Short article on the Texas case.
'For starters, Paxton brought the suit by filing a complaint directly in the U.S. Supreme Court. Keep in mind that, for the vast majority of cases, there’s a judicial hierarchy that applies. Civil complaints are filed in the trial court, which is called the “U.S. District Court” at the federal level. That court decides if the claims pass the straight-face test. If they do, that court will allow fact-finding—called discovery—and maybe even eventually proceed to trial, where evidence is heard through witnesses and documents. The process is known as “making a record.” That record gets frozen and sent on appeal. Appellate courts—first, intermediary courts of appeals and, ultimately, the U.S. Supreme Court—review the record for errors. They normally do not hear brand-new evidence.'
https://thebulwark.com/the-texas-att...-the-election/