Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear Trump lawsuit appeal

President Donald Trump lodged yet more legal appeals against his election loss on Friday (Patrick Semansky/AP)

The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear arguments over the weekend on President Donald Trump’s state lawsuit seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots and overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state.

The court’s decision to take the case, and to hear arguments on Saturday, came hours after a lower court judge ruled against Mr Trump and said there was nothing illegal about the election or subsequent recount in the state’s two largest counties.