The U.S. Federal Supreme Court on Monday (Jan. 11) formally denied fast-tracking of election challenges filed by Trump and his allies.
According to Newsmax, the Supreme Court issued multiple orders denying Trump and his allies’ requests for expedited review of election results in five contested states. The five states are Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
One of the cases is a lawsuit concerning Michigan. The case was brought by attorney Sidney Powell on behalf of Republican electors alleging that “hundreds of thousands of illegal, ineligible, duplicate or purely fictitious votes were illegally counted.
In addition, the Supreme Court refused to fast-track a lawsuit filed by Trump and his campaign against Wisconsin, as well as a Pennsylvania case filed by Trump.
The Supreme Court issued its decision to deny a speedy trial without comment. The decision is not surprising. The Supreme Court justices also did not take any action on the election fraud case before Congress convened in a joint session last week and certified Biden’s victory.
Newsmax said the Supreme Court could still act on appeals related to the Nov. 3, 2020, election later this winter or in the spring. Several justices had expressed concern about a Pennsylvania case involving the state Supreme Court’s decision to extend the deadline for receiving mail-in ballots by three days over the objections of the Republican-controlled state legislature.
But even if the court were to take up the election-related case, it probably would not hear arguments until the fall.
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