Ted Cruz Offered His Services in Resolving National 'Acrimony' About the ElectionIn December 8, a week before the electoral college was scheduled to meet, one of Donald Trump's last avenues of appeal was shut off, as the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a claim challenging Pennsylvania's voting by mail.
In a complaint fronted by Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), the plaintiffs asserted that the electoral system raised federal issues because the federal Constitution was violated if the Pennsylvania legislature expanded the mail-in procedure without proper authority from the state constitution.
"Now, let's see whether or not somebody has the courage, whether it's a legislator or legislatures, or whether it's a justice of the Supreme Court, or a number of justices of the Supreme Court—let's see if they have the courage to do what everybody in this country knows is right," the president said before the ruling.
"The application for injunctive relief presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied," the one-sentence Supreme Court order said.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz said that if the Supreme Court took up the Pennsylvania lawsuit, he was ready to present the oral argument. "The bitter division and acrimony we see across the nation needs resolution," Cruz told Fox News. "I believe the Supreme Court has a responsibility to the American people to ensure, within its powers, that we are following the law and following the Constitution."
Cruz, a graduate of Harvard Law School, is a former Solicitor General for the State of Texas.
Up until December 8, Donald Trump's campaign team and his various allies had lost more than 50 election-related lawsuits.
On Tuesday too, Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a complaint that asked the Supreme Court to overturn the vote in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia on the grounds that their flawed elections had violated the rights of Texans.
"Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a justification, government officials in the defendant states of Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania usurped their legislatures' authority and unconstitutionally revised their state's election statutes," the complaint stated. "They accomplished these statutory revisions through executive fiat or friendly lawsuits, thereby weakening ballot integrity. Finally, these same government officials flooded the ... states with millions of ballots."
The complaint asked the Supreme Court to extend the deadline for the electoral college's meeting, set by law for December 14. A letter signed by 126 members of Congress supported the filing.............
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