“Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections,” the court said in an order for in pending case, according to its website.

Paxton’s office released the following statement in response to the court’s decision.

“It is unfortunate that the Supreme Court decided not to take this case and determine the constitutionality of these four states’ failure to follow federal and state election law,” the satement said. “I will continue to tirelessly defend the integrity and security of our elections and hold accountable those who shirk established election law for their own convenience.”

Carter did not sign on to the amicus brief for the lawsuit out of respect for the electoral process of each state.

“The Trump campaign has every right to challenge the election in court as they’ve done with the roughly 50 law suits they’ve filed,” Carter said in a prepared statement. “With regard to the Texas lawsuit specifically, I believe that one state attempting to police another state’s voting procedures, or any other law, sets a dangerous precedent that could open the doors for other issues. I don’t want the roles reversed to have California or New York telling Texas what to do on our election laws or anything else for that matter.”

Several attempts to obtain comment on the lawsuit from Williams’ office, both in Austin and in Washington, D.C., were unsuccessful as of press time.