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seph wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 7:36 pm

Rafe wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 6:36 pm Fox News just reported that SCOTUS has declined to hear the Texas election case. This deal now looks looks dead.

That's the worst possible outcome. It the SCOTUS heard the case and then ruled against Texas, that would have settled the issues. Without the case being heard, I do not see anyway forward for this country. Our divide will grow and the country will fall apart. I wonder how many countries will emerge in the land formally know as the United State of America?

srothstein wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 5:51 pm
Second is the question of whether SCOTUS can even refuse the case. This is a very unusual case where SCOTUS is the court of original jurisdiction. While acting as an appeals court, SCOTUS may decline to hear a case. But I am not sure they have that authority when acting as the original court. One of the overriding principles of our government is that everyone has the right to a fair trial in court (as the saying goes, even a dog can get his day in court). If they are the original jurisdiction and have the authority to turn down a case, how do the parties in the case get their day in court? There is no further appeals court they can turn to and ask for it there. There is a strong argument (IMO) based on this logic, that SCOTUS has no choice but to hear this case.