Court Opinion

ID: 9641019
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 17:21:01.290984+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:05:05.192912
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REAVLEY, Justice,
dissenting.
I do not agree that Article 9.01 of the Texas Election Code is in conflict with and contrary to Article I, § 5, of the United States Constitution. There is no reason why the State of Texas may not protect and enforce its election procedures by permitting election contest actions in court— just so long as these actions do not impede an independent determination of the election result by the United States Congress. In the event Congress decides to make its own investigation and/or determination apart from the judgment of the Texas courts according to Texas statutes, Congress may do so. That possibility and the final authority of Congress do not bar Texas entirely from a role in insuring the legal outcome of its elections. This is the construction which I understand the federal courts now give to this section of the United States Constitution. Roudebush v. Hartke, 405 U.S. 15, 92 S.Ct. 804, 31 L.Ed.2d 1 (1972); Durkin v. Snow, 403 F.Supp. 18 (D.N.H.1974).
DENTON, J., joins in this dissent.