No. 22O155 In the Supreme Court of the United States STATE OF TEXAS, Plaintiff v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, STATE OF GEOR- GIA, STATE OF MICHIGAN, AND STATE OF WISCONSIN, Defendants ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BILL OF COMPLAINT OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BILL OF COMPLAINT AND MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, TEMPROARY RESTRAINING ORDER, OR STAY JOSH SHAPIRO Attorney General of Pennsylvania J. BART DELONE Chief Deputy Attorney General Appellate Litigation Section Counsel of Record HOWARD G. HOPKIRK CLAUDIA M. TESORO Office of Attorney General SEAN A. KIRKPATRICK 15th Floor Sr. Deputy Attorneys General Strawberry Square Harrisburg, PA 17120 MICHAEL J. SCARINCI (717) 712-3818 DANIEL B. MULLEN
[email protected] Deputy Attorneys General TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ....................................1 STATEMENT OF THE CASE ......................................2 A. Mail-in Voting under the Pennsylvania Election Code ......................................................2 B. The 2020 General Election .................................3 C. Texas’s Allegations regarding Pennsylvania have Already Been Rejected by Both State and Federal Courts .............................................3 ARGUMENT .................................................................8 I. Texas’s Claims Do Not Meet the Exacting Standard Necessary for the Court to Exercise its Original Jurisdiction ...............................................8 II. Texas Does Not Present a Viable Case and Controversy ...........................................................