The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied expedited review of President Donald Trump’s challenges of the election results in Wisconsin and a handful of other battleground states, meaning it’s highly unlikely the high court would consider any of the cases before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated Jan. 20.
In unsigned orders, the court denied expedited review in state and federal election cases challenging Biden’s victory in Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan. By denying expedited review, the cases likely won’t be heard until the end of the month at the earliest.
In Wisconsin, Trump had appealed to the high court his losses in both the Wisconsin Supreme Court and in federal district court, where he had asked for the election results to be thrown out and have the Republican-controlled Legislature appoint the state’s 10 presidential electors instead.
A federal judge and the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals also rejected Trump’s legal challenge.
Wisconsin’s 10 presidential electors cast their votes for Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Dec. 14, and those electoral votes were accepted by Congress in the early morning of Jan. 7, hours after a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied expedited review of President Donald Trump’s challenges of the election results in Wisconsin and a handful of other battleground states, meaning it’s highly unlikely the high court would consider any of the cases before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated Jan. 20.
In unsigned orders, the court denied expedited review in state and federal election cases challenging Biden’s victory in Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan. By denying expedited review, the cases likely won’t be heard until the end of the month at the earliest.
In Wisconsin, Trump had appealed to the high court his losses in both the Wisconsin Supreme Court and in federal district court, where he had asked for the election results to be thrown out and have the Republican-controlled Legislature appoint the state’s 10 presidential electors instead.
A federal judge and the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals also rejected Trump’s legal challenge.
Wisconsin’s 10 presidential electors cast their votes for Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Dec. 14, and those electoral votes were accepted by Congress in the early morning of Jan. 7, hours after a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol.