The US District Court for the Southern District of Wisconsin ruled against the Trump Campaign in a lawsuit it brought against the Wisconsin Election Commission, declaring that the state corrected appointed its members to the Electoral College, abiding by state law.
The three-judge panel from the federal court upheld earlier decisions by a district court judge, ruling not only that Trump’s case lacked merit, but it was also filed too late.
“The district court concluded that the President’s challenges lacked merit, as he objected only to the administration of the election, yet the Electors Clause, by its terms, addresses the authority of the State’s Legislature to prescribe the manner of appointing its presidential electors,” the ruling states. “So, too, did the district court conclude that the President’s claims would fail even under a broader, alternative reading of the Electors Clause that extended to a state’s conduct of the presidential election.”
The decision also noted that the federal court was only ruling on the application of the Electors Clause of the US Constitution, not on matters related to state law, which would be the purview of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court.
The Wisconsin State Supreme Court has rejected all legal claims made by the Trump campaign and its allies such as Sidney Powell, an erstwhile member of the Elite Strike Force Team of lawyers advocating for Trump’s campaign.