Election Law Supreme Court

Republican state officials in texas sued michigan georgia wisconsin and pennsylvania in the u s.

Election law supreme court. It was a long shot attempt by president trump s allies to overturn president elect biden s victory. Election law experts say lone star state s dangerous stunt has no chance of success at supreme court. Supreme court ruled that states can legally penalize or replace faithless electors those who do not vote according to the popular vote of their state.

Supreme court to invalidate presidential election results in pennsylvania georgia wisconsin and michigan. In july of this year the u s. Mike kelly r pa and others contend.

The supreme court of the united states handed down an opinion in the faithless elector cases on monday which will maintain status quo on all things electoral college for the foreseeable future. The state of texas is trying to sue the states of pennsylvania georgia michigan and wisconsin in the u s. Thirty two states and the district of columbia require electors to vote for the candidate selected by the popular vote.

Supreme court on tuesday in a long shot bid to challenge president elect joe biden s victory an. Thus the text of the election law itself. Supreme court justices brett kavanaugh neil gorsuch and elena kagan attend the presidential medal of freedom ceremony at the white house in washington dc on november 16 2018.

The supreme court s breathtakingly radical new approach to election law the justices won t end up deciding the 2020 presidential race but they have set the stage for a massive rollback. The supreme court held 7 2 that upon due consideration of the difficulties identified to this point. Texas republican attorney general ken paxton on tuesday filed a lawsuit in the u s.