Stefani Reynolds
AFP
President Trump’s hopes of contesting the result of the 2020 election in the Supreme Court have been dashed for the second time this week. On Friday the Court
ruled against a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton which called for
election results to be overturned in four key states.
Although Paxton’s only real area of jurisdiction is the state of Texas, the
Trump loyalist was attempting to contest the results in four other states:
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia. President-elect Joe Biden
won all four of these battleground states.
In recent days a total of 127 Republican lawmakers had publically gave their support to the lawsuit, including several
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