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December 12, 2020

Texas GOP Chair Allen West says SCOTUS setback may call for new 'union' of 'law-abiding states'

The leader of the Republican Party in Texas suggested Friday that “law-abiding states” might want to form their own "union," after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Lone Star State’s lawsuit over the 2020 presidential election, according to reports.

December 11, 2020

McEnany argues Supreme Court ‘hid behind procedure' in rejecting Texas election lawsuit

The Supreme Court justices who rejected Texas' bid to overturn the election results in four key states "hid behind procedure" instead of reviewing the "facts of the case" that "still stand," White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told "Hannity" Friday.

December 11, 2020

Hans von Spakovsky: Supreme Court ruling probably dooms Trump attempt to block Biden election as president

The U.S. Supreme Court rejection Friday night of the legal Hail Mary pass Texas threw contesting the November presidential election probably ends the last realistic chance President Trump had to block an election victory by former Vice President Joe Biden.

December 11, 2020

CNN's Cuomo cheers SCOTUS rejection of Texas case: 'Trumpers lost ... packing the court didn't beat justice'

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo could not contain his excitement Friday over the Supreme Court's rejection of Texas' effort to nullify the presidential election results in four key swing states.

December 11, 2020

Dem congressman suggests Pelosi refuse to seat 126 House Republicans backing Trump’s election lawsuit

Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., sent a letter Friday urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to consider blocking more than 100 Republican lawmakers from taking office because of their support for President Trump's lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results.

December 11, 2020

Supreme Court declines to hear Trump-supported Texas case over election results in four other states

The Supreme Court has denied a Texas effort Friday that would have essentially nullified the presidential elections in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin.

December 11, 2020

Texas AG Paxton rips Pa. AG over lawsuit criticism: 'To call it seditious is really ridiculous'

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defended himself Friday from charges by his Pennsylvania counterpart that Paxton's lawsuit seeking to nullify the election results in four key states is a "seditious abuse of the judicial process."

December 10, 2020

Hannity: Texas election lawsuit is 'an uphill battle', but 'it's right on the law'

A Texas lawsuit aiming to prevent Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin's electors from casting their electoral votes is "gaining momentum," Sean Hannity told viewers Thursday.

December 10, 2020

Pence says Trump ‘deserves his day’ in Supreme Court

Saying “God bless Texas,” Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday gave a rousing endorsement of a lawsuit filed by the Texas attorney general and backed by President Trump that aims to throw out the election results in four key battleground states won last month by President-elect Donald Trump.

December 10, 2020

Pennsylvania accuses Texas of seeking 'to decimate the electorate' in fiery Supreme Court brief

In briefs submitted with the Supreme Court on Thursday, Georgia and Pennsylvania slammed the Texas effort to prevent those two states, along with Michigan and Wisconsin, from casting their electoral votes as a "meritless" effort to "decimate the electorate of the United States."