1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: This is significant what just happened with Texas suing Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: and Wisconsin at the Supreme Court over these election rules. 3 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: This isn't just people now fighting back. This is an 4 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: entire state fighting back against governments that are not doing 5 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: things the right way. Now, let me broaden this out 6 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: so you understand why Texas is doing this specifically, what 7 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: they are saying to the Supreme Court directly now is 8 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: we have a problem with these other states and the 9 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: rules that they broke to have their elections, which makes 10 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 1: our vote much less insignificant because of their decision to 11 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: not follow And this is their argument the Constitution and 12 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: to change their elections without having actual the actual legislative 13 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: bodies do it in the name of COVID nineteen. You 14 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: very well could have changed the outcome of the free 15 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: and fair election and the way the elections are supposed 16 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: to be done in America, which means you are disenfranchising 17 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 1: the voters of Texas and the will of the American 18 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: people nationwide. I would not be surprised if other states 19 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: follow suit. I think Texas and what they did here 20 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: is honestly pretty brilliant. Now, this may not have an impact. 21 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: Unbiden becoming the president may not. What this will have 22 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: an impact on is precedent moving forward, which is the 23 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: reason why this court case, in this battle is so valuable. Now. 24 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: The state of Texas filing this lawsuit, they also did 25 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: it directly with the US Supreme Court right before midnight, 26 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: challenging the election process in these states. The grounds for 27 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: the lawsuit very simple. They are accusing Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, 28 00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: Wisconsin of violating the Constitution. Texas is are that these 29 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: states violated the Elector's Clause of the Constitution because they 30 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: made changes to voting rules and procedures through the courts 31 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: and through executive action, but not through the state legislators, 32 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: which is exactly how it's supposed to be done. That's 33 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: part one of the lawsuit. Let me break that down. 34 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: What they're saying, in layman's terms is, you guys, violated 35 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: the United States Constitution because you did not actually allow 36 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: for the people that are elected to be involved in 37 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: changing of these rules. You didn't have votes on changing 38 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: these procedures. You had non elected individuals and executive orders, 39 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: which the Constitution, they're arguing, does not allow an exemption 40 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: for for a national emergency or anything else. The legislature 41 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,119 Speaker 1: is the one that is supposed to do this. This 42 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: is not supposed to be people that are not elected. 43 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: In other words, the people in Georgia and Michigan, Pennsylvania, 44 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: Wisconsin that changed how our elections are done in this 45 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: presidential election in their states did not have the power 46 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: and or the authority to do this. Therefore, they violated 47 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 1: the Constitution. That is part one of Texas' argument. Part 48 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:25,959 Speaker 1: two of Texas's argument is this. They argue that there 49 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: were differences in voting rules and procedures in different counties 50 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: within states. Huge problem with the Constitution. I'll say it again. Texas' 51 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: second point is you not only did you guys scrupt 52 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: these elections in your state by not having the legislature 53 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: actually make the decisions on the changes you were going 54 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: to be making, which is a violation of the United 55 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: States Constitution, violates the literal electric clause of the Constitution. 56 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: But within your states, you guys screwed up again because 57 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: you had different rules for voting in different counties, which 58 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: they're arguing means you're disenfranchising. It violates they said, the 59 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: Constitution's equal protection clause, meaning that you protected votes in 60 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: some ways right in some areas, and you did not 61 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: protect people's votes in other ways. That's a problem. When 62 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: you have county over that's doing an election totally different 63 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: than the next county that's next to them, it's a problem. 64 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: You're supposed to have consistency and continuity. Consistency and continuity, 65 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: that's what you're supposed to have in an election process statewide. 66 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: Should not be different in one county compared to the next, 67 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: and the next and the next, because what you're doing 68 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: is there's some people that were eligible to vote. Basically, 69 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: their argument is in one county that would be ineligible 70 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,359 Speaker 1: to vote in another. There would be different votes that 71 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: would be eligible to be counted in one county that 72 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: would have been deemed ineligible ballots in another county. There 73 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: are protections in the constitution for this is what Texas 74 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: is arguing. You guys had different voting rules and procedures 75 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: in different counties, so votes were counted differently in different 76 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: counties within the state. Therefore, you violated the Constitution Nite 77 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: States of America's Equal Protection clause. Now both of these arguments, 78 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 1: I don't care who you are as a legal scholar 79 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: have merit. I would not be surprised if the Supreme 80 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: Court hears this, and they should in my opinion, because 81 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: the accusations that are being made are are appropriate. These 82 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 1: are appropriate actions. These are actions that should have been taken. 83 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: These are actions that that the Texas is doing to 84 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: stand up not just for the voters of Texas. What 85 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: they're really doing is they're standing up for every voter 86 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: in America. What they're saying is is that every vote matters, 87 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: and every vote should be counted, and some ballot shouldn't 88 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: be thrown out in one county where next door they 89 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,679 Speaker 1: wouldn't be thrown out where one one in one place 90 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: that's a valid ballot, in the next county over it 91 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: would be an invalid ballot. You guys change laws, and 92 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: you weren't allowed to change those laws. You're not elected 93 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 1: to change those laws. That's another part of this. So 94 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: when you guys have done these things the way that 95 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: you decided to do this, the way that you decided 96 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: to just make up rules as you go, the Constitution 97 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: of the United States America actually shockingly does not allow 98 00:06:53,920 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: for this. Now Texas is not done. They also have 99 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: a third accusation, and I'm going to tell you what 100 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 1: that accusation is in the second But before we get 101 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: to that, I want to tell you about the number 102 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: one conservative organization the country called AMAK. AMAC is fighting 103 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: to protect the integrity of the election process. They have 104 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: come out with their new magazine which does a deep 105 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: dive into exactly what we're talking about right now, a 106 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: deep dive into the election process and how we need 107 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: to restore integrity with the election process. 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Also, you'll 118 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: have an organization that's advocating, fighting and defending the integrity 119 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: of the vote. If you're ready to get in the 120 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: game and have your voice be heard, go online to 121 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: ben free online dot com. That's been free online dot com. Now, 122 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: I want to get into part three of this lawsuit 123 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: that Texas has directly with the Supreme Court. First off, 124 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 1: they argue the state violated the electoral electoral Clause of 125 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 1: the Constitution because they made changes to voting rules and 126 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,719 Speaker 1: procedures through the courts and through executive action, not to 127 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: the state legislatives. They're saying, that's number one. Number two, 128 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: Texas argue that there were differences in voting rules and 129 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: procedures in different counties within multiple states, where one ballot 130 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: may be valid one county, but the county next door 131 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: it may not be valid. That's a huge problem that 132 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: violates They argue the Constitution's equal protection clause. In Part 133 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 1: three of this lawsuit is Texas argues that there were 134 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: voting irregularities in these states. As a result of the 135 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: two decisions that I just told you about, Texas is 136 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: now acting the Supreme Court to order the states to 137 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: other legislators to appoint their electors. The lawsuit says, I'm 138 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: going to read this because it's important exactly what they're 139 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 1: saying in this lawsuit. They say, quote certain officials in 140 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 1: the defendant states presented the pandemic as the justification for 141 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: ignoring state laws regarding absentee and mail in voting. In 142 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: other words, you guys use COVID, a disease that has 143 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: nothing to do with voting, as a justification to literally 144 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: ignore the laws that you currently have on the books 145 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: in these states. You then use COVID nineteen, which is 146 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: not a justification in any capacity, to change election law, 147 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: to decide to completely overhaul mail in voting. Again, you 148 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: guys are making up laws that don't exist. You're making 149 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 1: up rules that are violation of the state and the 150 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: United States Constitution, and you can't do this. Texas also 151 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: said these states flooded their citizenry with tens of millions 152 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: of ballot applications and ballots and degradation of statutory controls 153 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: as to how they are lawfully received as well as 154 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: evaluated and counted. In other words, not only did you 155 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: guys make up new rules, but you didn't keep the 156 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 1: integrity of the ballot because you decided to change and 157 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: people had different standards for evaluating these ballots and how 158 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: these ballots were even counted. Now. Texas says this, and 159 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: I think this is an important point they said, Look, 160 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: whether this was intentional, whether this was intended or not, 161 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: these were unconstitutional acts. And these unconstitutional acts had the 162 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: same uniform effect. Texas charges that they made the twenty 163 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 1: twenty election number one less secure. Number two, they made 164 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: the election less secure in the state of Texas. Now 165 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 1: you may say, okay, hold on a second, how can 166 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: Texas claim that what they did in Pennsylvania or Georgia 167 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: or Michigan somehow made their elections less safe. They're making 168 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: the argument to Wisconsin and all these other states in 169 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: this lawsuit, Hey, what you guys did is you made 170 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty election less secure in my state. Well, 171 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: the reason why they can make that arguments because the 172 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,719 Speaker 1: national election, we had a free and fair election the 173 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: state of Texas. Is what Texas is saying their argument. 174 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: We did things by the book, by the constitution. We 175 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: didn't make up new laws that we didn't have the 176 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: power to make up. We didn't allow for executive action 177 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: to change the way we did election. We didn't send 178 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: out numerous millions of ballot applications and ballots and degregation 179 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: of statutory controls without these checks and balances that are 180 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: on the books in your states. And so you may 181 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 1: have altered the election and changed the outcome of the 182 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: election for the people of Texas. That's what Texas is 183 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: saying here. You made our election less secure, our election 184 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: less meaningful in our state, and our election that was 185 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: done in the appropriate and legal way could easily be 186 00:12:54,559 --> 00:13:01,439 Speaker 1: canceled out by the inappropriate actions of you in another state. Now, 187 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: this case presents a core question of election law one 188 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: to the defendants in these states violate the Elector's clause 189 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:21,839 Speaker 1: in our Constitution by taking non legislative action. No, these 190 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: people that made these decisions were not elected to change 191 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: the election rules that would govern the appointment of presidential electors, 192 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 1: which is what the Constitution says you have to have. 193 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: That's the question that Texas is asking the Spring courts 194 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 1: decide on these non legislative changes to the defendant states 195 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: election laws. They also are asking this question question, did 196 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: you facilitate the casting, the counting of ballots and violation 197 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: of your own state laws, which in turn violated the 198 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,599 Speaker 1: Elector's clause of Article two, Section one clause to the 199 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: US Constitution. This is a very very very fair question 200 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: for Texas to be asked in the Supreme Court and Finally, 201 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: Texas says, look by you taking these acts, doing these things, 202 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 1: these unlawful acts, as the lawsuit states, the defendant states 203 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: have not only, they argue, tainted the integrity of their 204 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: own citizens votes in these states, but these actions have 205 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: also debased the votes of citizens in our state of 206 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 1: Texas and other states that did in fact follow the 207 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: laws and remain loyal to the Constitution. In other words, 208 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: you guys in these states, you went rogue, You made 209 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: up law, you made up rules, You decide to violate 210 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: the Constitution, multiple clause of the Constitution, and that disenfranchise 211 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: the votes in our states and other states that did 212 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: in fact remain loyal to the constitution. Is this a 213 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: compelling argument? The answer, I think anyone that's looking at 214 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: it's in a non biased way would say, yes, you know, 215 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: wherever you're from, wherever you're listening to us today from 216 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: this is the question that needs to be asked, and 217 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 1: it's a question that needs to be asked over and 218 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: over and over again. This is the question that should 219 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 1: be asked, and I think most people will agree with me. 220 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: My vote clearly was impacted in a negative way. My 221 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: vote was impacted in a negative way. By other states 222 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: who decided to change and do things outside of what 223 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: the Constitution deems to be appropriate. The government's job, the 224 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: Constitution states, is to have a free and fair and 225 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 1: order of the election across the entire United States of America. 226 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: It's in the constitution. The changes that were made disenfranchised 227 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: countless American votes. And not only did they disenfranchise countless 228 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 1: American votes, right, but they very well could have changed 229 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: the outcome of the election, which means you change the 230 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: outcome of election, and that is something you're not supposed 231 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: to have the power to do. You're you're not supposed 232 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: to have the power to do what I just described. 233 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: A state is not supposed to have the power to 234 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: alter a nationwide election and disenfranchise and cheapen the votes 235 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 1: of people that followed the Constitution in count with states, cities, 236 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:09,919 Speaker 1: and communities around the country. The Supreme Court, I believe, 237 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: is going to take this. I believe they should take 238 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: it because this isn't just about the twenty twenty election. 239 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: This is about much more than that, all right. I 240 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: want to get back to something else that is big 241 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: on this case that Texas is bringing trying to protect 242 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,959 Speaker 1: and defend the integrity of every vote. Ted Cruz has 243 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 1: now come out and said that he will, in fact 244 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: stand ready to present the oral arguments if the Supreme 245 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 1: Court takes up this Pennsylvania ballot case. I want you 246 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: to hear this from earlier, and then I'll explain more 247 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 1: about it. Now. Fox News has learned that if the 248 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: Supreme Court decides to take up the case, a high 249 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 1: profile US senator will be arguing in front of the 250 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:57,719 Speaker 1: High Court. Texas Senator Ted Cruse, telling Fox News exclusively quote. 251 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: Petitioner's legal team has asked me whether I would be 252 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 1: willing to argue the case before the Supreme Court if 253 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: the court grants serchiarori. I have agreed and told them 254 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: that if the Court takes the appeal, I will stand 255 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: ready to present the world argument. The case being brought 256 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: by Republican Congressman Mike Kelly and congressional candidate Sean Parnell. 257 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: They argue, no excuse, mail in voting is unconstitutional, so 258 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 1: they're seeking to throw out those ballots in this presidential election. 259 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 1: Cruz is publicly pushed for the High Court to take 260 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,360 Speaker 1: up the case, and the Senator tells Fox News, as 261 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: I said last week, the bitter division and acrimony we 262 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: see across the nation needs resolution. I believe the Supreme 263 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 1: Court has a responsibility to the American people to ensure 264 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: within its powers that we are following the law and 265 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 1: following the Constitution. This would not be a new experience 266 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: for Senator Cruz. He served as Solicitor General for the 267 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:50,959 Speaker 1: State of Texas from two thousand and three to two 268 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: thousand and eight. He has made nine appearances before the 269 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 1: Supreme Court. This could be the tenth. It will be 270 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: interesting too, My Commanuel, thanks, breaking news up again. If 271 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: the Supreme Court decides to take of this case, it 272 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 1: would be the tenth time the Cruise has argued before 273 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: the Supreme Court. This is obviously big news. He stated 274 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 1: that petitioner's a legal team and asked me whether I 275 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: would be willing to argue the case for the Supreme 276 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 1: Court if the Court grants this. I have agreed and 277 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 1: told them that if the Court takes the appeal, I 278 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: stand ready to present the oral arguments. Which is great news. 279 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 1: You know, people keep asking me what's going to happen 280 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: moving forward. I don't know if this is going to 281 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: change the election. What I do know is this is 282 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 1: exactly the questions that we should be asking right now. 283 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 1: This is the exact questions that we should be asking 284 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,640 Speaker 1: to make sure that this doesn't happen in the future. 285 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: And I don't care if you're a Republican or Democrat. 286 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: You should care about the integrity of this election. You 287 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,920 Speaker 1: should care that states in other states are not just 288 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: throwing random jello against the wall changing the rules that 289 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: can affect the outcome of the integrity of your election 290 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: in your state, because that is what this is actually 291 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: all about. And with Texas deciding to sue, that's what 292 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: they're trying to do. They're saying, all right, look, you guys, 293 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 1: screw this up roll in all these other states. We're 294 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 1: never gonna allow this to happen again. And we're sure 295 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 1: as hell'll not gonna allow for you guys to do this. 296 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:40,120 Speaker 1: We're not going to allow you to destroy our system 297 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 1: of our elections and violate the Constitution without it being 298 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 1: on the record that you guys did this, and we're 299 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: saying no more. This is exactly why Ted Cruz said, 300 00:20:54,320 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 1: I'll argue in these cases. This is why he's getting involved, 301 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,919 Speaker 1: and he should get involved. This is exactly what he 302 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 1: should be doing. You know, Ted Cruz said that these 303 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: election related cases raise very serious issues. He's right, they 304 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: raise very very very serious issues for all Americans, not 305 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: just in these states, in every single state. Ted Cruz 306 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:35,399 Speaker 1: last night was on Fox News Channel talking about these 307 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,440 Speaker 1: issues and just how important it is that we get 308 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 1: this right. He said, Look, that's why I'm agreeing to 309 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: these oral arguments before the Supreme Court. This is too 310 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: important to just say, oh, well, it happened and we're 311 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:54,640 Speaker 1: not going to worry about it moving forward. That's why 312 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 1: Texas is suing. That's why they're doing this. Take a listen, 313 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 1: but first, joining us now with more we're surrounding the 314 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: legal battle out of Pennsylvania. Senator Ted Cruz center, and 315 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 1: let me applaud you because you have offered to step up. 316 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 1: I have said from the beginning, if you're looking at 317 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 1: the constitutionality of what the state legislature in Pennsylvania did, 318 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 1: it directly contradicts the language in Pennsylvania state constitution. Now 319 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: that to me is a slam dunk case the Supreme 320 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 1: Court should take. You are now willing to argue that, which, 321 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: by the way, let the record note you have one 322 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 1: cases in the Supreme Court. Well, that's right, John, and 323 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,919 Speaker 1: it's good to be with you this evening. You know, 324 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 1: we're seeing across the country lawsuits that are challenging voter fraud, 325 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 1: that are challenging irregularities in the election, and in Pennsylvania, 326 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 1: this appeal to the Supreme Court raises very serious issues. 327 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 1: It raises pure issues of law, and I believe the 328 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 1: Supreme Court should choose to take the case. I think 329 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 1: they should hear the appeal. And as you noted, the 330 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 1: legal team reached out and asked if I would be 331 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 1: willing to present the oral argument if the court took 332 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 1: the case, and I told them I'd be happy to because, 333 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 1: particularly at a time when this country is so divided, 334 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: when people are so angry, I think we need a 335 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: sense of resolution and we need the Supreme Court to 336 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: step in and ensure that we're following the Constitution and 337 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 1: following the law right right now, it's not healthy for 338 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:32,479 Speaker 1: our democracy what we're seeing. And in Pennsylvania, the problem 339 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: was made worse because the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is a partisan, 340 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 1: democratic court that has issued multiple decisions that were just 341 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,360 Speaker 1: on their face, contrary to law, and that's not how 342 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: elections are supposed to work. All right, let me go. 343 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,680 Speaker 1: So I look at that case is probably the strongest 344 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 1: on the constitutional merits. I don't want to go to 345 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: the case in Wisconsin. The law is clear and it 346 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: has court precedence with the Wisconsin's Supreme Court, and that 347 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: is they don't allow early voting, and when they do, 348 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 1: they are there's a very strict application process they've identified, 349 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: and Rights has been on this program rans previous saying well, 350 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,400 Speaker 1: they gave out one hundreds of thousands of these early 351 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 1: votes that contradicts not only the law but legal precedents. 352 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: Then we got the case in Georgia with the dual 353 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 1: verification standards, and then we got the Nevada case, which 354 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: is fascinating where they've identified people that are at of state, 355 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 1: tens of thousands, people that are at public addresses or 356 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 1: nonexistent addresses, and a lot of dead people that actually 357 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 1: voted in Nevada. Now, I want to ask you, hypothetically, 358 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 1: if those cases has been talked to me that there 359 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: might be other states or a single state that would 360 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: unite those four and make it one big Supreme Court case. 361 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:59,160 Speaker 1: I want to pick your constitutional mind on that possibility. Well, 362 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: if an individual state did sue another state before the 363 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over that. 364 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: That's a matter that they could consider. The challenge right 365 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: now is the timing is that we're getting awfully close. 366 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: Tomorrow is what's called the safe harbor deadline for the 367 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 1: presidential electors. The electors will cast their ballots on December fourteenth, 368 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,679 Speaker 1: and then obviously we've got the presidential inauguration coming up 369 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 1: on January twentieth, So the time is running out of 370 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: the hourglass. I think the Supreme Court feels the urgency 371 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 1: of that. That's the reason why Justice Alito set the 372 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: deadline for Pennsylvania's response to this lawsuit to be tomorrow, 373 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,160 Speaker 1: so that so that we'll have a response. We could 374 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: have a decision as early as tomorrow from the Supreme 375 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: Court whether or not they'll take the case. Now, getting 376 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 1: the Supreme Court to take a case is not easy. 377 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 1: Typically you get about eight thousand appeals to the Supreme 378 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: Court in a given year. They take about eighty of them. 379 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 1: They take about one percent, and so so the big 380 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:03,399 Speaker 1: considered right, I think the Court should consider it. I 381 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 1: have called on the Court to do it. I think 382 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 1: it's the right thing to do. There will be justices 383 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,160 Speaker 1: who would prefer to stay out of this, who would 384 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 1: prefer to protect their own credibility, essentially to protect their backsides. 385 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 1: I think that's the wrong thing to do here. I 386 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:20,640 Speaker 1: think when you look at a country where thirty nine 387 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 1: percent of Americans right now believe this last election was rigged, 388 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 1: that's a real problem for confidence in the integrity of 389 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 1: our electoral system. And so I'm hopeful the Supreme Court 390 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 1: will step forward to its responsibility and resolve this case 391 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 1: and resolve other cases as needed, according to law and 392 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 1: according to the Constitution, to say this is a country 393 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: where we respect the rule of law, where we follow 394 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 1: the Constitution, not the momentary partisans swells of interest or 395 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,640 Speaker 1: passion you may see on either side. You know, Tech 396 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: Crews just said something that's so important. He said, thirty 397 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 1: nine percent of Americans believe that this election was basally fraudulent. 398 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 1: How do you restore integrity to the election? This is 399 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 1: how you do it. And you hear these cases, and 400 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 1: that's why what he's doing in the Pennsylvania case, in 401 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:17,160 Speaker 1: the Texas case is so vitally important to the integrity 402 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 1: of our election and making sure that every vote is 403 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: counted the right way, the appropriate way, the legal way, 404 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:28,880 Speaker 1: and I'll leave it at that.