US Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed election lawsuit


The United States Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed in support of President Trump seeking annulment of the results of four US state elections. 

The state of Texas filed the lawsuit this week. It said the election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin were not valid. Joe Biden has won all four of these states.

The lawsuit has the backing of 19 state attorney generals and 127 Republicans in Congress. The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the lawsuit, saying “Texas had no legal capacity to sue”.

The court said Texas could have no judicial interest in that election when another state elected them. The ruling is another blow to Trump. 

Earlier, he had said without any evidence that the outcome of the November elections would be decided by the Supreme Court.

The court, earlier, dismissed another lawsuit against Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania. 

Since the election, Trump and his supporters have filed dozens of lawsuits questioning the outcome of the election. But nowhere did Trump come close to Biden for overturning the victory.Democratic candidate Joe Biden defeated Trump 306-232 in the U.S. Electoral College vote. Biden received 7 million more votes than Trump nationwide. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com/