…which tells you that this is nothing more than a cult of personality lawsuit. It’ll go nowhere in the courts, but it will add another paragraph or two to the ‘lost cause’ narrative that the party of Trump is writing – which is the real purpose.
Consider this example a warning - a warning of what has happened to ‘your side’ and about what is to come.
As disturbing as the lawsuits are (they will go nowhere), that’s not what is really problematic; what’s even more disturbing is that few Republicans in congress are willing to publicly acknowledge that Trump lost the election in spite of all the overwhelming factual evidence that he did.
One side - and I have to say it, it’s your side - is deliberately creating its own reality. That is completely incompatible with both democracy and the rule of law.
The Court gave the defendant states until 3:00 today to respond to the suit. I can’t imagine they’ll wait long after that.
Agreed. Here’s my understanding of the arguments laid out in Trump’s complaint:
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Donald Trump should be awarded the election because, according to us, 47% of the country believes the election was stolen
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Donald Trump should be awarded the election because he won the popular vote in Ohio and Florida
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Donald Trump should be awarded the election because he got more votes than in 2016, despite this being millions of votes fewer than his opponent
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We cannot prove that voter fraud occurred, and we have no specific evidence of such, but according to us, some sort of fraud could have occurred, so massive fraud did occur and it was all in favor of Biden.
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None of the votes count in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin because changes in voting rules concerning absentee ballots were not approved by the state legislatures. We provide no explanation as to why objections to these changes were not made at the time the changes went into effect. On the other hand, similar changes in states where Trump won the popular vote are perfectly fine.
IMO, If the Texas lawsuit makes it past the the standing hurdle (which seems highly unlikely), these arguments seem equally unlikely to find a receptive ear.
Every lawyer associated with bringing this suit should be disbarred.
Should be. It won’t happen, because Republicans no longer care about the rule of law. But it should.
The ones who are actual lawyers should be punished by the state bar association.
This article speaks a little bit to how long it might take. It’s anyone’s guess, I think, if they answer it right away or wait until Monday or just let it sit unanswered. One of the lawyers I follow on Twitter thinks they’ll answer (and dismiss) by noon on Monday.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/trump-texas-supreme-court-election/index.html
…giving the four battleground states until 3 p.m. ET Thursday to respond.
The court could act after those filings arrive or wait until Texas files a brief replying to the arguments made by the battleground states. The justices acted quickly in [rejecting the Pennsylvania lawsuit on Tuesday], but they could bide their time as they have in other election-related cases.
They do “meet” Friday for their regular conference, now held over the phone.
Conservatives can tsk tsk tsk all they want about what is happening, but they keep voting for him and the people who support what he is doing. Until they stop, it’s all crocodile tears.
Exactly.
I’ve been getting very frustrated as of late, that some Republicans or Republican voters, and I’m including reluctant Trump voters in with hardcore Trumpists, have been readily acknowledging that the concerns of Trump critics are indeed factual and bad. Things like, “Yes, he really needs to get off twitter,” “Yes, he shouldn’t be so crass and attack everyone as much as he does,” “Yes he should have just said he’d accept the results of the election,” “Yes, he should just concede and move on like an adult,” “Yes, he shouldn’t be pursuing these absurd lawsuits.” And at the same time, simultaneously holding the opinion that Biden voters suffer from TDS, or they’ve been brainwashed by “the media,” or they live in an echo chamber, or they hate America.
Like, once you’ve acknowledged that Trump is indeed doing a lot of the bad stuff that people have been accusing him of for years, that’s the time for self reflection. Maybe consider that Democrats and never Trump Republicans actually knew what they were talking about the whole time. But instead, all we get is, as you say, tsk tsk tsking and a continued smug superiority that their vote for Trump was right.
As an aside and as a liberal, I’m getting pretty tired of being accused of hating America because I point out the country’s problems and continuing decline. I’d like those problems for my country and my fellow citizens to be solved and the decline reversed.
If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither on your side, pound the table .
Thanks, very helpful.
Hyper-conservative blogger Erick Erickson, on the Texas lawsuit:
I personally think my company should pay me worker’s compensation for brain damage for having to read that lawsuit and relating filings. It really is one of the stupidest bits of performative leg humping we have seen in the last five years.
(Later on)
The suit is absurd on its face.
(Later on)
Were this to succeed, which it won’t, the states will start suing each other at every election…
(A bullet point list of why it’s stupid follows, then)
The level of debasement these people have been willing to engage in makes them seem more the ball-gagged gimp from Pulp Fiction, humiliating themselves for their master.
Erickson is wrong about one thing though; it’s not stupid. It might get Paxton a federal pardon, which would make it smart in a way.
Ohio filed to oppose this lawsuit. 
Hoping for an even shorter response from SCOTUS than the Pennsylvania case.
“No.”
“No, with prejudice.”
“Fuck off.”
“Covfefe.”
By now the swing states should have filed their responses. I can’t wait to read them.
What I find amazing is Pennsylvania Representatives filing with the plaintif against itself - but the Pennsylvania response is a good read.
Pennsylvania should counter sue Texas for not having enough polling places.