The United States Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a bid by Texas to overturn the results of the presidential election, which Republican Donald Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden, in another setback for the President.
Following the verdict, President Trump in a tweet, said the court had “Let us down” and alleged that it has “No Wisdom, No Courage!”
The suit lodged late Thursday against four key states in the November 3 vote – Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – challenging the victory of Biden in each jurisdiction.
However, the Supreme Court, made up of nine justices including three appointed by Trump, said, Texas, which voted for the president, “has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections.”
In a tweet by Michigan attorney general, Dana Nessel, the court’s decision “is an important reminder that we are a nation of laws, and though some may bend to the desire of a single individual, the courts will not.”
In his reaction, Biden’s spokesman, Mike Gwin, said the ruling was “no surprise.”
He said, “Dozens of judges, election officials from both parties, and Trump’s own Attorney General have dismissed his baseless attempts to deny that he lost the election.”
The Texas suit had been viewed as audacious and legally unsound, given that no one state has the legal right to interfere in another’s voting processes. Even so, it was backed by 106 Republican lawmakers and 17 state attorneys general.
Texas alleged that the results in the other four states were “unconstitutional” for their heavy use of “fraud-prone” mail-in votes during the coronavirus pandemic.
It offered no proof of significant fraud, and did not challenge the use of mailed ballots in states Trump won.
The suit made referenced numerous examples of potential fraud already rejected by lower court.
With all these, Donald Trump lawyer, Rudy Giuliani insisted that the allegations were “sound.”
He told Fox News, “They have to be tested but that’s what the court is for. They can’t just dismiss it like that.”
The White House spokeswoman, Kayleigh McEnany, told Fox that the court “dodged” and “hid behind procedure.”
However, the most eyebrow raising reaction came from the chairman of the Texas Republican Party, slamming the ruling and appeared to suggest the state should secede.
“Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution,” Allen West said in a party statement.
