Several states have joined now...Looks like 18 total...
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Texas v. Pennsylvania - Expanding
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Today, numerous states joined together to file an amicus curiae brief in support of Texas.
The opening section states:
STATEMENT OF INTEREST OF AMICI
"In the context of a Presidential election,"state actions "implicate a uniquely important national interest," because"the impact of the votes cast in each State is affected by the votes cast for the various candidates in other States." Anderson v.Celebrezze, 460 U.S. 780, 79495 (1983). "For the President and the Vice President of the United States are the only elected officials who represent all the voters in the Nation." Id.
Amici curiae are the States of Missouri, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah,and West Virginia. Amici have several important interests in this case. First, the States have a strong interest in safeguarding the separation of powers among state actors in the regulation of Presidential elections. The Electors Clause of Article II, 1 carefully separates power among state actors, and it assigns a specific function to the "Legislature thereof" in each State. U.S.CONST. art. II, 1, cl. 4.Our system of federalism relies on separation of powers to preserve liberty at every level of government, and the separation of powers in the Electors Clause is no exception. The States have a strong interest in preserving the proper roles of state legislatures in the administration of federal elections, and thus safeguarding the individual liberty of their citizens.This brief is filed under Supreme Court Rule 37.4, and all counsel of record received timely notice of the intent to file this amicus brief under Rule 37.2.2.
With only 2 or 3 exceptions all those states are contiguous. I believe we could rope in Kentucky and Wyoming which would take care of Montana, North Dakota, Utah, West Virginia , and Indiana, and make the whole lot a contiguous nation with the Mississippi River and an ocean outlet. I am serious about this. We do NOT belong together any more. I want it to be peaceful and legal but we need a divorce before we start killing each other.
