Supreme Court Stay State Election Law, Elections Delayed By Coronavirus

The trends in both categories of cases are clear but the reasons are murky.

Presidential election gambling odds. Since april the us. Posted on october 28 2020 comments off on opinion the supreme court should stay out of state election law just as they did in the infamous bush v. The application for stay presented to the chief justice and by him referred to the court is granted in part and the district.

Gore concurrence claiming that the supreme court should feel free to second guess state court interpretations of state election law whenever presidential elections are at issue. Gore has already been squarely rejected by a landmark 2015 case arizona legislature v. Joined apr 18 2013 messages 54389 reaction score 38873 gender male political leaning independent.

Judge julianna michelle childs an appointee of president obama granted an injunction for plaintiffs preventing the south carolina election officials from enforcing. Supreme court has handled numerous emergency requests related to covid 19. Gore itself only three justices led by the chief justice at the time william rehnquist claimed that the federal constitution made them the ultimate word on the meaning of state election codes.

Allowing federal courts to muck around with state election laws is dangerous and destabilizing. No supreme court case before 2000 ever tried this maneuver to upend a decision by a state court on state law and in bush v. Email protected opinion the supreme court should stay out of state election law.

Gore litigation in 2000 republican lawyers are trying to get the supreme court to undermine state court rulings protecting voting rights under state law. Late monday afternoon the supreme court issued a stay with regard to an order from a south carolina federal district court judge who rewrote a provision of south carolina election law due to the impact of covid 19. But the supreme courts emergency stay prevents judge childs order from being enforced and does so in terms that make it absolutely clear the state election law on requiring signatures on absentee ballot envelopes will be enforced four weeks from now.

But the supreme courts emergency stay prevents judge childs order from being enforced and does so in terms that make it absolutely clear the state election law on requiring signatures on absentee ballot envelopes will be enforced four weeks from now. Supreme court strikes down rewrite of state election law by district court judge the battle is joined redstate october 05 2020 shipwreckedcrew posted on 10052020 80313 pm pdt by smokingjoe.