The United States’ Electoral College meets tomorrow to formally vote in Joe Biden as the next President.
President-elect Biden is expected to have 306 electoral votes, more than the 270 needed to elect a president, to 232 votes for President Donald Trump.
Mr Biden’s election was assured when the highest court in the US unanimously rejected a lawsuit backed by President Trump to overturn results in four states.
In a brief ruling, all nine Supreme Court justices dismissed the effort to throw out the results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, which President Trump lost.
The lawsuit, filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, had sought to invalidate the election counts in the four states, asking the court to extend the deadline for election certification so alleged voting irregularities could be investigated.
Its dismissal brings to an end attempts to challenge the election result through the courts.
Mr Trump yesterday continued to dispute the election result, tweeting in capital letters that he “won the election in a landslide”. The social media site placed a warning in red letters next to his post, stating the claim was disputed.
But in a brief order, the court ruled Texas does not have the legal right to sue those states.
The four states sued by Texas had urged the court to reject the case as meritless. They were backed by another 22 states and the District of Columbia.
The Supreme Court previously turned away an appeal from Pennsylvania Republicans.
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