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YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed challenge; rules late mail-in ballots can be counted | NEWSNATION

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. Justice Amy Coney Barrett said it doesn’t conflict with federal law, which sets “the Tuesday next after the 1st Monday in November” as the “day for the election.” “The election-day statutes say nothing about ballot receipt, and we cannot add to the words Congress chose,” Barrett wrote. She and Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s three liberal justices in the majority. The court’s four other…

THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Supreme Court Restores Presidential Power to Fire Federal Officials, Overturning 90-Year Deep State Shield.

The Supreme Court has empowered the President to remove independent agency heads, reshaping federal bureaucracy.

The Supreme Court has empowered the President to remove independent agency heads, reshaping federal bureaucracy. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that President Donald J. Trump can fire Federal Trade Commission (FTC) members and, by implication, other federal officials, at will, overturning the Humphrey’s Executor v. United States decision of 1935, which had protected independent agencies for 90 years. Notably, another Monday morning Supreme Court ruling places limits on the President’s power to fire Federal Reserve governors. DETAIL: The FTC case, Trump v. Slaughter, arose after Trump fired two Democrat FTC commissioners, Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, without cause, as their service no longer…Open