Former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade tells MS NOW's Jonathan Capehart that the Trump administration's Catch-Me-If-You-Can strategy is taking advantage of the court's deliberate pace and allowing the administration to push policies forward before judges can intervene. McQuade also warns that Donald Trump's new mail ballot requirements could create chaos ahead of the midterm elections.
The Supreme Court on Monday said that President Donald Trump could begin carrying out parts of an executive order intended to restrict mail voting, but additional legal challenges could hinder implementation of his plan before the November midterm election. CNN’s Kristen Holmes reports.
The Supreme Court’s emergency docket has flared up in the thick of the justices’ summer recess. President Trump is urging the justices to revive his mail ballot restrictions and allow White House ballroom construction to resume. It again puts the high court in the hot seat after its string of key rulings on other aspects of [...]
State of the Union: The court ruled in favor of the Trump administration in only one of the three decisions Monday. The post Supreme Court Curbs Presidential Power in Major Rulings appeared first on The American Conservative .
The Supreme Court issued rulings Monday morning in three high-profile cases as it approaches the end of its current term, siding against the Trump administration in two of the decisions. The court ruled 5–4 in Watson v. Republican National Committee that Mississippi’s grace period for mail-in ballots postmarked by election day but received within five days afterwards will be allowed to stand through at least the midterm elections. The Trump administration had challenged the law, passed by Mississippi’s GOP-controlled legislature. The court found that the Constitution places election regulations in the hands of states rather than the federal government. It also blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to remove Federal…Open
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 that states can accept mail ballots after polls close in federal races, rejecting the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) push to defeat the practice. More than a dozen states deem mail ballots that arrive after Election Day valid, so long as they were postmarked by then. Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5943129-supreme-court-mail-ballots-election-day-rnc/ #SupremeCourt #mailinvoting #Voting #Elections #Trump #Court #LisaCook
Postmaster General David Steiner told senators Wednesday that the U.S. Postal Service would stop delivering mail ballots in states that refuse to provide voter registration […] Source
In California, officials count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day if they are postmarked on time.
'Plaintiffs may, of course, renew their motions'
President Trump’s executive order, which has been challenged as unconstitutional, would limit the Postal Service to sending only the ballots of voters deemed eligible.
The plaintiffs in both cases argue that the president’s order violates the Constitution, which directly gives states and Congress the power to regulate federal elections and voter rolls.