The Supreme Court has rejected the case brought by Texas which attempted to back Trump and change the results of the election.
BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court rejects bid by Texas, and Trump, to nullify the election results in four pivotal states — an abrupt order that could be the legal gravestone for his drive to overturn Biden’s victory.@GregStohr https://t.co/ccfCkf8wbU
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) December 11, 2020
According to CNBC:
The Supreme Court of the United States on Friday rejected a bid launched by Texas and backed by President Donald Trump that sought to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s election wins in the key swing states of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The nation’s highest court rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit, assessing that the motion lacked grounds to sue, known as “standing,” under Article III of the Constitution.
“Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections. All other pending motions are dismissed as moot,” the court said.
This was Trump’s best chance at overturning the election results, and now the nation’s highest court has now rejected it.
Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented saying they would have allowed the case to be filed but would not grant other relief.
“In my view, we do not have discretion to deny the filing of a bill of complaint in a case that falls within our original jurisdiction,” read Alito’s statement, which Thomas backed. “I would therefore grant the motion to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief, and I express no view on any other issue.”
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