Trump’s Election Litigation Will Have Lasting Effects
These lawsuits have upended courts’ role in interpreting voting laws.
As most people know by now, the dozens of lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign and Republican supporters aimed at overturning Joe Biden’s win have roundly failed. The public also seems to be gradually accepting the reality that the courts are not going to intervene in this election. Donald Trump himself recently told the Fox News presenter Maria Bartiromo, “The problem is it’s hard to get into the Supreme Court.”
But don’t be fooled by the losses. Like much of what Trump touches, election and voting-rights litigation has now been twisted and distorted in ways that could have lasting negative effects.
Historically, courts have usually been asked to intervene in elections in order to the voting tent to include more eligible voters
