Texas SCOTUS Decertification Challenge

Texas v. Pennsylvania

Filed: December 7, 2020

Decided: December 11, 2020

Lawsuit brought by the state of Texas against Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia and Michigan seeking to invalidate their election results. Texas petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court, which denied its request for lack of standing.

This case was one of the lawsuits former President Donald Trump and his allies brought in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Case Documents

Read the U.S. Supreme Court order denying the petition here.

Read the amicus brief filed by Carter Philips and others in opposition of Texas' motion here.

Read the amicus brief filed by 106 Republican House members in support of Texas' motion here.

Read the amicus brief filed by the District of Columbia and 22 states and territories in opposition to Texas' motion here.

Read Wisconsin's brief in opposition to Texas' motion here.

Read Michigan's brief in opposition to Texas' motion here.

Read Georgia's brief in opposition to Texas' motion here.

Read Pennsylvania's brief in opposition to Texas' motion here.

Read the motion of six states to intervene here.

Read the amicus brief filed by Ohio in support of neither party here.

Read Trump's motion to intervene here.

Read the amicus brief filed by 17 states in support of Texas' request here.

Read the motion to file bill of complaint here.

Last updated: August 17, 2021 9:39 pm EST