Election Challenges, Protests, Conspiracy Theories, and Moral Panics

[Belsnickel]

(12-10-2020, 02:01 PM)GMDino Wrote: Back to the next SC ruling:

That Twitter thread actually made me think about this and how the TX case could set precedent. Specifically, this one:

Quote:And to allow one state to sue over another state's processes would lead to absurd results. Any state could sue any other state over the election. NJ could sue Alabama, Alaska, Idaho. Arkansas could sue MA, NY, and CA. It would never end.

The Court won't countenance that.

This could have effects reaching beyond election law. Say a driver licensed in one state does serious damage in another state. Say firearms from one state with looser gun laws are used repeatedly in crimes in another state with stricter laws. Say pollution from one state with fewer regulations ends up in another state. All of those things would fall under this precedent as damages to one state that the policies of another state could be deemed responsible for.

Obviously I don't think this lawsuit is going anywhere, and none of those should occur, either, but if this case was heard and the state was found to have standing, those examples I gave could be the next things issued. We could see Illinois suing Missouri because of gun laws or Virginia suing West Virginia because of pollution. It would be a nightmare.