An overlooked part of the Texas petition is that they not only argue the Supreme Court is the proper venue, they argue that the Supreme Court MUST hear their grievance.
That is has no choice in the matter. If the Supreme Court rejects this notion, it is making a precedent in its simple silence. In that the States cannot hold sovereign grievances of political nature with other States.
More perversely, it would acknowledge that if a State holds a Political grievance with another, then it has no peaceful or legal remedy to address that grievance. Which leaves non peaceful and illegal methods as the only available recourse to address the grievance.
This case is no longer about Trump or the election. This is MUCH, MUCH BIGGER!!
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