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The Supreme Court of the United States inflicted a setback on President Donald Trump on Tuesday by refusing to accept an appeal by his allies to block the certification of election results in Pennsylvaniaa, key to the triumph of Democrat Joe Biden.
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The highest court in the United States, in which three out of nine magistrates were appointed by Triumph, did not explain the reasons for its decision, and none of its members reported their disagreement.
More than a month after the November 3 elections, andThe Republican president still refuses to acknowledge his defeat stop Biden, declaring himself a victim of “massive fraud” without presenting convincing evidence.
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With the help of his allies, he has filed lawsuits in several states crucial to the outcome of the electoral contest, but almost all of them have already been dismissed by the courts.
One of these lawsuits, brought by Republican Congressman Mike Kelly, challenged the legality of vote-by-mail in Pennsylvania.
Following their rejection by the state Supreme Court, the plaintiffs urgently went to the United States Supreme Court to ask it to halt all electoral processes while presenting their arguments.
By opposing admission, the nine judges of the Court put an end to this procedure and imply that they do not intend to get involved in post-election disputes. Trump, however, hoped that the highest court, which he profoundly reorganized during his administration, would intervene on his behalf.
The day after the elections, he had said that he would take his claims to the Supreme Court. In 2000, the Supreme Court halted a vote recount in Florida, where George W. Bush it carried only 537 votes to Democrat Al Gore, allowing the Republican to win the election.
Texas, ruled by the Republicans, He presented another appeal to the country’s highest court on Tuesday to seek the invalidation of the electoral results. in four key states, but according to experts it has no chance of prospering.
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AFP