They didn’t reject it based on merit. It was a premature lawsuit in nature. Texas and the other states haven’t suffered injury yet as the electoral votes haven’t been cast yet. So other states, the battleground states can use that argument and Trump can use that argument because they have and are suffering injury. Alito and Thomas plainly stated that it needs to be tweaked and then refilled with the district courts first.
Yes, this is how I read it. Alito and Thomas said the doors open, just pull instead of push. And yes, the battleground states would have absolute standing because their legislatures constitutional authority was usurped by the other two branches of government.
They didn’t reject it based on merit. It was a premature lawsuit in nature. Texas and the other states haven’t suffered injury yet as the electoral votes haven’t been cast yet. So other states, the battleground states can use that argument and Trump can use that argument because they have and are suffering injury. Alito and Thomas plainly stated that it needs to be tweaked and then refilled with the district courts first.
Yes, this is how I read it. Alito and Thomas said the doors open, just pull instead of push. And yes, the battleground states would have absolute standing because their legislatures constitutional authority was usurped by the other two branches of government.