Washington
The US Supreme Court has quashed President Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to keep the White House by rejecting a lawsuit that sought to undo the results of the Nov 3 elections.
“The […] motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution,” the court wrote in a decision announced on Friday evening. “All other pending motions are dismissed as moot.”
The decision almost ensured that Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden will take oath as the 46th US president on the inauguration day, Jan 20.
Filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the lawsuit sought to invalidate 10 million votes in four battleground states — Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin — that President Trump lost. Seventeen of the 50 US states and 120 Republican lawmakers were also backing this move.
“Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognisable interest in the way another State conducts its elections,” the Supreme Court wrote, adding that it was denying the complaint for “lack of standing”.Agencies
