By Denny Gulino
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – After Friday night’s Supreme Court rejection of the Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn swing-state votes, President-Elect Joe Biden can look forward to Electoral College certification of his victory on Monday.
The 7-2 decision found Texas could not ask the high court to judge its arguments because of the state’s “lack of standing.”
“Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its election s. All other pending motions are dismissed as moot,” the one-page statement said.
President Trump tweeted a video observing the other big news on Friday night, the FDA’s grant of the emergency use authorization that, pending CDC guidance to the states on administration, clears the way for vaccinations to begin in the days ahead. But he had not reacted to the high court’s rejection more than four hours later.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito did not join the majority, reiterating their long-held belief that the Supreme Court can be the court of original jurisdiction in cases pitting one state against others.
Trump, having failed in court challenges and with appeals to state legislatures so far, will apparently encourage some Republican members of the House to object to electors voting in favor of Biden when they are called upon to certify those votes January 6. That triggers House votes that are expected to quickly dispose of the objections. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has yet to hear a challenge. Several dozen other challenges have nearly all been unsuccessful.
The president did not stop by a White House holiday party Friday night, having appeared at several previous such gatherings during which he has commented on his campaign to overturn the presidential election.
While Trump did not immediately react to the high court’s move, his lawyer Rudy Giiuliani, fresh out of his hospital treatment for Covid-19, did appear on Fox News via video to say the decision “was a great disappointment.”
“I think they are evading their responsibility,” he added. The Court’s statement, is going to leave a “terrible division” in the country.
One of the 126 Republican members of the House who joined with the Texas state challenge, as did 17 state attorneys general, spoke to CNN, according to the anchor, the only one who would immediately go on camera. California Rep. Doug LaMalfa said that if Biden is sworn in to office Jan. 20, then maybe at that point he’ll accept him as president.
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