The Supreme Court has rejected a longshot bid by Texas and other Republican-led states to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory in last month's election, dashing President Donald Trump's last-ditch hope that the justices effectively hand him a second term.
In a brief order Friday evening, the justices summarily refused the unusual case Texas filed Monday against four swing states whose voters favored Biden.
"Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections," the court wrote in its unsigned order.
Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas issued a statement saying they would have accepted Texas' case but saying they "would not grant other relief."
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