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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Battleground States In Supreme Court, Says Changes To 2020 Election Laws 'Unconstitutional'

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NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued battleground states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin, saying they made unconstitutional changes to their laws before the 2020 election.Paxton said those states tainted the integrity of the vote in Texas and all states.Here is his full statement on the matter:Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a lawsuit against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the United States Supreme Court. The four states exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to justify ignoring federal and state election laws and unlawfully enacting last-minute changes, thus skewing the results of the 2020 General Election. The battleground states flooded their people with unlawful ballot applications and ballots while ignoring statutory requirements as to how they were received, evaluated and counted.“Trust in the integrity of our election processes is sacrosanct and binds our citizenry and the States in this Union together. Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin destroyed that trust and compromised the security and integrity of the 2020 election. The states violated statutes enacted by their duly elected legislatures, thereby violating the Constitution. By ignoring both state and federal law, these states have not only tainted the integrity of their own citizens’ vote, but of Texas and every other state that held lawful elections,” said Attorney General Paxton. “Their failure to abide by the rule of law casts a dark shadow of doubt over the outcome of the entire election. We now ask that the Supreme Court step in to correct this egregious error.”Elections for federal office must comport with federal constitutional standards. For presidential elections, each state must appoint its electors to the electoral college in a manner that complies with the Constitution. The Electors Clause requirement that only state legislatures may set the rules governing the appointment of electors and elections and cannot be delegated to local officials. The majority of the rushed decisions, made by local officials, were not approved by the state legislatures, thereby circumventing the Constitution.Paxton’s announcement sparked immediate response on social media, with many weighing in on the validity of the suit.University of Texas School of Law professor Steve Vladeck tweeted: “It looks like we have a new leader in the ‘craziest lawsuit filed to purportedly challenge the election’ category. The State of Texas is suing Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin *directly* in #SCOTUS. (Spoiler Alert: The Court is *never* going to hear this one.)It looks like we have a new leader in the “craziest lawsuit filed to purportedly challenge the election” category:The State of Texas is suing Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin *directly* in .(Spoiler alert: The Court is *never* going to hear this one.)— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck)&nbsp;to read a copy of the filings.|MORE FROM CBSDFWGod bless Texas!That is why KEN PAXTON should have been in jail at least since since 2015 ???Go for it Ken!DEMOCRAT = TRAITORDNC = Communist Party USA

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued battleground states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin, saying they made unconstitutional changes to their laws before the 2020 election.Paxton said those states tainted the integrity of the vote in Texas and all states.Here is his full statement on the matter:Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a lawsuit against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the United States Supreme Court. The four states exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to justify ignoring federal and state election laws and...

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Battleground States In Supreme Court, Says Changes To 2020 Election Laws 'Unconstitutional'

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