Last Updated on December 9, 2020
Arizona has joined 18 other states in supporting Texas’s lawsuit in SCOTUS against Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia, over election integrity.
As National File previously reported, the crux of the Texas lawsuit is that the swing states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin violated their duties under the US Constitution, by illegally altering legislated election laws, treating voters unequally, and allowing numerous voting irregularities to take place as a result.
Much of the argument rests on the election laws changed regarding mail-in ballots, where executives, such as the Secretarys of State, pulled back the deadlines for the acceptance of these ballots, with some dates even being after November 3rd itself. These changes were enacted unilaterally, without the consent of the legislature.
“Plaintiff State respectfully submits that the foregoing types of electoral irregularities exceed the hanging-chad saga of the 2000 election in their degree of departure from both state and federal law,” the motion before the Supreme Court states.
“Moreover,” the petition continues, “these flaws cumulatively preclude knowing who legitimately won the 2020 election and threaten to cloud all future elections.”
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Arizona joined the lawsuit on Thursday, meaning 19 states in total are now suing Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan. Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich confirmed that they had filed an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court in a statement:
It’s important that everyone has faith in the system and the results of the election. The rule of law is about consistency and certainty. I believe Arizona wasn’t named in the lawsuit because our office succesfully prevent many of the same troubling and last-minute changes to our state’s election integrity laws. Our legal filing ensures Arizona’s interests are protected, and I look forward to the Supreme Court addressing these national election concerns.
Our Office has received many inquiries about the Texas v. Pennsylvania lawsuit filed at the U.S. Supreme Court and whether Arizona will participate. Here is my statement and our legal filing: https://t.co/82qIu1lQ5B pic.twitter.com/tRY6c6lTJl
— Mark Brnovich (@GeneralBrnovich) December 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1336817032847904775
The statement came only hours after the Arizona GOP tagged Brnovich in a tweet about the states who had already joined Texas in the lawsuit with SCOTUS briefs. “What about Arizona, @GeneralBrnovich?” the AZ GOP account tweeted.
What about Arizona, @GeneralBrnovich? https://t.co/g3bksHz0v3
— Arizona Republican Party (@AZGOP) December 9, 2020
Arizona has come under scrutiny itself for problems with the election, including the SharpieGate controversy, where Republican voters allege that voting machines would not tabulate their votes correctly due to being forced to use Sharpies, as opposed to ballpoint pens. However, they did not do anything that would qualify them for being sued in the same way as the four other states.
National File reported on Thursday that President Trump himself had filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit within his personal capacity as a presidential candidate seeking re-election.
🚨President @realDonaldTrump Moves to Intervene in Texas Supreme Court Case pic.twitter.com/6Mjep0WuuQ
— Jenna Ellis 🐊🇺🇸 (@JennaEllisEsq) December 9, 2020
