The court's 5-3 ruling means that absentee ballots will be counted only if they are in the hands of municipal clerks by the time polls close on Nov. 3.
The justices determined the courts shouldn't be the ones to decide the election rules amid the coronavirus pandemic that is surging in Wisconsin and across the world.
"The Constitution provides that state legislatures — not federal judges, not state judges, not state governors, not other state officials — bear primary responsibility for setting election rules," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a concurring opinion.
Doomers BTFO - does anyone really think the Supreme Court is going to say "yeah okay, we'll let blatantly unconstitutional acts slide this time but don't do it next time, m'kay"?
I read that in Mr. Mackey’s voice
Correct. It will be a true test of character and loyalty for all of the Supreme Court Justices. The question will be whether their paramount loyalty is to the Constitution or is to themselves. Do they fear backlash or civil unrest for the sake of upholding their oaths or will they completely rip up the constitution for a temporary and uneasy peace?