Legal hopes are dwindling for Donald Trump. The Supreme Court of the United States inflicted, Friday, December 11, a new setback on the outgoing president, by refusing to take up an appeal formulated by the authorities of Texas which aimed to annul his defeat in the presidential election of November 3.
The nine wise men, including three appointed by the Republican president, ruled in a short decision that Texas was not entitled to interfere in the organization of elections in other states. While the main voters must meet on Monday to register their votes, Donald Trump still refuses to concede his defeat to Democrat Joe Biden and assures that the election was his “Stolen”.
For lack of tangible evidence to support his accusations of “Massive fraud”, the fifty or so complaints filed by its allies across the United States have all – with one exception – been dismissed by the courts or dropped.
After these failures, and a first setback before the Supreme Court, the Texan authorities filed an appeal on Tuesday that appeared to be a last-chance operation. They demanded the annulment of the results in four key states won by Joe Biden – Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin – on the grounds that, according to them, local authorities had violated election laws by extending the use of postal voting.
“A press release disguised as a complaint”
Donald Trump had described the case as ” very solid “ and had intervened in a personal capacity in the proceedings. More than 120 elected Republican Congressmen had formally associated themselves with the process, however much criticized by legal experts.
“It’s a press release disguised as a complaint”, estimated Professor Rick Hasen on his Election blog site. “We have a new candidate in the category “craziest election complaint” “, added his Texas colleague Steve Vladeck on Twitter.
For the first time in its history, the very serious Scotusblog, which covers news from the Supreme Court, called on its judges to “Annihilate” the Texas complaint. “This is not a serious complaint or a legitimate posture”, estimated its co-founder Tim Goldstein.
Donald Trump had, however, put pressure on the magistrates. “They must show great courage and great wisdom. Save the USA ”, he tweeted on Friday. The president, who radically changed the temple of American law, declared the day after the poll that he was going to seize it. He was probably hoping for a replay of the 2000 scenario when the Supreme Court interrupted a recount in Florida, offering the presidential election to George W. Bush.
