Supreme Court Won’t Do That
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Well, that’s that:
In case you’re wondering, Alito and Thomas are just reiterating their crank hobbyhorse that the claims brought to the Court under its original jurisdiction are mandatory rather than discretionary, not suggesting the claims have any merit.
The Supreme Court deserves no particular credit for rejected a lawless attempt to destroy American democracy. The majority of elite Republicans who could not meet even this de minimis standard deserve the harshest judgment of history.
None of the people who supported that document—not a one—can ever again honestly claim to believe in freedom, democracy, individual rights, or constitutional government. All they believe in is their own divine right to rule, no matter what the people say.— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) December 11, 2020
Texas Republicans, for their part, remain firmly in “rule or ruin” mode:
The @TexasGOP is out with a statement in the wake of the Supreme Court decision, all but calling for secession:
“Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution.” pic.twitter.com/4bB3gk88t4— Adam Kelsey (@adamkelsey) December 12, 2020