The high court also dismissed other claims related to the election lawsuit as moot, reported USA Today.
(Photo : Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images) Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump wave Trump flags outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on December 11, 2020 in Washington, DC.
The suit challenges the election results in the states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
According to Breitbart, it argued that the states made illegal changes to their voting rules. These changes were made through the courts instead of the states legislatures, violating the election laws, the suit claimed.
Apart from the support expressed by 17 other states, the lawsuit was also backed by over 120 House Republicans.
(Photo : Ken Cedeno-Pool/Getty Images) U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) questions former FBI Director James Comey, who was appearing remotely, at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 30, 2020 in Washington, DC.
Senator Ted Cruz said he was disappointed that the Supreme Court dismissed the GOP s Pennsylvania challenge of the election results.
The Pennsylvania case could have blocked the certification of the state s election results on the ground that mail-in voting expansion in the state was illegal, reported Daily Wire. I m disappointed the Court decided not to hear the case challenging the election results in PA, Cruz tweeted.
Seventeen states filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court supporting the Texas election lawsuit on Wednesday.
The Texas election lawsuit aimed to delay the appointment of presidential electors in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin over allegations of violation to voting laws.
Texas filed the lawsuit on Monday, arguing that the said states were in violation of the Electors Clause of the Constitution since they changed the rules through the courts or executive actions but not the state legislatures, reported Breitbart.
According to Fox News, the election lawsuit was supported by Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia and they were led by Missouri.