S HouseofRepresentativesonThursdayofficiallysignedonto a briefbackingPresidentDonaldTrump's longshotlawsuitfiledbyTexasattheSupremeCourtseekingtoundoPresidentelectJoeBiden's victory.
Pennsylvania's DemocraticattorneygeneralJoshShapiro, wasperhapsmostcriticalofthelawsuit, sayingitwasaddingtoe a quotecacophonyofbogusclaims.
AddingthecascadingSirisofcompoundingdefectsinTexasisfilingsisOnleyunderscoredbythesurrealalternaterealitythatthosefilingsattempttoconstructthecourtshouldnotabidetheseditiousabuseofthejudicialprocessandshouldsend a clearandunmistakablesignalthatsuchabusemustneverbereplicated.
PresidentTrumphasturnedthislawsuitinto a loyaltytest, perhaps a finalloyaltytest, Andsoyouhave 106 uh, RepublicanmembersoftheHouse, signingontothiseffortandendorsingwhatTrumpistryingtodomorethanhalfoftheRepublicansintheHouseofRepresentatives.
ButoneRepublicanstateAttorneygeneral, DaveYostofOhio, filed a separatebriefonThursdaydisagreeingwiththeTexaslawsuit, sayingthatitquotewouldundermine a foundationalpremiseofourfederalistsystem, theideathatthestatesaresovereignsfreetogovernthemselves.
morethan 100 Republicansinthe U.
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