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Some of the mayhem that will follow Donald Trump losing the presidential election is already known. America exited the Paris climate agreement. The coronavirus pandemic that has already claimed almost a quarter of a million lives in America will worsen. Trump has hinted he will attempt to fire Dr Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert in infectious diseases. But Trump’s defeat also sets the clock ticking on the remaining weeks that some analysts believe could be the most dangerous period in American history, the time before the 20 January inauguration of Joe Biden during which a vengeful president can...

Liberal justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court grilled an attorney for President Donald Trump’s campaign during oral arguments on December 12, with one calling the president’s lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s election results racist and “un-American.” If there was any doubt, the case highlighted fierce opposition to Trump’s arguments by some members of the court, which has already ruled 4-3 to reject two other lawsuits filed by allies of the president. Trump’s lawsuit aims to throw out more than 220,000 ballots cast in Dane and Milwaukee Counties, both Democratic strongholds that helped propel President-elect Joe Biden to his...

Unable to dictate election results with their gerrymandering voter maps in November, Wisconsin Republicans called for changes to election laws and made broad allegations of fraud and misconduct without offering any proof. About two hours into a joint legislative hearing on December 11, state Rep. Mark Spreitzer, D-Beloit, said he had enough of the “sham” gathering called by Republican lawmakers to investigate the November 3 election. “Maybe that will speed things up a bit,” joked Rep. Ron Tusler, R-Harrison, who oversaw the daylong hearing before two legislative elections committees. The terse exchange was repeated several times until all five...

Knowing he would probably face fierce criticism, Rohn Bishop raised a dissenting voice while some of his fellow conservatives argued in favor of invalidating votes in Wisconsin. In a November 21 post on Twitter, Bishop said he had spent the past decade refuting claims that state Republicans were “trying to disenfranchise people” with voter ID and signature laws. But the campaign of President Donald Trump had gone too far, he said, in legal challenges aimed at tossing out votes during the recounts in mostly liberal Dane and Milwaukee counties. The counting was completed Sunday, adding 87 votes to Joe...

The judge hearing President Donald Trump’s federal lawsuit seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s November election said on December 10 that such a move would be without precedent in U.S. history. The comments were the latest example of a skeptical tone struck by U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig, who is being asked to reverse President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Wisconsin. Trump’s lawyers are asking Ludgwig to declare Wisconsin’s entire presidential election unconstitutional, leaving it to Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled Legislature to choose the state’s presidential electors. “The relief that’s been requested, if that relief were granted, this would be a most remarkable proceeding...