S HouseofRepresentativesonThursdayofficiallysignedonto a briefbackingPresidentDonaldTrump's longshotlawsuitfiledbyTexasattheSupremeCourtseekingtoundoPresidentelectJoeBiden's victory.
AddingthecascadingSirisofcompoundingdefectsinTexasisfilingsisOnleyunderscoredbythesurrealalternaterealitythatthosefilingsattempttoconstructthecourtshouldnotabidetheseditiousabuseofthejudicialprocessandshouldsend a clearandunmistakablesignalthatsuchabusemustneverbereplicated.
ButoneRepublicanstateAttorneygeneral, DaveYostofOhio, filed a separatebriefonThursdaydisagreeingwiththeTexaslawsuit, sayingthatitquotewouldundermine a foundationalpremiseofourfederalistsystem, theideathatthestatesaresovereignsfreetogovernthemselves.