The full text of the order is below. We've all heard that "No Man Is An Island." It seems that the SCOTUS is of the view that each State in the so-called Union IS an island. That each State is now free to define its own version of a republican form of government and it's nobody else's business. This, of course, opens the way for coalitions of States to form and engage in systematic jiggering of elections--the SCOTUS has washed its hands of this Constitution business.
I think it's safe to say that the three Trump justices will live to rue this day and this work. Sadly, so may all of us. The consequences of this will not be long in coming.
TEXAS V. PENNSYLVANIA, ET AL.
The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections. All other pending motions are dismissed as moot.
Statement of Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins: In my view, we do not have discretion to deny the filing of a bill of complaint in a case that falls within our original jurisdiction. See Arizona v. California, 589 U. S. ___(Feb. 24, 2020) (Thomas, J., dissenting). I would therefore grant the motion to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief, and I express no view on any other issue.
No doubt there will be plenty of commentary and we'll try to keep up with it.
UPDATE 1: Good example of what the Three Trump Justices couldn't be bothered with:
Study Shows Impossible Anomalies Causing Biden ‘win’ in Michigan — In 5 Seconds Biden Racked Up 140,000
Example graphs:
According to the physicist who did these studies (more at link):
In almost every Michigan precinct, Biden had exact 50-55% higher absentee totals than Trump. In 5 seconds, Biden’s total votes in Michigan went up 140,000 votes. In 9 problem Michigan Counties, the absentee votes between Trump and Biden are so similar that the study’s author says they are clear indications of vote machine manipulation.
“Statistically impossible.”
“The odds here, of all of this, are like winning the Powerball 65 times in a row.”
Tell that to the Trump Threesome:
UPDATE 3: The SCOTUS as a constitutional institution--and therefore the judiciary as a co-equal branch of government--has delegitimized itself. I don't think that's retrievable. From here on out, US politics will be changed and the rule of law will be sidelined except for a bit of lip service. It's power that will be the currency of the land.
CORRECTION: aNanyMouse states that Rudy Giuliani explained the action of the SCOTUS. Andy S.'s explanation (comment below) is mistaken, and I think a close reading shows that. What the SCOTUS did was claim that in their discretion they were denying leave for Texas to file the complaint. Alito and Thomas stated that the SCOTUS has no such discretion in cases of original jurisdiction and should have granted leave for Texas to file the complaint. Obviously that would have opened the door for submission of evidence, and as to would have been the result of that Alito and Thomas could not speak.
I apologize to readers for jumping to the wrong conclusion.
Adios, USA, was good to know ya.
ReplyDeleteWe are no longer a nation of laws only of men!
ReplyDeleteThis decision with be remembered as poorly as Dread Scott decision was!
I pray for what comes next!
I guess that things will go down hill rather quickly from here....
ReplyDeleteDidn't expect to live long enough to see this happen.
Very sad.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/lin-wood-announces-georgia-case-finally-docketed-us-supreme-court/
ReplyDeleteThe Texas case was "docketed" as well, if I recall.
DeleteStop waiting for someone else to save the republic. The hero is us.
Very true. It's up to The People and the Militia now to drive unconstitunality from our nation.
DeleteIn the end, the decision is where it belonged all along - with its citizens. We either consent or we don't.
ReplyDeleteThis cloak and dagger approach by SCOTUS just reeks of chickenshit, but I am a layperson. So is their reasoning bow that the legislatures of those states have to step up to fix it? Because the SCs of these states have already gone around their legislative bodies.
ReplyDeleteWhat a complete cluster this is.
The Republic appears to be on life support.
A pyrrhic victory for the left, for sure. We are in real trouble - starting next month in GA.
ReplyDeletePresident Trump,wouldn't this be a good time to invoke the Insurrection Act and save the republic from this attempted overthrow of our Constitutional form of government?
ReplyDeleteAlexander Macris had his doubts, that what the Supreme Court decided would make much diff:
Delete"No matter what the Supreme Court rules, 70 million Americans are going to be very unhappy.
For 46 states, 4 legislatures, 3 territories, and 2 governors of the Union to be involved in this lawsuit, tells us that the stakes are incredibly high.
Indeed, this is the gravest Constitutional Crisis since 1860.
As such, there’s little reason to believe that the Supreme Court’s decision will put a definitive end to the crisis.
Dred Scott didn’t stop the US Civil War, and Texas vs Pennsylvania may not stop whatever comes next."
That's what I said. Had they acted before the election there was a chance. Not now.
DeleteDamn feckless Roberts.
DeleteDred Scott helped bring on the war. With the Scott decision, the SCOTUS effectively made the entire United States a Slave State. That's what got Lincoln elected.
Deletehttps://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/10/23/how-the-president-could-invoke-martial-law/
DeleteThroughout the course of U.S. history, federal and state officials have declared martial law at least 68 times...https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/guide-declarations-martial-law-united-states
If a civil war doesn't correct this, in one hundred years, this will be the moment historians cite as the end of the USA.
ReplyDeleteOr they'll be writing that this is the moment when the back was broken of white supremacy, racism, and fascism and the glorious Green Social Justice Utopia was ushered in for LGQWERTY and POC.
DeleteHistory is written by the winners.
Tom S.
A "civil war" isn't needed to correct this and it is the end of the United States. Texas, followed by close to half the other states will very likely just secede and walk out without a shot being fired.
DeleteNobody is going to yield to these filthy animals and we're not going through another "election" like this one!
They didn't steal an election to let anybody just "walk out". You shoot craps the house doesn't let you just pick up your money and walk out. Didn't happen in 1861 and ain't gonna happen in 2021.
DeleteWell... I see succession being a really big topic here soon.
ReplyDeleteIt's time!
Maybe because Trump fights and doesn't give up and is sitting on massive power, or maybe because it is 2020, but I still think there are more twists and turns in this drama.
ReplyDeleteCould well be true, Adam, but the SCOTUS as a constitutional institution--and therefore the judiciary as a co-equal branch of government--delegitimized itself. I don't think that's retrievable. From here on out, US politics will be changed and the rule of law will be sidelined.
DeleteWhy are these carrier groups stationed off the East and West coasts?
ReplyDeletehttps://news.usni.org/2020/12/07/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-dec-7-2020
Nobody has bothered to tell me, but with any luck they'll be doing some targeted strikes. Of course, there's always the question of which side they're on. Now that power is openly the game that's in play, the guys with the guns will use them, sooner or later.
DeleteWhere in this article does it say anything about deployments other than prep for annual training? What am I missing?
DeleteDave
@ Dave
DeleteThat was the point. Does anyone have naval background to know whether this *is* normal deployments or is it unusual? Combined with the unusual military flights, it raises the question of whether we are gearing up for open hostilities.
If "gearing up for open hostilities" were the case, I would think they would be stationed off Texas. They ain't.
DeleteI would be concerned about "invasion forces or shelling" in the SF Bay Area as it would negatively impact my property values.
the forensic audit was the result of a lawsuit by a private michigan citizen mr bailey done by his attorneys team. the attorney was on greg kelley last night saying the audit shiwed the machine flipped vite to biden. so not sure how the soc is 'blocking' the results?
ReplyDeleteLet the sorting begin
ReplyDeleteNot sugar coating the disappointment but...
ReplyDelete1. Once again this was a procedural decision, not a decision on the merits. There has still not been a case raising these issues decided on the merits.
2. Several cases are still alive in various courts in various contested states.
3. It is not too late for the various state legislatures to act.
And if worse comes to worse, God help Joe Biden. He will need it.
I think you mean God help Kama Sutra Harris--Biden's fate is already decided, IMO. So then God help us all.
DeleteKama Sutra Harris should be an inspiration to young feminists: If you sleep with the right powerfully connected men then you too can play second fiddle to a man with dementia, provided he has the best voter fraud organization in history. It's basically a Cinderella story.
DeleteYes Harris will need divine assistance as well.
DeleteBut what I meant is that Biden/Harris/Dems/Deep State/Soros are on an increasingly dangerous adventure. The lies and criminality upon which their power is based are mounting up and, notwithstanding the media 'coverup', increasing numbers of Americans know it. Action in opposition is increasingly likely.
It can't end well for them.
But, yes, God help us all.
I understood what you were saying but simply wanted to make my point that Biden's fate has almost certainly been decided at this point.
DeleteAs for your point, I agree, but in a somewhat different direction as well also in agreement with you. What I mean ...
I agree that America is large and diverse enough that a split is conceivable. This morning we learn that Oracle is the latest in a series of corporate giants that has moved its HQ to Texas. Texas is, in fact, a viable nation and would likely draw to it additional areas of the country as a gravitational center. I don't envision military force to stop this--it would only take a bit of nerve.
My further point, however, is that now that the Supreme Court has revealed for all to see that the principle behind the Constitution is no longer the rule of law but raw power, there are men hungry for power who will know how to seize what they will rightly see--in the circumstances--as a grand opportunity. All it will take is a whiff of grapeshot. God help the corrupt political establishment.
Thinking through secession is a big job. I'm not remotely there yet nor am I, in all likelihood, up to the task. Many unknowns, including unknown unknowns. Not for or against just need to give it (a lot of) thought.
DeleteIn the shorter term, I think the gleeful Dems who have celebrated Biden's several 'victories' (including yesterday's) are in for a rude awakening.
1. Biden is senile and cognitively diminished (below the point where he can manage the office) and will have to go. Sooner than later.
2. The criminal investigations of Biden's family members will taint and then destroy his reputation and thus his legitimacy. This will accelerate his departure.
3. Harris is way too far Left to successfully govern this country. She will neither command nor retain the respect of a large majority of Americans and her presidency, if and when it eventuates, will be, itself, viewed as illegitimate and then ridiculed and ultimately destroyed.
4. The (apparent) unwillingness of the Supreme Court to address compelling issues of election illegality will greatly undermine both respect for it and respect for the rule of law, leading to perhaps predictable results.
5. A large number of Americans, probably a majority, doubt the legitimacy of the election and will conclude that efforts to govern by an illegitimate executive are themselves illegitimate, again with predictable consequences.
6. Given the failure (thus far) to address election irregularities in the November election, neither side will accept the results of the Georgia election in January 2021, further driving the country apart.
7. Congress will have to deal with the issues of election legality raised in 2020 but reaching a consensus will be impossible, thus driving the country even further apart.
8. By promoting propaganda and failing to investigate the truth the Main Stream Media will exacerbate (and not ameliorate) distrust and growing hatred between the sides.
9. The unravelling and destruction of the two historic political parties will accelerate. The Texas case has already made apparent the division between the Trump party and the GOPe and Biden's presidency will expose yawning chasms between snowflakes/suburban housewives and the Leftist agenda. The corrupt politics of Wall Street and bought and paid for politicians of the Uniparty will be further exposed for both sides to see.
10. The odds on near term civil unrest and civil violence have to have greatly increased.
Yes. God help us all.
Mark, on "I don't envision military force to stop this--it would only take a bit of nerve" to stop secession, or to spur it?
DeleteCass, on
"By promoting propaganda... the Main Stream Media will exacerbate... distrust and growing hatred between the sides".
The MSM thrives on spurring such distrust, and assumes that any resulting problems will be "addressed", by the huge surveillance powers of the DS.
This in turn assumes, that virtually all cops & DS personnel will toe orders, from the Leftist brass of the DS.
I dare not try, to guess the accuracy of that latter assumption.
So many black pilled pantywaits lately...
ReplyDeleteIt aint over till the fat lady sings.
The fat lady sings on inauguration day
Five days ago Texas v Pennsylvania came out of nowhere.
DeleteThanks to Texas & Trumps amazing superpower to trigger people & institutions into revealing who they really are, we now have a good idea of which states are on Team America and which are on Team China, along with a number of state & federal congressmen, etc.
I agree, it ain't over until the fat lady sings. We still have more than one full quarantine left in 2020!
The Inauguration is going to be virtual because of the very real threat that it would turn into a Trump rally.
DeleteThe Fat Lady may be laughing to hard to sing.
@ michael
DeleteYes, kinda funny how everyone was so impressed with the KY AG who spoke at the convention but evidently decided not to join the Texas suit. Yet another lesson: watch what they do not what they say.
Problem: They get elected on what they say. Watching what they do afterwards is too late. Especially when they bring in Dominion voting machines.
DeleteVery frustrating. 25 years in LE after 5 years active Army. Makes me wonder what all the oaths I took were about.
ReplyDeleteDidn't Hillary say something like, Oaths are for the little people?
DeleteIf a State doesn’t have standing regarding these constitutional issues, who the hell does?
ReplyDeleteMy wife has only ever given me the stink eye over purchases she felt were "boy toys". Tonight, hearing the news of this looked at me and said, "...now I see why you thought 5k rounds of each caliber we own might be warranted."
ReplyDeleteFunny you should say that.
DeleteI wish...
DeleteI have 1/10th that stock, and my wife is certain that all the country needs is a 'unifying' voice in the executive.
Dave I want to first offer my condolences on your recent boating accident in your canoe.
DeleteSecond I am uncertain why you thought taking all of that gear into a deep body of water was a good idea.
Third I am sorry you can not afford to replace any of it and now have to go without.
Going forward we should all learn from Dave's experience by all practicing our heavy load paddling techniques. I too have made this same mistake and have lost everything. Accidents do happen but they can be a blessing in disguise.
Right Dave!?!? 🤨
"It's power that will be the currency of the land."
ReplyDeleteThe SCOTUS has endorsed Mao's aphorism that, "Political power comes from the barrel of a gun." Good luck with that.
Tom S.
So will the democrats be bringing back slavery now?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think ‘Guaranteed Basic Income’ is?
DeleteWe need to send a message that will really draw a line in the sand. Saying bad things about John Roberts et al. will no longer suffice. Looking at the Republicans in the House and Senate, I am NOT certain we have a critical mass. However, there just might be a chance at the state level. Unfortunately, it is probably too late for this election cycle, but let's look ahead to 2022 (assuming George Soros, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerburg allow us to have an election). Texas should announce 5 minutes BEFORE the polls close that all Republican candidates have won 20,000,000 to 0. Assure everyone that the election was carefully monitored and that there was no fraud. All lawsuits, including at the level of SCOTUS, are dismissed by the State of Texas as invalid based on the precedents established in 2020 and, in any case, SCOTUS cannot enforce any of its decisions. This was an 1860 election and we now need to re-establish the authority of the States versus the Federal government. United States? Not so much. Neil in SD
ReplyDeleteMake room Neil in SD, Governor Noem has made your state a very appealing place to consider moving to.
DeleteI wish! Boy, do I wish. The reality is that SD is San Diego, not South Dakota. I apologize but I am now outed. I have lived here for 20 years and the rate of decline is visible on a day-to-day basis. Raised in the midwest and lived in Houston for 18 years. What do you say fellow Anonymous, can you forgive me?
ReplyDeleteI am sad to say, but you are correct about SD.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous and Anonymous
ReplyDeleteBut, incidentally, your colloquy does raise a good question.
If many places in the United States of America are no longer congenial places to live, where to go?
The Anglo-Saxon sphere seems increasingly consumed in guilt and progressive socialism. So does that rule Canada, Australia and New Zealand out?
There are numerous expat American enclaves in Central and South America, some even in places with conservative governments. But all must have challenges w/respect to language, customs, jobs, security, etc.
W/in the United States, Texas and Florida are certainly attracting business(es), but how much longer will they be Red States? Cf. the close calls w Beto O'Rourke and Andrew Gillum. What about the Red States in fly-over country? Why not? Do you think one can escape the destruction of the country and our value system in South Dakota...or Wyoming or Alaska?
Or does one stay put and fight the good fight? What did our forefathers do?
I was speaking about this and related (Covid) matters yesterday with our Bulgarian cleaning lady. Hard working, being crushed by Covid restrictions, stunned at the Election Hoax--wondering what kinda country she came to.
Delete...and Bulgaria may not be Nirvana, but at least in Bulgaria traditional values such as family and faith have survived (better than here, atleast).
DeleteDon't forget about Obama! I think he is calling the shots.
ReplyDeleteBiden's criminal family and the den communist conspiracy with the ccp will require applied for to dislaod
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