Sarge 91 said:
BusterAg said:
John Maplethorpe said:
This would be a great precedent - states go around reversing other states elections based on narrow legal technicalities in how they were operated.
Really?
Do you not understand the issue, or are you just being obtuse?
Texas is not asking anyone to reverse any elections. The are asking for clarifications of the power of state and executive branches of state governments granted by the US constitution.
USSCT (and all other courts)typically abstain from issuing advisory opinions. The Const already grants state legislators the power to appoint electors in a manner of their choosing.
Right.
But
1) They are not asking to reverse any elections from Biden to Trump.
2) They are asking SCOTUS not to allow states to certify because their elections that are illegal.
3) They are asking SCOTUS to clarify article 2, section 1 "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors". Does that mean that the current state legislature is bound by the election laws that it has already passed, or does the legislature have plenary power?
Number 3 is a huge issue. Kent says the legislatures cannot ignore previous election laws. Paxton says they can.
More than anything, I hope that SCOTUS clears up that issue here, but I'm not sure that they will.
But I stand by my assertion that there is no request to "reverse the election"
Here is BMX's link for the requests for relief.
https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3163937/replies/58144256