President Trump (R-Texas) and six states have filed motions with the Supreme Court to join the lawsuit after Texas sued four swing states. As of Friday (Dec. 11), 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives in Congress supported the Texas lawsuit to challenge the 2020 election, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
House Republicans signed an amicus brief in support of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal challenge in the Supreme Court to sue four swing states for unconstitutionality in the election. The brief was led by Louisiana U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R). On Friday, the brief was signed by 20 more lawmakers after “clerical errors” were corrected, bringing the total to 126 Republican House members who signed on to support the Texas lawsuit, including senior Republican McCarthy.
The statement reads, “This brief expresses (our) concerns as members of Congress, echoed by countless thousands of voters, about the unconstitutional irregularities involved in the 2020 presidential election and casts doubt on its outcome and the integrity of the American electoral system.”
By signing this amicus brief, Republican lawmakers are encouraging the Supreme Court to hear the case.
Other heavyweight House Republican lawmakers who signed the brief include House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana), senior Judiciary Committee member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), incoming Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-Indiana) and Conservative Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs (R-Arizona), among others.
Johnson, one of the House Republican leaders and a staunch supporter of President Trump, said in a statement, “The majority of our Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives, and millions of voters across the country, now have serious concerns about the integrity of our electoral system. We are issuing an amicus brief to express that concern and to express our sincere belief that this issue is so important that it deserves full and serious consideration by the Court.”
On Friday, 18 members of Congress co-sponsored a resolution supporting Trump’s legal action on election fraud, demanding that those who commit election fraud be brought to justice.
On Monday night, the Texas attorney general filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, alleging constitutional violations in the elections in those four states. On Wednesday, Trump, in his personal capacity, also filed a motion with the Supreme Court to join the Texas lawsuit.
On Thursday, six states – Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Utah – filed motions to intervene with the Supreme Court to join Texas’ election lawsuit against the four swing states.
On Thursday, “state lawmakers and voters,” represented by the Justice Foundation and the Thomas More Society’s Amistad Project, filed a motion to intervene and participate as plaintiffs in the case; their complaint has already been filed.
State legislators from Michigan and Pennsylvania have also filed motions to intervene in the Supreme Court. More than two dozen members of the Georgia House and Senate also support the Texas lawsuit.
On Thursday, the District of Columbia filed legal briefs opposing the Texas lawsuit on behalf of the attorneys general of 22 blue states and territories, all of whom are Democrats.
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