{"id":40809,"date":"2020-12-10T09:29:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T13:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=40809"},"modified":"2020-12-10T09:29:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T13:29:54","slug":"one-third-of-us-states-have-now-joined-texas-scotus-bid-to-overturn-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=40809","title":{"rendered":"One Third Of US States Have Now Joined Texas SCOTUS Bid To Overturn Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update (1555ET):\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>A total of\u00a0<strong>seventeen US states\u00a0<\/strong>filed a brief at the US Supreme Court on Wednesday in support of Texas&#8217;s bid to overturn the election results.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-12-09.png?itok=UFqdSIHj\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-12-09.png?itok=UFqdSIHj\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-12-09.png?itok=Imeeaq_r 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-12-09.png?itok=Imeeaq_r 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-12-09.png?itok=Imeeaq_r 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-12-09.png?itok=Imeeaq_r 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-12-09.png?itok=Imeeaq_r 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2020-12-09.png?itok=UFqdSIHj 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2020-12-09.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"874\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"f7c9a92c-3f5d-40b7-8cfa-bda4cbc05f9d\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p><em>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saraacarter.com\/missouri-joins-texas-taking-the-election-fight-to-supreme-court\/\">SaraACarter.com,<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__wrapper-element\"><\/div>\n<p>First it was\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/texas-sues-georgia-michigan-pennsylvania-and-wisconsin-supreme-court-over-election\">Louisiana<\/a><\/strong>, then late on Tuesday Eric Schmitt, the Attorney General for\u00a0<strong>Missouri<\/strong>, announced he will join\u00a0<strong>Texas\u00a0<\/strong>in the battle to Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/download%20%2886%29.jpg?itok=QM3y2oAs\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/download%20%2886%29.jpg?itok=QM3y2oAs\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/download%20%2886%29.jpg?itok=3-qt33sj 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/download%20%2886%29.jpg?itok=3-qt33sj 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/download%20%2886%29.jpg?itok=3-qt33sj 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/download%20%2886%29.jpg?itok=3-qt33sj 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/download%20%2886%29.jpg?itok=3-qt33sj 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/download%20%2886%29.jpg?itok=QM3y2oAs 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/download%20%2886%29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"1e6d9b3f-bc1d-44c3-ba45-99a71ec5fbd1\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cElection integrity is central to our republic,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>said in a tweet Schmitt. \u201cAnd I will defend it at every turn. As I have in other cases \u2013 I will help lead the effort in support of Texas\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SCOTUS?src=hashtag_click\">#SCOTUS<\/a>\u00a0filing today. Missouri is in the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1336506935982624768&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fmissouri-joins-texas-taking-election-fight-supreme-court&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1336506935982624768\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf other states don\u2019t follow the Constitution and if their state legislature isn\u2019t responsible for overseeing their elections \u2026 it affects my state,\u201d said Ken Paxton the Texas Attorney General in an interview with Sean Hannity on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Paxton\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saraacarter.com\/election-2020-texas-ag-files-lawsuit-with-scotus-challenging-georgia-michigan-pennsylvania-and-wisconsin\/\">filed\u00a0<\/a>a lawsuit last Monday with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the election procedures conducted in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur job is to make sure the Constitution is followed and that every vote counts. And in this case, I\u2019m not sure every vote was counted. Not in the right way,\u201d continued Paxton.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/missouri-joins-texas-taking-election-fight-supreme-court\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/missouri-joins-texas-taking-election-fight-supreme-court<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}