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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to fast-track the remaining lawsuits from President Donald J. Trump it has been asked to hear challenging the election results in five states where the outgoing president lost.
The justices, without comment or any sign of dissent, issued orders denying requests to expedite their consideration of the cases against Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. As a result, it is all but certain the Supreme Court will take no action on the cases before Joseph R. Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Jan. 20, according to CBS News.
Each order simply stated, “The motions of petitioners to expedite consideration of the petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.”
The high court’s decisions were only the latest in a string of denials it issued against moves by Trump and his supporters to challenge the 2020 election results.
In the weeks before and after Election Day, the Supreme Court refused to act on numerous lawsuits filed over changes made to the voting process in several battleground states on the grounds of mitigating the coronavirus pandemic.
In December, the Supreme Court rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s petition calling for the election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to be set aside and their electoral votes not to be counted over claims about changes to the voting rules in those states.
Earlier this month, the justices refused a request from Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert, who asked them to prevent Vice President Mike Pence from counting the certified Electoral College votes expected to be cast for Biden.
The day the Electoral College vote count occurred, a mob of Trump supporters committed a violent insurrection on the Capitol building while Pence was conducting the official proceeding.
Among the cases the Supreme Court chose not to expedite is the lawsuit brought by former Trump lawyer and supporter Sidney Powell on behalf of the Republican electors of Michigan. According to Fox News, Powell has argued claims of hundreds of thousands of unlawfully counted ballots in Michigan. The case was one of several she referred to when, during a press conference, she announced plans to unleash “the Kraken” of alleged voter fraud in court.
Powell took the case to the Supreme Court when a judge in the lower, federal court ruled against her request to block the certification of Michigan’s election results.
In addition to the Supreme Court’s denials, the outgoing president and his backers waged and lost dozens of other lawsuits seeking to challenge the election results in numerous battleground states — all of which Biden won. Most of the cases were filed in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada and Arizona.
The Trump lawsuits the Supreme Court refused to expedite are still pending. It is unclear whether they will be heard after Biden has been sworn in.
Did you cast a vote for president in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin? Do you have concerns about the legality of the election results in your state? Tell us about it in the comment section below.
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15 thoughts onSupreme Court Refuses to Fast-Track Outstanding Trump Lawsuits Over Election
I don’t live in any of those states but the decisions made affected me. Therefore I think there should be a suit I could qualify for. Because those decisions and results severely changed my quality of life!
Add me. I live in Michigan and have concerns over the 2020 elections, including John James.
It is very obvious that our election was rigged,this is not fair to the american people,something must be done.ONE HUGE PROBLEM IS THE LYING MAIN STREAM NEWS MEDIA,THEY MISLEAD SO MANY PEOPLE AWAY FROM WHAT IS TRUE DUE TO THEIR LIES!! SOMETHING MUST BE DONE I WANT TO OPEN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST CNN AND THE REST OF THOSE LIARS!!!!
Get rid of Roberts compromised and corrupt
Prove me wrong