Texas v Democracy

Update: SCOTUS has shut down Republican efforts.

Unless you have been under a rock you have seen the attempts by President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the election. This is not just the lame-duck president, but large numbers of his party. At this point over one hundred members of Congress have written Amicus Briefs to the United States Supreme Court and the Texas suit was joined by 17 red states Attorney Generals.

I wrote a few weeks ago that this was an attempt at a self-coup. It remains at that stage, since the courts, including the Supreme Court, have shown resilience under these attacks. Ken Paxton, the Texas DA may be bucking for a pardon. He was indicted in 2018 for securities fraud. He allegedly has committed an abuse of power while in office. Eric Erikson is one of the conservatives who have come up with this reasoning.

Seventeen other Attorney Generals may think they need to do this, so they will have a political future. Again, Erickson thinks this is the reason. While accurate, most likely, this is alarming. If you are not paying attention to even the attempt and what it means, there is a problem. However, this is not limited to these reasons, at least in my mind.

Let me make this clear. The Supreme Court will likely reject this, just like they did the other day with a similar Pennsylvania lawsuit. They have even less standing since this is not about water or border disputes. However, there is more to this than just legal. I must also add this, none of this is surprising to me. I…