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The case had been brought directly to the court by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who challenged the constitutionality of election laws in four states—Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—on the grounds that those states had changed election procedures without the consent of their respective state legislatures. Paxton asked the Supreme Court to postpone the scheduled December 14 meeting of the Electoral College to allow for more time to investigate possible voter fraud in those states.
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In a one-page statement, the Supreme Court said the Texas v. Pennsylvania lawsuit lacked standing. With Friday's ruling and the Electoral College's official vote looming on Monday, the result of this year's presidential election is clear. Joe Biden is the president-elect.
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Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas wrote that they did not believe the court had the authority to reject a case brought under original jurisdiction—that is, under the provision in Article III of the U.S. Constitution that allows the Supreme Court to directly take-up cases where one state is suing another—and that therefore the case should be heard by the court. But they agreed with the other seven justices, including all three Trump-appointed justices, that no immediate relief should be granted.