10 State Attorneys with Trump, against Pennsylvania. Opposition to the counting of late cards
Attorneys General of Missouri, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, South Dakota and Texas have appealed in support of the Pennsylvania Republican Party v. Boockvar case, which challenges the decision of that state's Supreme Court, taken at the end of October, which allowed the counting of ballots arriving after election day – despite, as The Federalist notes – state laws require the opposite.
"Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our Republic and one of the reasons the United States is the envy of the world," Missouri attorney Eric Schmitt said in a Monday news conference. "We need to make sure that every legal vote is counted so that every illegal vote is not counted."
Associate Judge Samuel Alito Jr. has already granted the Pennsylvania Republican Party's request and has temporarily ordered all counties to segregate ballots arriving after 8pm on Election Day so that they can eventually be discarded, but the lawsuit is still pending. at the highest court.
The lawyers' hope is that, by presenting themselves as "Friends of the Court" and demonstrating a "strong interest" in the ramifications of the potential decision of the Supreme Court, they can obtain an interest and a ruling from the Court itself making it, in a sense, mandatory .
"The actions taken by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court are one of the most incredible abuses of judicial authority I have ever seen in my four-plus years as Attorney General," said Oklahoma Attorney Mike Hunter.
The plaintiffs argue that the PA's Supreme Court has overruled its authority and violated the electoral clauses of the Constitution which give state legislatures, not courts, the power and "unique role" to decide various electoral procedures.
The two main Republican protest fronts are in Georgia and Pennsylvania, but Michigan, Wyoming and Arizona are also seeing action. Given that the recounting also involves the senators, yesterday Vice-President Pence intervened to protect the elected officials of his party.
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