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So one sentence from very early in this brief DOES rather give away the game. https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1337415085963304961
âRipenessâ is a doctrine about when you can sue someone.
For instance, letâs say that I sign a contract with you to paint your house next month, and the next day, you sue me, saying that you donât think I plan to paint your house.
For instance, letâs say that I sign a contract with you to paint your house next month, and the next day, you sue me, saying that you donât think I plan to paint your house.
This is probably not yet ripe, because unless I have specifically said Iâm not going to paint your house or some such, the time to sue me for not painting your house is after the time set for the painting of the house.
In this case, Texas is complaining about a variety of things, including voting rules established by someone other than the legislature in part by state courts through litigation.
Thatâs one of the things they claim violates the electorâs clause.
Thatâs one of the things they claim violates the electorâs clause.
The pretense is that theyâre complaining about the process.
The time in which complaints about the process were ripe were after the process was established.
The time in which complaints about the process were ripe were after the process was established.
The only way that the claim is only ripe post-election is if they are complaining about the results.
There are some processes (counting of ballots) that were only ripe post-election, but we knew those *immediately*. Itâs been more than a month.
There are some processes (counting of ballots) that were only ripe post-election, but we knew those *immediately*. Itâs been more than a month.
To say, âthis claim wasnât ripe until the electors were certifiedâ is basically to say that you arenât complaining about processes at all, but are complaining about the result.
Come on.
Come on.
I do not think I can emphasize this enough. People file complaints about election procedures ALL THE FUCKING TIME, and thousands of such cases have always! managed! to do it! after the procedure was established but BEFORE the election.
The time to complain about election procedures is BEFORE the election.
End. Of. Story.
End. Of. Story.
If a post-election procedure is not being followed, the time to file suit about that is IMMEDIATELY, as it is happening! Not one month later!
And we know this because the GOP DID file suit immediately! And courts said, ânah, this is fine.â
But âwe didnât have a claim until Trump lostâ ....?
Bitch, thatâs not the slam-dunk argument you think it is.
Bitch, thatâs not the slam-dunk argument you think it is.
