![]() ![]() ![]() The "states" of New California and New Nevada - both far-right secession movements that seek to separate rural areas from broader polities - argued that California's and Nevada's same-day voter registration policies and acceptance of mail-in ballots were violations of the Constitution. Seventeen Republican state attorneys general and 126 Republican members of Congress signed on to the case, which the court summarily rejected, but among the many appellants filing amicus briefs were two states that, by current law, do not exist. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a quixotic bid this month to overturn the election results in Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the Supreme Court. The Constitution has become something of a watchword for far-right movements, both a justification for violent organizing and a panacea for all ills.Īs a national struggle over the legitimacy of the 2020 election staggers limply on - rebuffed by state and federal courts and this week by the Electoral College - white separatist movements have made their sentiments known in the fight. ![]()
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