Update (2005ET): Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis attempted to minimize the significance of the Supreme Court order, saying the underlying appeal by the Kelly and the other lawmakers was still pending.
“The Supreme Court only denied emergency injunctive relief,” she tweeted.
However, George Washington University Law Professor and Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley said Tuesday that President Trump and his Republican allies are "running out of runway".
"And at this point, to really make a difference, he would have to land a jumbo jet on a postage stamp. I mean, he does not have a lot of runway left. This was considered his strongest case for the Supreme Court and the court system has proven that it is independent in reviewing these claims."
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Update (1705ET):Louisiana just joined Texas in the SCOTUS Motion against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin on the grounds that various changes to their voting rules or procedures - either through the courts or via executive actions - violated the Electors Clause of the Constitution because they did not go through the legislatures:
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