By Ariane de Vogue and Maegan Vazquez, CNN
Updated 7:00 PM ET, Fri December 11, 2020
(CNN)The Supreme Court rejected a bid from Texas’ attorney general — supported by President Donald Trump — to block the ballots of millions of voters in battleground states that went in favor of President-elect Joe Biden.
The court’s move to dismiss the challenge is the strongest indication yet that Trump has no chance of overturning election results in court that even the justices whom he placed there have no interest in allowing his desperate legal bids to continue.
The lawsuit, brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a staunch Trump ally, sought to sue Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin — which all went for Biden — and invalidate their election results. And this week, with his options narrowing, Trump, accompanied by the support of several Republican attorneys general and GOP lawmakers, cranked up pressure to have the Supreme Court weigh in.
Trump and his legal team — hamstrung by a series of coronavirus diagnoses among lawyers who had traveled across the country advocating on behalf of Trump’s case — have for weeks pushed increasingly desperate appeals and baseless conspiracy theories about his second term being stolen.
The court did not provide a vote count, but there were no dissents to the order made public. Separately, justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas said they would have allowed the case to be filed, but would grant no other relief.
For the past five weeks, federal and state courts have rejected most of Trump’s attempts thoroughly.
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CNN: The Supreme Court’s clear message to President Trump: Stop
By Joan Biskupic,
CNN legal analyst and Supreme Court biographer
Updated 10:51 PM ET, Fri December 11, 2020
Maintenant, le Jour J approche, le jour ou les Grands Electeurs devront se
prononcer.
Mais on sait jamais ce qui peut arriver dans ce bas-monde…
Tiens Peut-etre que la Sorciere, celle qui a envoute avec un sort les enfants Hansel et Gretel, et les deputes Quebecois… pourrait traverser la frontiere incognito sur son balai, la nuit quand la lune est clair et aller jeter un autre sort au College Electoral…
Enfin, ne paniquons pas…Respirez un grand coup… Et un jour a la fois…!
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Mother Jones-The Supreme Court Just Threw Out Texas’ Absurd Election Lawsuit
The widely derided suit sought to undo the results in Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
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The Supreme Court on Friday threw out a Texas lawsuit that aimed to invalidate millions of ballots in four swing states. Had the suit been successful, it could have effectively handed the presidential victory to Donald Trump.
The case—which was filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and supported by the Republican AGs of numerous states—argued that Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania “unconstitutionally” changed their voting procedures in the run-up to the November election. The suit also asked the Supreme Court to delay the December 14 meeting of Electoral College electors.
