Texas Republican Party head Allen West suggested that the Lone Star State, and others, should consider seceding from the union on Friday, following the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a potential landmark case challenging voter irregularities in some battleground states.
The high court on Friday rejected a lawsuit from Texas, which challenged the election results in the states of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. President Donald Trump and others have alleged those states and others allowed corruption to steal victories from the president.
The court’s rationale for not hearing the case was that Texas did not have the legal authority to challenge election procedures in other states.
West, on behalf of the Texas GOP, did not take the decision lightly.
The former Republican House representative suggested secession as a remedy for a perception that the rule of law has been abandoned by the court.
“The Supreme Court, in tossing the Texas lawsuit that was joined by seventeen states and 106 US congressman, has decreed that a state can take unconstitutional actions and violate its own election law,” West said in a statement.
“Resulting in damaging effects on other states that abide by the law, while the guilty state suffers no consequences,” West added. “This decision establishes a precedent that says states can violate the US constitution and not be held accountable.”