Joe Biden has won,but can the US President's army of lawyers help him hang onto the White House? And will recounts make a difference?
Donald Trump says he wants vote counting to stop in some states;and he will go to the Supreme Court to make it happen. Can he?
It has been a US presidential election campaign like no other. Here are some key moments that framed the race.
Both sides say they're ready,with thousands of lawyers on standby to march into court to make sure ballots get counted,or excluded.
The election of Biden is necessary. It's hygienic. But it's hardly cause for hope. It will take more than replacing one 70-something-year-old white man with another to bring back the"normalcy"we once knew.
Trump has urged his supporters to bypass early voting options in hopes of making up ground on election day,while repeating unsubstantiated claims that votes not tallied by election day are likely fraudulent.
As the pandemic and US election collide,Americans are living in fear about what will happen post election.
Historians looking back on this US election may see the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the critical turning point. Or they may see a reassertion of people power that even an activist judiciary could not overcome.
Recent appointments to the High Court have avoided the hyper-partisanship of the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court.
Never before in US history has a Supreme Court justice been appointed and confirmed so close to election day.
Senators argued that Pence's presence would not only violate guidelines from the CDC but that it would"be a violation of common decency and courtesy".