The White House is preparing to backstop any lawsuits tied to the election with a 6-3 majority in the country's highest court.
President Trump, who has spent the past several months baselessly arguing that Democrats might try to steal the November election from him, now says that the Senate must quickly confirm a new Supreme Court justice to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg in case the court has to rule on the outcome.
"An equally divided court, 4-4, can't decide anything," Cruz told George Stephanopoulos."That could make this presidential election drag on weeks and months and well into next year. That is an intolerable situation for the county. We need a full-court on Election Day given the very high likelihood that we're going to see litigation that goes to the court. We need a Supreme Court that can give a definitive answer for the county.
In August, Trump told Fox Business that he was withholding funding for the U.S. Postal Service in order to limit their abilities to handle ballots. With Democrats more likely to vote by mail, it’s possible that, in some key swing states, Trump will have an Election Night that evaporates once mail-in ballots are counted in the days that follow. Democrats are worried that, in this scenario, Trump will claim victory on the night of the election and then refuse to concede when mail-in ballots give Joe Biden the lead.
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