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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, confirmed this Wednesday that he will go to the “Supreme Court of the United States” with the aim of stopping voting in some states, or even stopping the vote counting.
According to a report published by the New York Times, this Wednesday the Supreme Court “adjudicates the real disputes”, that is, those that arose, reached the courts and failed in them, and with many cases presented in many states, not all will arrive to the Supreme Court.
As a general rule, “the Supreme Court is essentially an appellate court, which means that almost every case you hear begins in a state or federal trial court and reaches judges through state or federal appeals courts.” .
Despite the judicial authority of this court, “however, the appeals against the electoral results are not among them”, according to an opinion article published by the chain “NBC News”, but it can intervene in the review of the decisions of the lower courts.
But if the court determines that voting in Pennsylvania has the power to decide the final outcome of the election, and if it finds that late ballots can tip the balance, the Supreme Court may step in to resolve the dispute, according to the New York Times.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court had decided the three-day extension to accept ballots mailed in the mail on or before election days.
At the end of October, the court refused to intervene at the request of the Republicans to “accelerate the decision on whether the decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was legal or not,” after the justices did not reach a joint decision, already that 4 judges rejected it and 4 others agreed.
On Election Day, President Trump’s party began court proceedings in Pennsylvania to challenge the decision of some districts to allow voters to correct errors that could invalidate their cards by adding a signature or a second protective envelope.
This complaint, like another, may reach the Supreme Court, but this has not happened so far.
A report published by Agence France-Presse indicated that Republicans had filed about 300 complaints related to elections in various states, of which only the Pennsylvania case reached the Supreme Court.
In 2000, the Democratic candidate, Al Gore, called for a new recount of votes in four areas of Florida that were flawed because the difference was 537 votes with George W. Bush statewide.
The Supreme Court suspended the recount of votes, awarding the Republican candidate victory.
The Supreme Court is the highest judicial body to which reference can be made in the United States, but it is not required to accept the files that are presented to it.
If you refuse to intervene, the final decision is usually made by a federal appeals court or a state superior court.
