2020-12-12 | SCOTUS rejects Texas lawsuit to toss Biden electors
'The US Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to President-elect Joe Biden’s election wins in four crucial swing states — leaving President Trump virtually out of legal options ahead of Monday’s meeting of the Electoral College. '
'Biden is set to receive 306 Electoral College votes on Monday, far more than the 270 needed to win and the same number that Trump scored in 2016. '
'Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) announced plans to challenge the tally when Congress convenes on Jan. 6 to count the Electoral College votes and certify the winner. '
'Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, filed the motion Tuesday in a bid to sue the states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan in Wisconsin, which Trump won in 2016 but which flipped for Biden last month. '
'Republican attorneys general in 17 other states sought to join the case, as did President Trump and 126 GOP members of the House of Representatives, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.). '
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