Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn Pennsylvania result
The US Supreme Court has rejected a challenge against President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania. Republicans in the state wanted to overturn certification of the result, but justices rejected the request in a one sentence ruling. It is a blow to President Donald Trump, who has previously suggested without evidence that the election result would be settled in the Supreme Court. Mr Trump lost his bid for re-election last month. Since then he and his supporters have launched dozens of lawsuits questioning the vote results. None have come close to overturning Mr Biden’s victory.
The Democratic candidate defeated Mr Trump by a margin of 306 to 232 votes in the US electoral college, which chooses the US president. Mr Biden won seven million more votes than the president nationwide. Pennsylvania’s Governor Tom Wolf has already certified Mr Biden’s victory in the state. Under the rules of the electoral college, the state’s 20 electors will meet on 14 December to officially cast their votes for the president-elect. Republicans in the state however wanted to overturn Mr Wolf’s certification. The state’s top court had rejected their bid last week, which made them appeal to the US Supreme Court in Washington.(BBC)…[+]