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Trump Warns Supreme Court Against Appointing Biden President in Possible Election Dispute

© REUTERS / TOM BRENNERU.S. President Donald Trump waves after voting in the 2020 presidential election at the Palm Beach County Library in West Palm Beach, U.S., October 24, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
U.S. President Donald Trump waves after voting in the 2020 presidential election at the Palm Beach County Library in West Palm Beach, U.S., October 24, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - Sputnik International
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The result of this year's US presidential election could be delayed for weeks and even disputed in the Supreme Court as tens of millions of voters cast their ballots by mail. Democratic candidate Joe Biden has refused to rule out increasing the size of the court so he can pack it with liberal justices.

US President Donald Trump has warned Supreme Court justices against ruling favour of Democratic candidate Joe Biden if next week's election is disputed.

In a tweet in the small hours of Friday morning, Trump warned the nine sitting justices - including the newly-appointed Amy Coney Barrett - that Biden would increase the size of the bench and pack the court with "radical left" appointees if he becomes president.

He also claimed Biden would end the life tenure of Supreme Court justices and introduce rotating membership.

​Biden has repeatedly refused to rule out packing the court, even telling one journalist in Nevada that voters "don't deserve" to know his stance.

Whoever wins this year's election, it looks likely that the result will not be known for up to a fortnight after the November 3 polling day.

Tens millions of votes are set to be cast by post in this election amid the coronavirus pandemic, and there have been reports of ballots sent to the wrong addresses in several states and even being destroyed by partisan mailmen. A dispute could arise where one candidate wins based on votes cast at polling stations, but loses once mail-in ballots - which can be counted even if they arrive after November 3 - are counted.

Coney Barrett's appointment was approved by the Republican-majority Senate on Monday, despite an bid by enraged Democrats to render the upper house inquorate by boycotting the vote. Conservatives now hold a 6-3 majority over liberals on the powerful court, which has been used over the years to legislate on abortion rights and same sex marriage rather than rule solely on constitutional matters. 

Pallets of voting ballots are ready for mailing to the United States Postal Service as they are displayed to the media at the Orange County Registrar of Voters, before a news conference on Orange County's comprehensive plans to safeguard the election and provide transparency in Santa Ana, Calif., Monday, Oct. 5, 2020 - Sputnik International
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Her nomination by Trump followed the death of long-serving liberal justice Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, who had refused to step down and be replaced during Barack Obama's admistration despite her advanced age and failing health.

Later on Friday morning Trump again tweeted out the Supreme Court issue among other planks of of his re-election platform. 

 

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