The Supreme Court of the United States inflicted Friday, December 11 a new snub on Donald Trump, by refusing to take up an appeal formulated by the authorities of Texas which aimed to cancel his defeat in the presidential election.

Its nine wise men, including three appointed by the Republican president, ruled in a short decision that Texas was not entitled to interfere in the organization of elections in other states.

While the main voters must meet Monday to register their votes, Donald Trump still refuses to concede defeat to Democrat Joe Biden and assures that the election was "stolen" from him.

The "firm and rapid" rejection of the appeal "is not a surprise," responded a spokesman for Joe Biden, denouncing "baseless attempts" on the part of the Republican billionaire's camp and "attacks on the process democratic". 

For lack of tangible evidence to back up accusations of "massive fraud", the fifty or so complaints filed by Donald Trump's allies across the United States have all - with one exception - been dismissed by the courts or dropped.

Last chance operation

After these failures, and a first setback before the Supreme Court, the Texan authorities filed an appeal on Tuesday which appeared to be a last-ditch operation.

They demanded the annulment of the results in four key states won by Joe Biden - Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin - on the grounds that, according to them, local authorities had violated election laws by expanding the use of postal voting.

Donald Trump had described the case as "very solid" and had intervened in a personal capacity in the proceedings.

More than 120 elected Republican Congressmen had formally associated themselves with the process, however much criticized by legal experts.

Donald Trump had, however, put pressure on the magistrates.

"They must show great courage and great wisdom. Save the USA," he tweeted on Friday.

The president, who radically changed the temple of American law, declared the day after the poll that he was going to seize it.

He was probably hoping for a reissue of the 2000 scenario when the Supreme Court interrupted a recount in Florida, offering the presidential election to George W. Bush.

With AFP

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