supreme court of the united states
The court rejected pleas for quick consideration of cases involving the outcome in five states won by Joe Biden: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Democrats are hopeful they can make some major policy gains with Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the Senate and Joe Biden in the White House.
David Frederick is a seasoned litigator with progressive victories under his belt, but some advocates say his work for Royal Dutch Shell should disqualify him.
A post on Aaron Hoffman's Parler account suggested that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' life "needs to be shortened."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Thanks to Mitch McConnell, Trump has put more than 230 people into lifetime federal court seats. Most are white, male, right-wing ideologues.
The new case is at least the fourth involving Pennsylvania that Trump’s campaign or Republican allies have taken to the Supreme Court.
The decision is not a final ruling on the legality of Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census.
The electors’ votes have drawn more attention than usual this year because President Donald Trump continues to make baseless allegations of fraud.
Tensions rose after dark as scores of pro-Trump “Proud Boys” protesters and “Antifa” counterprotesters faced off, separated by police in riot gear and on bicycles.
The president's election attacks have frozen many Republicans, some refusing to plainly state Biden won and Trump lost.