Friday Dec 11, 2020 at 12:01 AM Dec 11, 2020 at 11:32 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden s election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and federal judges before the nation s highest court and subvert the will of voters.
Trump bemoaned the decision late Friday, tweeting: The Supreme Court really let us down. No Wisdom, No Courage!
The high court s order was a stark repudiation of a legal claim that was widely regarded as dubious, yet embraced by the president, 19 Republican state attorneys general and 126 House Republicans.
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IT’S THE LEAST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Oh, you thought last week was crazy? Well get ready, because this week which is likely the end of the 116th Congress is about to be even more chaotic.
The 126 GOP House Reps Who Tried to Overthrow Democracy Must Not Be Seated
A woman tapes a sign demanding Trump s concession sign to the side of her car during a Protect Our Vote car caravan in El Paso, Texas, on November 7, 2020.
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Merriam-Webster defines the word “treason” as “the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance.” There are 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives who did just that in broad daylight last week.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s absurd attempt to overthrow the 2020 elections was flatly rejected on Friday night by the Supreme Court. Coming hard after that court’s equally unequivocal dismissal of a Pennsylvania case seeking similar ends, you’d think this legal sideshow is over now, right? Nah.
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