Cruz urges Supreme Court to rise to challenge of Pennsylvania election

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Cruz is the first senator to publicly voice support for the appeal, which comes after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit protesting the system to overturn the Keystone state election results, which showed the president elect Joe bidenJoe BidenGeraldo Rivera on Trump casting doubt on election results: ‘Enough is enough now’ Senate approves two energy regulators, rounding out Murkowski panel: Trump should concede House race White PLUS defeat President TrumpDonald John TrumpGeraldo Rivera on Trump sowing doubt on election results: ‘Enough is enough now’ Murkowski: Trump should concede White House race Scott Atlas resigns from his post as Trump’s coronavirus advisor MORE.

“This appeal raises serious legal issues, and I believe the court should hear the case on an expedited basis,” Cruz said in a statement.

The lawsuit revolves around the claim that millions of Pennsylvania ballots should be rejected. The GOP’s argument is that the law allowing voters to vote by mail for any reason violates the requirements of the state constitution on who is eligible to receive a mail ballot.

Pennsylvania’s highest court dismissed the lawsuit, noting that the lawsuit challenged a law passed in 2019 and ruling that the “extraordinary” request was filed too late.

The petitioners were charged with a “total failure to act with due diligence in initiating their facial constitutional challenge” in the court’s decision.

The petitioners, led by Rep. Mike KellyGeorge (Mike) Joseph Kelly Lieutenant Governor: Trump campaign would get its ‘clock cleaned’ if it appealed Pennsylvania ruling to Pennsylvania Supreme Court Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturns GOP candidacy to arrest voter certification Pennsylvania Republicans pursue voter certification as a last resort (R-Pa.), Who brought the original lawsuit, filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court asking it to stop any further certification of the Pennsylvania vote.

The petitioners wrote that without the involvement of the Supreme Court, the state “will take further steps to certify the results of the election, potentially limiting the ability of this court to grant remedies in the event of a decision on the merits. in favor of the petitioners.

Cruz said the petitioners’ case “raises serious legal issues” and urged the High Court to “hear the case on an expedited basis.”

“The Pennsylvania Constitution requires in-person voting except under limited and defined circumstances. Late last year, the Pennsylvania legislature passed a law that purported to allow universal postal voting, notwithstanding the express prohibition in the Pennsylvania Constitution, ”he said. This call argues that Pennsylvania cannot change the rules in the middle of the game. “

“The bitter division and acrimony that we see across the country must be resolved. And I believe the Supreme Court of the United States has a responsibility to the American people to ensure that we follow the law and the Constitution. Hearing this case – now, on an urgent expedited basis – would be an important step in helping to restore confidence in the integrity of our democratic system.

Trump and his Republican allies have launched a litany of court challenges in a handful of swing states to overturn the election results, although they have failed to present evidence of the type of widespread fraud they say has flips the election.