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President Trump on Wednesday suggested he will intervene in a case brought by the state of Texas against other states alleging election fraud in yet another last gasp effort to subvert the outcome of the presidential election.
"We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case. This is the big one. Our Country needs a victory!" Trump tweeted.
It was not immediately clear if Trump planned to intervene in his personal capacity or if his campaign would get involved. A campaign spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
Texas announced on Tuesday that it would be filing a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against four battleground states in an effort to halt presidential electors from finalizing President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-he-will-intervene-in-texas-election-lawsuit/ar-BB1bMuQh?li=BBnb7Kz
What does he think he's going to add to it other than 325 lbs.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)Please proceed....
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)and it specifically excludes cases brought under the court's original jurisdiction. So Fat Nixon's motion to intervene, if he does it, would be denied anyhow.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Duh
onenote
(42,769 posts)Trump saying he's going to intervene is meaningless unless and until he actually tries to intervene. And even then, it will be up to the Court to decide whether to allow him to intervene or not. It won't result in the case being dismissed.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)and parties in original jurisdiction cases. Under the old ancillary jurisdiction theory they might have allowed it but it looks like that's no longer possible. The case itself is bound to be dismissed for other reasons - notably that it's really stupid.
onenote
(42,769 posts)It doesn't apply to this situation at all.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)and uses the same rules, I'm wondering whether they might deny intervention anyhow. In fact, regardless of the fact that they have original and exclusive jurisdiction, it looks like they can decline to hear it at all:
Pursuing a similar line of reasoning, the Court declined to take jurisdiction of a suit brought by Massachusetts against Missouri and certain of its citizens to prevent Missouri from levying inheritance taxes upon intangibles held in trust in Missouri by resident trustees. In holding that the complaint presented no justiciable controversy, the Court declared that to constitute such a controversy, the complainant state must show that it has suffered a wrong through the action of the other State, furnishing ground for judicial redress, or is asserting a right against the other State which is susceptible of judicial enforcement according to . . . the common law or equity systems of jurisprudence. The fact that the trust property was sufficient to satisfy the claims of both states and that recovery by either would not impair any rights of the other distinguished the case from Texas v. Florida, where the contrary situation obtained. Furthermore, the Missouri statute providing for reciprocal privileges in levying inheritance taxes did not confer upon Massachusetts any contractual right. The Court then proceeded to reiterate its earlier rule that a state may not invoke the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court for the benefit of its residents or to enforce the individual rights of its citizens. Moreover, Massachusetts could not invoke the original jurisdiction of the Court by the expedient of making citizens of Missouri parties to a suit not otherwise maintainable. Accordingly, Massachusetts was held not to be without an adequate remedy in Missouris courts or in a federal district court in Missouri.
lindysalsagal
(20,733 posts)Judges know when the letter of the law undermines the intent.
arlyellowdog
(866 posts)For the Supreme Court to say the case is stupid or for the Supreme Court to refuse to take the case because loud mouth Trump said theyd intervene.
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)He can't intervene in any case. The Justice Department can file briefs in the SCOTUS, but the President cannot. He has no voice there at all. No President has argued a single case in the SCOTUS while in office.
onenote
(42,769 posts)represent him.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)MineralMan
(146,333 posts)Doodley
(9,138 posts)dalton99a
(81,599 posts)onetexan
(13,063 posts)traction under thi farcical but dangerous game he's playing with our democracy.
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Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)The Art of Sheering Sheep.