With just over a week before Inauguration Day, the Supreme Court on Jan. 11 threw out a batch of requests by President Donald Trump’s campaign and Trump supporters for expedited consideration of legal challenges to election results in multiple states.
The actions came after Congress voted on Jan. 7 to reject objections by senators and representatives challenging Electoral College votes from disputed states won narrowly by the Democratic Party ticket of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Republican lawmakers’ support for the objections collapsed after multiple individuals bearing Trump campaign flags and paraphernalia ran amok in the U.S. Capitol building while lawmakers were attempting to certify the results of the Nov. 3 election, delaying the process several hours.
