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Just now, TexArcher said:

SC just rejected the Texas bid to file their horseshit ass complaint.

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Fuck Alito and Thomas. 

12 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Meaning in all likelihood it is going to draw an opinion, unlike the two other procedures, which are simple yes/no votes typically reported by the court as yes or no, sometimes elaborated upon by a dissent of a page or so.

There's a lot of shit to sort through, and while the conclusion, I believe, is foregone, the precise grounds on which to deny it will take some deliberation.

It should just be this: 

 

Just now, Dahobbs said:

Fuck Alito and Thomas. 

They’d hear it bc they think they have to under original jurisdiction but they’d not grant any relief. 

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

They’d hear it bc they think they have to under original jurisdiction but they’d not grant any relief. 

I stand by my statement. 

Just now, Dahobbs said:

I stand by my statement. 

There's never a bad time to say fuck those guys.

Now that the SC said no when do these idiots have their One Billion white man march on Washington DC to voice their displeasure that Trump won't get to be President any more?   Guessing they will do the whole pussy hats and everything else in their march.  

If anyone cares, I looked up some of the briefs on Supreme Court original jurisdiction in the Arizona v. California case linked by Tom Goldstein in his SCOTUSBlog editorial, which had the dissent by Alito and Thomas.

This is the US' brief on whether they should exercise jurisdiction.  https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22O150/124942/20191209153732212_No. 150 Original State of Arizona.pdf

The discussion of the factors is at pp. 7-9.  The really pithy quote is this:

“[t]he model case for invocation of this Court’s original jurisdiction is a dispute between States of such seriousness that it would amount to casus belli if the States were fully sovereign.”

Although it uses "discretionary,"  I think that's a bit of a misnomer, because as lawdogs who took a federal courts class know, "federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction," even when the Constitution gives them jurisdiction, and have a duty to examine their own jurisdiction every time they take up a case.

 

 

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fuck you paxton

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3 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

After these 4 years, it's hard to blame anyone for being just a little bit nervous right now. Until Jan 20, I'm still not entirely sure if facts and reason are allowed to matter yet.

i got a pit in my stomach right when they went to the breaking news graphics.

i shouldn't have, but i did.

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1 minute ago, elfenix said:

fuck you paxton

dear ken,

i would've given you the pardon if you had pulled it off, but you didn't.

-dt

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Where is it??? I'm on SCOTUS docket page and it isn't there?

Oh, hahaha, fucktards are still filing motions to intervene and file amicus briefs.

The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint 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. Statement of Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins: In my view, we do not have discretion to deny the filing of a bill of complaint in a case that falls within our original jurisdiction. See Arizona v. California, 589 U. S. ___ (Feb. 24, 2020) (Thomas, J., dissenting). I would therefore grant the motion to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief, and I express no view on any other issue.

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i got a pit in my stomach right when they went to the breaking news graphics.
i shouldn't have, but i did.
So did I.

And I assume there will be some type of appeal for an Appeal.

Next up: the Galactic Senate

and trust, those senators aint got no balls 

My rep signed onto this and there's a high possibility he may get a drunken rant on his office voicemail this evening.

Fuck every one of those sorry ass bastards.  Fuck’em all!

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121120zr_p860.pdf

 

Quote

  ORDER IN PENDING CASE

TEXAS V. PENNSYLVANIA, ET AL.
The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of


complaint 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.

Statement of Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins: In my view, we do not have discretion to deny the filing of a bill of complaint in a case that falls within our original jurisdiction. See Arizona v. California, 589 U. S. ___
(Feb. 24, 2020) (Thomas, J., dissenting). I would therefore grant the motion to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief, and I express no view on any other issue.


                 CERTIORARI GRANTED

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, ET AL. V. AR TEACHER RETIREMENT, ET AL. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.

 

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5 minutes ago, elfenix said:

fuck you paxton

No pardons for losers !!!!

"It's over, it's been over, and it's over again tonight."

-- Jim Acosta

 

 * Snicker *

-- TexArcher

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I was hoping for a more scathing opinion but this is good enough. None of the justices would grant any relief. That’s a good thing. 
 

Basically Alito and Thomas would have allowed the felon to file it but then dismiss it whereas the majority just said you're so full of shit you don’t get to file at all.

Next, Trump inquires about suing the Supreme Court.

3 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

My rep signed onto this and there's a high possibility he may get a drunken rant on his office voicemail this evening.

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10 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

Fuck Alito and Thomas. 

 

Is Trump tweeting yet?

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there are some good gifs for an occasion like this, but my favorite is probably...

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Democracy lives for at least one more week. 

16 minutes ago, elfenix said:

fuck you paxton

he got what he wanted.**

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**I assume the gesture will be enough.

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5 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Next, Trump inquires about suing the Supreme Court.

"Is it possible to sue you people...for the punitive damages that you're giving me?"

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1 minute ago, burntorangebongos said:

I hope Trump does get mad at Paxton so he gets no pardon and can fry.

Louie Gohmert just lost another tooth over the whole deal

The salt mines are going to be great tonight.

NSIAP, but an angle on the story from Texas Tribune:  https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/11/texas-lawsuit-supreme-court-election-results/?utm_source=Texas+Tribune+Newsletters&utm_campaign=201d153c37-trib-newsletters-breaking-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d9a68d8efc-201d153c37-101204549&mc_cid=201d153c37&mc_eid=e270f9fe31

There was no way they were going to let the EC voters head to their State Capitols with this kind of ambiguity this weekend.  

In a way, a bigger opinion, even if more scathing, would give that dogshit more dignity than it deserved.

 

NO CRITERIA MET!

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3 minutes ago, Cousin Strawberry said:

I bet TexAgs is a fucking mess

 

About as much of a mess as the south was when Lincoln was elected. What a bunch of fucking losers.

Just now, Snacks said:

Fucking Clarence....

The thing is, their dissenting opinion -- setting aside ALL consideration of the subject matter, politics, merits, etc. -- is fucking legally gotdamn stupid and wrong.

The court has jurisdiction to hear suits between states.  We all get that.

BUT, if the suit is NOT actually between States -- that is, the capacity in which it is brought is actually on behalf of individual citizens of a State, and the State of Texas (as a distinct entity --- a State) has no standing to bring the claim that it seeks to file......then it is not a suit between the states.  It is in reality a suit of "A suit on behalf of the citizens of Texas, filed by the AG of Texas, against the State of Pennsylvania."  And SCOTUS does not have original jurisdiction for that case.  Cases that facially lack jurisdiction can and should be dismissed by the court.  And if leave is required to even file the case, and the court determines that the case isn't of the nature that would satisfy the jurisdictional requirements for leave to be granted -- then just deny leave, period.  Which is what 7 of them got right.

Alito thinks he's smarter than he is. He's not.  And Clarence....well, that dumbass just finds a different dog to follow around, playing second fiddle to moronity.  He did much better when he had Scalia to follow -- at least Scalia was super smart.

So no Wisdom and Courage from the Supreme Court, I guess. 

Clarence just needs to go full Scalia and drop fucking dead.

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