BATON ROUGE, LA - Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following
statement regarding the ongoing controversies over the 2020 federal election
and the new motion put forward by the State of Texas before the U.S. Supreme
Court:
“Millions of Louisiana citizens, and tens of millions of
our fellow citizens in the country, have deep concerns regarding the conduct of
the 2020 federal elections. Deeply rooted in these concerns is the fact that
some states appear to have conducted their elections with a disregard to the
U.S. Constitution. Furthermore, many Louisianans have become more
frustrated as some in media and the political class try to sidestep legitimate
issues for the sake of expediency.
Weeks ago, on behalf of the citizens of Louisiana, my office joined many other states in filing a legal brief with the United States Supreme Court urging
the Justices to look into the conduct of the election in Pennsylvania where
their state court ignored the U.S. Constitution in regard to the conduct of the
election. The U.S. Constitution in Article 1, Section 4, states plainly: “The
Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives,
shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature …” The power for the
conduct of federal elections is held by the State Legislatures in each state.
In states like Pennsylvania, the judicial branch attempted to seize control of
these duties and obligations and to set their own rules. These actions appear
to be unconstitutional. If it is unconstitutional for Pennsylvania to take
this action, it is similarly unconstitutional for other states to have done the
same.
Only the U.S. Supreme Court can ultimately decide cases
of real controversy among the states under our Constitution. That is why the
Justices should hear and decide the case which we have joined representing the
citizens of Louisiana.
Furthermore, the U.S. Supreme Court should consider the
most recent Texas motion, which contains some of the same arguments.
Louisiana citizens are damaged if elections in
other states were conducted outside the confines of the Constitution while we
obeyed the rules.”
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UPDATE - 12/9/20: Amicus Brief
UPDATE - 12/10/20: Conditional Motion to Intervene