TEXAS SUPREME COURT: We take no position on whether it is “good” to let people vote by mail during a deadly pandemic, or whether we should force people to choose between protecting their health and participating in democracy. That said, the law COMPELS us to force people to choo

All is these conservative COVID-19 court decisions from Republican judges are the same: There’s a brief concession in which they admit their decisions *will absolutely harm people*, followed by an elaborate display of feigned helplessness over the outcome. https://www.wicourts.gov/news/docs/2020AP608_2.pdf

“If only someone, maybe a ‘supreme’ court of some kind, had the power to help prevent people from getting sick because they had to vote in person. Alas, our hands are tied, in a manner that just so happens to align with the policy preferences of the GOP.” https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19a1016_o759.pdf

These Republican courts are not “interpreting the law,” or calling “balls and strikes.” They‘re using the pandemic to advance conservative ideology and promote GOP politics. If the pandemic weren’t happening, they’d find another way to do the same thing. https://theappeal.org/conservative-judges-wisconsin-texas-coronavirus/