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      I’m wondering what ‘standing’ Texas has regarding ‘the several states’ in election matters, other than being one of ‘the several states’ themselves.

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        On standing, from the PDF:

        Like any other action, an original action must meet the Article III criteria for a case or controversy: “it must appear that the complaining State has suffered a wrong through the action of the other State, furnishing ground for judicial redress, or is asserting a right against the other State which is susceptible of judicial enforcement according to the accepted principles of the common law or equity systems of jurisprudence.” Maryland v. Louisiana, 451 U.S. 725, 735-36 (1981) (internal quotations omitted). Plaintiff State has standing under those rules.3

        Because individual citizens may arguably suffer only a generalized grievance from Electors Clause violations, States have standing where their citizen voters would not, Lance v. Coffman, 549 U.S. 437, 442 (2007) (distinguishing citizen plaintiffs from citizen relators who sued in the name of a state). In Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, 549 U.S. 497 (2007), this Court held that states seeking to protect their sovereign interests are “entitled to special solicitude in our standing analysis.” Id. at 520. While Massachusetts arose in a different context—the same principles of federalism apply equally here to require special deference to the sovereign states on standing questions.

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          Thanks my friend.

          :-)

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        Louisiana, Missouri and several others, including my home, Florida, have signed on to the Texas case.