No. ______, Original
In the Supreme ourt of the United States
S
TATE OF
T
EXAS
,
Plaintiff
,
v.
C
OMMONWEALTH OF
P
ENNSYLVANIA
,
S
TATE OF
G
EORGIA
,
S
TATE OF
M
ICHIGAN
,
AND
S
TATE OF
W
ISCONSIN
,
Defendants
.
MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BILL OF COMPLAINT
Ken Paxton
*
Attorney General of Texas Brent Webster First Assistant Attorney General of Texas Lawrence Joseph Special Counsel to the Attorney General of Texas Office of the Attorney General P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, TX 78711-2548 kenneth.paxton@oag.texas.gov (512) 936-1414
* Counsel of Record
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No. ______, Original
In the Supreme ourt of the United States
S
TATE OF
T
EXAS
,
Plaintiff
,
v.
C
OMMONWEALTH OF
P
ENNSYLVANIA
,
S
TATE OF
G
EORGIA
,
S
TATE OF
M
ICHIGAN
,
AND
S
TATE OF
W
ISCONSIN
,
Defendants
.
MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BILL OF COMPLAINT
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
1251(a) and this Court’s
Rule 17, the State of Texas respectfully seeks leave to file the accompanying Bill of Complaint against the States of Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (collectively, the
“Defendant States”)
challenging their administration of the 2020 presidential election. As set forth in the accompanying brief and complaint, the 2020 election suffered from significant and unconstitutional irregularities in the Defendant States:
•
Non-
legislative actors’
purported amendments to
States’ duly enacted election laws
, in violation of the Electors Clause
’s vesting State legislatures
with plenary authority regarding the appointment of presidential electors.
