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BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Republicans to block voting accommodations in Wisconsin. The vote is 5-3.
Justices Kagan, Breyer and Sotomayor dissent.
Unlike recent emergency orders, the justices file 35 pages of opinions explaining their positions.
The applications involve a district-court order extending the deadline for the receipt of mail-in ballots by six days. The 7th circuit blocked this remedy on appeal, and now five justices agree the state gets to run the election as it chooses—pandemic or no.
Justice Kagan, joined by Breyer and Sotomayor, dissent passionately.
The dissent quotes Justice Ginsburg's dissent in a similar decision involving the Wisconsin primary from March—at the very moment that Amy Coney Barrett is being confirmed for her seat.
The dissent quotes Justice Ginsburg's dissent in a similar decision involving the Wisconsin primary from March—at the very moment that Amy Coney Barrett is being confirmed for her seat.
There are three other opinions: a very brief concurrence from Chief Justice Roberts (below) and lengthy concurrences from Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh
CJ Roberts's opinion clarifies the diff btw this deadline extension in WI and the extension he voted to permit in PA a week ago today: it's fine for a state court to enforce its state constitutional provision protecting the right to vote, but a federal court cannot meddle.
Here is the order with all the opinions https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tcsRivoH3y4Xsa0iKrwW4AToBHw-yD7r/view?usp=sharing
Justice Gorsuch: federal courts must not succumb to the "temptation" to protect the right to vote
I would like to hear some explanation of how an extended receipt deadline invites confusion and chaos into an election.
Voters had to postmark their ballot by Election Day either way.
The only question is whether late-arriving ballots would be counted or trashed.
Voters had to postmark their ballot by Election Day either way.
The only question is whether late-arriving ballots would be counted or trashed.
