
Wisconsin Supreme Court heard on and later dismissed Trump's lawsuit filed to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state.
On Dec 11, 2020, Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments over the weekend on President Donald Trump's state lawsuit seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots. Biden won Wisconsin by about 20,600 votes, a margin of 0.6%. The move came when on the same day, Trump lost the lawsuit filed in the lower court saying there was nothing illegal about the election or subsequent recount in the state's two largest counties Dane and Milwaukee. Trump claimed to have more than 221,000 votes barred in these counties.
The court heard arguments on Dec. 12, where Liberal justices Rebecca Dallet and Jill Karofsky, emphasized that there was no evidence of fraud in Wisconsin’s election.
On Dec 14, 2020, The Wisconsin Supreme court rejected President Donald Trump's election lawsuit with prejudice- meaningTrump cannot refile it in the same court. Trump lost in his bid to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden. In the 4-3 ruling, the court said three of Trump’s four claims were filed too late and the other was without merit. The judge in the case, Brett Ludwig, who was appointed by Trump wrote that Trump “has not proved that defendants violated his rights under the Electors Clause.” “To the contrary, the record shows Wisconsin’s Presidential Electors are being determined in the very manner directed by the Legislature, as required by Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution,” the judge said.
On the same day, the Electoral College conclusively confirmed Joe Biden as the United States' next president, ratifying his November victory and refusing Donald Trump's allegations of voter fraud.
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