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In the fight against his electoral defeat, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has harshly criticized the Supreme Court of the United States after his setback in the Supreme Court.
Doesn’t want to admit electoral defeat: Donald J. (represents John) Trump.
Photo: Oliver Contreras (Keystone)
«That is a great and scandalous judicial error. The people of the United States have been betrayed and our country shamed, ”the US president wrote on Twitter on Saturday. Donald Trump responded to a setback before the Supreme Court in the fight against his electoral defeat.
The incumbent president once again affirmed that he did not lose the elections, but won with a “landslide victory.” There is no basis for this. President-elect Joe Biden, a Democrat, will be sworn in on January 20.
Trump sees himself stripped of his victory by election fraud. However, neither he nor his lawyers have provided convincing evidence. The Supreme Court had dismissed a case by the state of Texas against the result of the presidential election on Friday night. Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wanted to overturn Biden’s victory in four other states. The Supreme Court said Texas has not explained why the state should have a legitimate interest in how other states conduct their elections.
“Without wisdom, without courage”
“The Supreme Court really disappointed us. No wisdom, no courage, ”Trump wrote. He announced that he would continue to fight his defeat. “We just started fighting !!!” Trump wrote in capital letters. Twitter provided several tweets from the president with warnings that the manipulation he alleged was controversial.
Trump also attacked the Republican governors of the states of Georgia and Arizona, Brian Kemp and Doug Ducey. They had opposed Trump’s efforts to counter Biden’s victory in their states. Trump wrote on Saturday: “They allowed the states that I easily won to be stolen. Never forget it, choose her for the position! »
Trump also criticized Justice Minister William Barr. The Wall Street Journal reported that Barr had known about the investigations against Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, since the spring. Barr wanted to keep this investigation out of the election campaign. Trump retweeted a Twitter message calling for Barr’s firing if the report was correct. The president wrote: “A great disappointment!”
More than 50 legal defeats
The Texas lawsuit had no realistic chance. The same goes for Trump’s continued efforts to reverse the outcome after all. Trump’s camp has suffered more than 50 legal defeats so far, but he has yet to give up the fight. In no state did presidential supporters change the outcome of the November 3 elections.
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. Critics see behind Trump’s refusal to acknowledge his defeat as an attempt to continue collecting donations from his supporters.
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 should not be taken into account. In addition to Trump, Republican justice ministers from 17 states and 126 Republican lawmakers in the US House of Representatives backed Paxton’s lawsuit. Another 22 US states and territories objected. The defendant states dismissed the attack as an abuse of the legal system.
Secession of the US states
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 “that states that states can violate the US Constitution and not be responsible,” as he said in a statement. “Perhaps the law-abiding states should join forces and form a union of states that adhere to the constitution.” (Read an interview with former Trump security adviser John Bolton: “Most Republicans are scared”)
The responsible US authorities had declared the election to be the safest in the United States. More recently, Attorney General Barr had 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 city of Washington have 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 voters 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.
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, the justices have dismissed previous complaints from the Trump camp, regardless of whether they were nominated by Democratic or Republican presidents.
