Why so many House Republicans co-signed Texas's lawsuit to overturn the election
Sarah Binder, The Washington Post
Dec. 15, 2020
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Last week, 126 House Republicans signed onto a brief supporting Texas's lawsuit asking the Supreme Court to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The court summarily rejected Texas's bid, leading one Republican senator to declare that the justices had "closed the book on the president's [legal] nonsense."
Lawmakers occasionally sign onto these "friend of the court" efforts, especially because legislators can file such briefs without any formal action by the House. Still, this brief stood out. Monday night in a national address, President-elect Joe Biden joined observers on both sides of the aisle in decrying the underlying legal push as deeply anti-democratic. GOP lawmakers who signed on from the states targeted by the suit - Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Arizona - in effect were calling on the court to throw out thousands of votes of their own constituents.