LOL, yes,
this sleazy dipshit's absurd and unabashedly partisan lawsuit will save the Republic.
Ken's in hot water here, and even his good ol' boy Texan buddies are bailing on him, so he's clearly blowing state resources on this bullshit to make a hero of himself to Republitards.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), who has been under indictment for years and was recently accused of bribery, whistleblower retaliation and an extramarital affair, is listed as the counsel of record in the case. Legal observers promptly noted that Texas Solicitor General Kyle Hawkins was conspicuously absent from the filing. 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.
? Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) December 8, 2020
There's apparently a lot wrong with the suit:
Law&Crime asked election law experts for their reactions to this gambit, particularly: whether the would-be Texas lawsuit has merit and what the chances are that the justices will hear it.
- ?No merit and no chance of success,? University of Kentucky Law Professor Joshua Douglas said.?There is zero chance this will work,? Douglas said.
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- Eugene Mazo, a Visiting Associate Professor at the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, told Law&Crime that this is the ?craziest case of them all.? ?Texas here is asking the Supreme Court for permission to sue Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin over how those other states conducted their own elections,? he said. ?This is the dumbest case any lawyer has ever seen, and the Supreme Court won?t touch it. Really, this is the craziest case of them all. Unbelievable.?
We just discussed how state law controls elections in this thread! That's well-established. How could one state possibly sue over this, and how could anyone - other than Trump or someone Trump is paying money to bring these suits -think otherwise?