Iowa AG Miller wanted to sign an amicus brief opposing Texas, in its challenge to Pennsylvania et al unlawful election processes. According to him he was stopped by Gov. Reynolds. Nothing regarding the matter from the Governor’s newsroom at this writing.
Rather pathetic if anyone thinks blocking Miller is enough.
If stopping Miller from joining an amicus brief is considered a trade-off then Miller run’s the state as he has checked Republicans who control the governorship and both houses of the state legislature and three of four congressional districts and both US Senate seats and a party that reflects a populous that voted overwhelmingly for Trump. That populous is being disenfranchised by unlawful activity in four other states.
Iowa Republican political leadership needs to support President Trump and election integrity and join with other states and political leadership in any substantial fashion possible.
Eighteen states have joined in support of or allied with Texas. But we read that supposedly more than 20 states have allied with Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan.
The dominant liberal medial is repeating ad nauseum that the Texas effort is unprecedented. The reality is that with Trump’s participation it is the essence of Bush v Gore the US Supreme Court case that essentially settled the 2000 presidential election. At issue was the fairness and lawfulness of Florida election processes focused on certain subdivisions of that state.
Iowa political powers need to do something. Here is an example of something when you don’t have an AG in your corner.
Pennsylvania’s House speaker and majority leader on Thursday filed an amici curiae brief with the Supreme Court against the state of Pennsylvania and in favor of Texas’s lawsuit against the commonwealth and three other states.
A brief (pdf) filed by Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler and Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, both Republicans, requests that the Supreme Court “carefully consider the procedural issues and questions raised by the Plaintiff concerning the administration of the 2020 General Election in Pennsylvania.”
Here is Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller’s statement regarding Texas vs Commonwealth of Pennsylvania et al
‘I cannot support a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate the votes of millions of Americans’
DES MOINES — Attorney General Tom Miller’s statement on Texas v. Pennsylvania:
“We have been hearing from many constituents expressing support for, as well as against, the Texas attorney general’s lawsuit challenging the presidential election results in four states. Your voices have been heard, loudly and clearly. Your opinions matter to us. As always, we must let the law guide us in making decisions.
“As I have said, I would not have joined an amicus brief in support of this lawsuit because the 2020 elections were fairly and safely conducted by election officials of both parties. I continue to have faith in the integrity of the U.S. election. I cannot support a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate the votes of millions of Americans.
“Today my office was asked by another group of states to join an amicus brief supporting the defendants — Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia — in the U.S. Supreme Court. I support this brief for its primary arguments: One, the electors clause of the U.S. Constitution provides no basis to second-guess state courts in their interpretation of state law; and two, the states’ common-sense measures taken in response to the pandemic did not introduce widespread fraud.
“In regard to amicus briefs of this type, I am required to get the approval of Gov. Reynolds. We have sought her approval and she has declined.
“Regardless of Iowa’s involvement, the U.S. Supreme Court will give this lawsuit its due attention.”
