The Supreme Court has just rejected a longshot bid by the state of Texas to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s election win in four battleground states, delivering a devastating blow to President Trump’s last-ditch hope that the justices effectively hand him a second term.
The Texas lawsuit had been backed by Trump, as well as 18 GOP state attorneys general and 126 House Republicans. In a brief one-page order Friday evening, the justices summarily refused the unusual case Texas filed Monday against four swing states whose voters favored Biden. “Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections,” the court wrote in its unsigned order. “All other pending motions are