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Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by mullingitover on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:16PM (#25369627)
> In fact, there is a case brought to the Supreme Court by Texas and 17 other states (36% of the United States) alleging this exact thing

This is incorrect. The other states' attorneys general, partisan elected officials that they are, filed amicus briefs. They didn't join the suit and aren't speaking for their states. The actual precedent that this case would set would be nightmarish for every state. Nobody wants this, it's a stunt.

This suit is going to be immediately rejected by the SC just like all the other frivolous lawsuits. The best way of predicting the future is to look at the past, and the past 50+ lawsuits have been dead on arrival.

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Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:29PM (#25369716)
Then the media are speaking inaccurately. I have never heard them mention that these are amicus briefs. All they say is "joining".

I'm not saying that you're wrong. I'm saying that the media do a deplorable job of reporting accurately.

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Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by mullingitover on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:33PM (#25369748)
Even Fox News says it accurately. Headline: "Missouri, 16 other states file brief supporting Texas suit to delay presidential elector appointment"

(emphasis added) An amicus brief is also known as a 'brief.'

[1] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/missouri-16-other-states-fi...

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