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Republican support for the lawsuit and its call to throw out millions of votes in four battleground states based on baseless claims of fraud was an extraordinary display of the party’s willingness to subvert the will of voters. The House members backing the suit included House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy of California and Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana.
“This lawsuit is an act of flailing GOP desperation, which violates the principles enshrined in our American Democracy,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote in a message to Democrats on Friday.
U S Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit challenging Biden election
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High court rejects election suit
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Although most legal scholars agree that a self-pardon would not be valid, it is not a settled question, and no court has ruled on the issue. Trump had called the lawsuit filed by Texas against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin ``the big one that would end with the Supreme Court undoing Biden s substantial Electoral College majority and allowing Trump to serve another four years in the White House. But the nation s highest court emphatically disagreed. In a brief order, the court said Texas does not have the legal right to sue those states because it “has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections.
U S Supreme Court rejects Republican attack on Biden victory
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