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Decided Dec 11, 2020
Source: Texas v. Pennsylvania et al
Summary of lawsuit, Dec. 7:: The 2020 election suffered from significant and unconstitutional irregularities including:- Michigan's Secretary of State, without legislative approval, unilaterally abrogated [under the pandemic emergency] several statutes requiring signature verification for absentee ballot applications. [Similar in GA, PA, & WI].
- Pennsylvania's election law requires that poll-watchers be granted access to the opening, counting, and recording of absentee ballots: Local election officials [in 2 counties] decided not to follow this law.
- Georgia state law prohibits the opening of absentee ballots until after the polls open on Election Day: In April 2020, without legislative approval, [a new rule] authorized processing absentee ballots three weeks before Election Day.
- The Wisconsin Elections Commission positioned hundreds of drop boxes to collect absentee ballots--including the use of unmanned drop boxes, in contravention of Wisconsin law.
Supreme Court Order, Dec. 11: The State of Texas's motion is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections. All other pending motions are dismissed as moot. Texas Tribune analysis, Dec. 11:: Trump--and Republicans across the country--had pinned their hopes on the Texas suit. In a series of tweets, Trump called it "the big one" and later added, "it is very strong, ALL CRITERIA MET." If the court had heard the case, Sen. Ted Cruz said he would have argued it, at the request of Trump. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas indicated they would have allowed Texas to bring the case but said they would "not grant other relief." In a series of tweets after the ruling, Trump raged against the decision, which he called "a disgraceful miscarriage of justice."
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 16.
Question 16: Make voter registration easier
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Principles & Values
- Headline: Overturn presidential election due to pandemic voting rules
(Score: -2)
- Headline 2: Lost lawsuit in Supreme Court on overturning election
(Score: -1)
- Headline 3: States cannot sue each other over eased voting rules
(Score: 1)
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Democrats
participating in 20-SCOTUS |
| Stephen Breyer |
w3c | US Democratic Appointee to Supreme Court | |
| Elena Kagan |
w3c | US Democratic Appointee to Supreme Court | Dec 11, 2020 |
| Sonia Sotomayor |
w3c | US Democratic Appointee to Supreme Court | Dec 11, 2020 |
| Jeff Van Drew |
w1 | New Jersey Democrat | |
Independents
participating in 20-SCOTUS |
| Brett Kavanaugh |
w3c | US Nominee for Supreme Court Justice | Dec 11, 2020 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
4
Republicans:
125
Independents:
1 |
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