DECRYPTION – In 2020, the highest court, seized by Donald Trump, refrained from intervening in the electoral dispute. But the nine judges, six of whom are classified as conservative, could have to rule this time. What worries the Democrats.
Special envoy to Washington
Four years ago, the United States Supreme Court refused to consider appeals filed by Donald Trump in the hope that they would help him subvert the outcome of the election. A few days before Joe Biden’s inauguration, the highest court in the country had swept aside several requests aimed at overturning his victory in Arizona, Georgia, as well as Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Already at the time, six of the nine judges who made it up were identified as conservatives, three of whom had just been appointed by the Republican president. Despite this, they refused to put the prestige of their institution at stake for a cause that they considered poorly supported.
This year again, the Court could find itself at the heart of post-election disputes. Nearly 200 appeals have already been initiated in around forty states, most often at the initiative of the Republican camp, against the conditions of organization of the vote…
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