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1/Texas, now joined by a sizeable number of other
States seeking to intervene, has brought this original
action in this Court, seeking to reestablish
constitutional order in the selection of electors who
will select the next President and Vice President of the
United States. .. https://twitter.com/ProfMJCleveland/status/1337499082466742272
States seeking to intervene, has brought this original
action in this Court, seeking to reestablish
constitutional order in the selection of electors who
will select the next President and Vice President of the
United States. .. https://twitter.com/ProfMJCleveland/status/1337499082466742272
2/ Texas’ basic claim is that the
Constitution requires that in all states, the manner of
selecting electors must be determined by the state
legislatures. The defendant states have selected
electors based on a manner established by governors,
judges, secretaries of state...
Constitution requires that in all states, the manner of
selecting electors must be determined by the state
legislatures. The defendant states have selected
electors based on a manner established by governors,
judges, secretaries of state...
3/ ..elections officials, and private parties, usurping the authority of state legislatures.
This is no small matter. The Framers of the
Constitution vested the exclusive authority to
determine the manner of selecting electors to the state
legislatures because ...
This is no small matter. The Framers of the
Constitution vested the exclusive authority to
determine the manner of selecting electors to the state
legislatures because ...
4/ ..that was the body that they
believed could be best trusted to avoid corruption and
foreign interference in the selection of our nation’s
Chief Executive. Texas has demonstrated that the
election process changes made in the defendant states
have not only ...
believed could be best trusted to avoid corruption and
foreign interference in the selection of our nation’s
Chief Executive. Texas has demonstrated that the
election process changes made in the defendant states
have not only ...
5/ .usurped state legislative authority, but
also have generated completely unreliable results -
exactly what the Framers feared.
The defendant states may bristle at Texas and the
intervening states objecting to defendant states’
internal election procedures,...
also have generated completely unreliable results -
exactly what the Framers feared.
The defendant states may bristle at Texas and the
intervening states objecting to defendant states’
internal election procedures,...
6/ ..but they would be wrong.
It is the defendant states that have broken the
constitutional bargain that has existed since the
beginning of our Republic. If individual states are
allowed to disregard the constraints posed on them by
the Constitution, they do great violence ...
It is the defendant states that have broken the
constitutional bargain that has existed since the
beginning of our Republic. If individual states are
allowed to disregard the constraints posed on them by
the Constitution, they do great violence ...
7/ to the bonds that bind together the states. This nation depends on each state operating not independently, but
interdependently, as part of a Union. The persons
chosen as electors by a process which violates the
Constitution are wholly unqualified to serve in that
role....
interdependently, as part of a Union. The persons
chosen as electors by a process which violates the
Constitution are wholly unqualified to serve in that
role....
7/ Their selection must be vacated, and the matter
returned to state legislatures to appoint electors who
will select our next president of the United States. If
this Court does not now act to restore constitutional
order, the trust and cohesion on which our Republic is
grounded
returned to state legislatures to appoint electors who
will select our next president of the United States. If
this Court does not now act to restore constitutional
order, the trust and cohesion on which our Republic is
grounded
8/ ...will be torn asunder. This Court is the only
institution that can provide a multi-state remedial
platform to restore trust into our Presidential selection
process. [end of intro]
institution that can provide a multi-state remedial
platform to restore trust into our Presidential selection
process. [end of intro]
