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Anderson Cooper 360

Supreme Court rejects Texas and Trump's bid to overturn 2020 election

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The Supreme Court rejected a bid from Texas' attorney general, which was supported by President Donald Trump, to block millions of ballots in four battleground states that went in favor of President-elect Joe Biden. Even the justices who Trump placed on the court had no interest in allowing this latest legal bid to continue. CNN Political Correspondent Abby Phillip and CNN Contributor and Former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean discuss. Also, the Attorney General of Michigan, Dana Nessel, tells Anderson, “we will continue to fight as vigorously as possible to ensure that the person who actually won the presidential election is sworn into office on January 20th.” Plus, Dr. Sanjay Gupta weighs in on the latest developments before an emergency use authorization may be approved by the FDA for a coronavirus vaccine. Guests on Friday, December 11, 2020 were Abby Phillip, John Dean, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General, and Dr. Sanjay Gupta. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, good evening.

0:01.6

Thanks for joining us, the outgoing president of the United States called on the Supreme

0:04.5

Court to show courage, but he was actually begging it for help over turning the will of

0:08.8

voters by overturning the election that he so clearly lost.

0:12.1

Well, late today, he got his answer from the Supreme Court.

0:15.6

No.

0:16.6

The court rejecting an ill-conceived lawsuit by the state of Texas and stunningly joined

0:20.9

by 126 House Republicans to overturn all the votes in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania,

0:26.3

and Georgia.

0:27.3

Here's the ruling.

0:28.6

The executive Texas's motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack

0:33.0

of standing under Article 3 of the Constitution.

0:36.2

Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which America, another

0:41.4

state, conducts its elections.

0:43.5

All other pending motions are dismissed as moot.

0:46.6

Now just as Alito, with Justice Thomas joining, added this, quote, in my view, we do not have

0:51.4

discretion to deny the filing of a bill of complaint in the case that falls within our

0:55.8

original jurisdiction.

0:57.4

I would therefore grant the motion to file the bill of complaint, but would not grant

1:01.3

to other relief when I express no view on any other issue.

1:05.5

And so ends the last major legal challenge to the president's election defeat, a defeat

1:09.8

which is by his own calculation of his victory in 2016, a landslide loss.

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