The Supreme Court rejected a bid from former President Trump seeking to nullify the electoral votes in Wisconsin. Trump sued in Wisconsin after losing the state to Democrat Joe Biden by less than 20,000 votes.
According to reports from The Hill:
In an unsigned order without noted dissent, the justices declined to take up Trump’s lawsuit alleging Wisconsin election officials violated the Constitution by expanding absentee voting amid the global coronavirus pandemic.
His lawsuit claimed that policies put in place by the Wisconsin Election Commission to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus — like establishing absentee ballot drop boxes — illegally usurped the state legislature’s sole power over election rules.
When he filed the suit in late December, Trump had asked the court to fast-track a review of his case ahead of the Jan. 6 meeting of Congress to certify the results, a request the justices denied.
Several of the court’s more conservative justices had previously indicated an interest in addressing questions over what the Constitution says about how election authority is allocated within states.
Some experts believe that the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6th has swayed justices from hearing cases related to the 2020 election over fear it could fuel claims of widespread voter fraud.