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US President Donald Trump has suffered the worst setback to date in the legal battle against his electoral defeat. The United States Supreme Court dismissed an action by the state of Texas against the result of the presidential elections. Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had demanded election results in four other states. He wanted to reverse Democrat Joe Biden’s victory over Republican Trump.
The Supreme Court said that Texas had no legal justification to intervene in the election of another state. Biden’s inauguration on January 20 is a foregone conclusion. The Texas lawsuit had no realistic chance. The same goes for Trump’s continued efforts to reverse the outcome after all. Trump claims to have been robbed of victory by massive fraud on the part of Biden’s camp. Neither he nor his lawyers provided convincing evidence. Trump’s field has suffered more than 50 legal defeats to date, but he has yet to give up the fight. In no state were supporters of the current president able to change the outcome of the November 3 elections.
“Wisdom and courage”
Trump tried Friday before the Supreme Court decision to increase pressure on the nine justices of the Supreme Court. On Twitter, the president wrote: “If the Supreme Court shows great wisdom and courage, the American people will win what may be the most important case in history and our electoral process will be respected again.”
Trump had requested to enter the process requested by Texas and argued, among other things, that he did not even have to prove that there was fraud. It was only necessary to show that the procedure deviated from the requirements of local parliaments. Additionally, Trump’s field attorneys claim that alleged wrongdoing in individual states has destroyed evidence of the fraud so that it can no longer be proven.
Paxton filed a lawsuit against Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan in the Supreme Court on Monday. He affirmed that the constitution was violated there in the course of the elections. Therefore, the results there, all of which see Biden as the winner, should not be factored in. In addition to Trump, Republican justice ministers from 17 states and 126 Republican lawmakers in the US House of Representatives were behind Paxton’s lawsuit. Another 22 US states and territories objected. The respondent states rejected the initiative as an abuse of the legal system.
preceding
Paxton justified his complaint with, among other things, that voters were not treated equally and that decisions to organize the vote were not made by state parliaments, as required by the constitution. The lawsuit also alleged that the odds of Biden winning the election in all four states were 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000.
The head of the Republicans in Texas, Allen West, put into play a secession of US states following the decision of the Supreme Court. West spoke of a precedent, “which states that states can violate the US Constitution and cannot be held accountable,” according to a statement. “Perhaps the law-abiding states should come together and form a union of states that adhere to the constitution.”
The relevant US authorities had declared the election to be the safest in the United States. More recently, US Attorney General William Barr, a Trump confidant, said there was no evidence of fraud to the extent that it could change the outcome of the election. All 50 states and the Capital District of Washington have already certified their results.
The results of each state are the key to winning the presidential election. The president of the United States is not chosen directly by the people, but by 538 electors who usually vote according to the result in their respective states. 270 votes are required for victory. Biden got 306 voters to back him after the results. State electoral votes are scheduled for Monday. The result will be officially read in Congress in Washington on January 6. On January 20, Biden will be sworn in as Trump’s successor.
defeat
The Supreme Court had just rejected a request for judicial protection last Tuesday, with which the Trump side wanted to annul the result of the elections in Pennsylvania. Trump’s lawyers had declared then that the really crucial dates would not arrive until January 6 and 20. Critics see behind Trump’s refusal to acknowledge his defeat as an attempt to continue collecting donations from his supporters.
In Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin there were a total of 62 electoral votes. Paxton wanted to make sure that the electorate in these states is either commissioned by local parliaments or not appointed at all. In addition to the lawsuit, the Texan petitioned the Supreme Court for a court order to immediately stop all activities involving the electorate in the four states.
After the death of Liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in September, Trump had lobbied to swiftly fill the Supreme Court seat with Conservative attorney Amy Coney Barrett before the Supreme Court elections. He also explicitly referred to a possible dispute over the outcome of the elections. Conservatives now dominate the court with a majority of six to three votes. However, previous Trump camp lawsuits were equally dismissed by justices, regardless of whether they were nominated by Democratic or Republican presidents.
