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To the United States Supreme Court denied this friday (11) the Texas Attorney General’s Request to Override the Result of the Presidential Election in key states that gave Joe Biden the victory, Reuters reported. It’s another setback for President Donald Trump’s attempt to reverse the defeat at the polls.
In the lawsuit, Texas claimed that the vote-by-mail rules in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin weren’t fair. Biden won all four states in November; in all of them, Trump won in 2016.
Facade of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the photo of 2018 – Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta / File / AP Photo
In the decision, the Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, ruled that won’t even evaluate the merits: The order posted tonight says Texas it has no legal basis to request a change in election results in other states.
“Texas has not shown a legally anticipated interest in the way another state conducts its elections,” the Supreme Court decision reads.
Trump’s nominees rejected the action
US President Donald Trump speaks during Amy Coney Barrett’s inauguration on the US Supreme Court at the White House – Photo: AP Photo / Alex Brandon
Not even the three Trump-appointed judges – Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett – voted to analyze Texas stocks, NBC reported. The American president called to call the magistrates “my judges” during the period.
Only two of the judges, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, said the court should consider the request. However, even they said that they would not proceed with the petition in the next steps.
Trump’s legal team has yet to try other actions in smaller courts. However, with the Supreme Court decision, the Republicans’ margin to reverse the polls has practically been exhausted.
All 50 states and the District of Columbia have certified their results, bureaucratic procedure that formalizes the assignment of Electoral College delegates. They will cast their votes on Monday. Biden takes inauguration on January 20 as the new president of the United States.
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