Senator John Cornyn Says He’s Struggling to Understand "Legal Theory" Behind Texas Election Lawsuit

Donald Trump has run out of just about all authorized choices to contest the 2020 election. The members of his authorized workforce, at this level, have both been fired or have contracted COVID-19.

So with the lawsuits going so poorly, Trump has determined to strive his hand with the Supreme Court docket. The best court docket within the land already turned down a case from Pennsylvania. Texas Legal professional Normal Ken Paxton has now oddly filed a swimsuit from a state that isn’t contesting the election.

The swimsuit is so odd, in actual fact, that even GOP senator John Cornyn says he doesn’t perceive the “authorized idea” behind it.

When requested in regards to the case by reporters, the Texas lawmaker said, “You recognize, it’s very uncommon as a result of when a state sues a state, the Supreme Court docket of the US has authentic jurisdiction, so that you don’t must undergo the peculiar process. I learn simply the abstract of it, and I frankly battle to grasp the authorized idea of it.”

Sen. John Cornyn, the senior GOP senator from Texas, is vital of his state’s lawsuit difficult the election leads to a number of battleground states, telling me: “I frankly battle to grasp the authorized idea of it.”

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Cornyn continued:

“Primary, why would a state, even such an awesome state as Texas, have a say so on how different states administer their elections,” the senator continued. “We now have a subtle and dispersed system and though we would not prefer it, they might assume it’s unfair…these are determined on the state and native stage and never on the nationwide stage. So it’s an attention-grabbing idea, however I’m not satisfied.”

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