Barrett will strengthen the-3–3 majority in the high court and participate in court proceedings on petitions that would give potential Republican legislators an additional ally as judges review various requests.
Trump’s lawyers told the lower courts that the subpoena was overstated and issued in bad faith, but the courts once again rejected those arguments.
An appeals court ruled earlier this month that “there is nothing to say that this is anything, especially anything other than documents relating to a judicial investigation of funding in a potential financial or corporate misconduct case.”
Trump’s personal lawyers then withdrew the case to the Supreme Court, urging the judges to stay the lower court’s ruling while the judges considered considering an appeal.
If the judges reject the request, the subpoena may proceed, however, the documents will be protected from public release due to the rules of junior secrecy.
Pennsylvania Ballet Extension
Republicans in Pennsylvania on Friday asked the Supreme Court to block a ballot receipt extension that would allow them to count if they received it within three days of election day – even if they did not have a legible postmark.
G.O.P. Now the judges are asked to proceed with the case formally, put it on a speedy schedule and decide on the issue before election day.
Republican attorneys argued in the filing that “because the election is imminent, these questions must be answered immediately. Absent expeditious action by this court, the applicant’s right of appeal – as well as the court’s right to this case – may be lost.”
Former Acting Solicitor General Donald Verrell is representing the Democrats and urging judges to allow the Republican Party’s “extraordinary and unreasonable request for campaigning” and Pennsylvania to “hold federal elections under current rules.”
Wisconsin Ballet Count and Requests
Three Wisconsin petitions before the court concern Democrats who are asking judges to allow the ballots to be counted six days after the election and whether the state’s Covid-1119 can secure replacement mail-in ballots by email to sensitive voters and others.
The Federal Court of Appeals ruled earlier this month in favor of Republicans, saying the ballots could only be counted if they were counted from election day.
Asking the Supreme Court for relief, Democrats’ lawyers argued that “confidence in the Wisconsin election process would be shattered if thousands of valid, timely cast absent ballots were not counted, as they arrived two to three days after the election. And other factors beyond the control of the electorate. ”
But Republican-led state legislators said state laws were “very liberal” and “in its vast right to change or retain election rules to address Covid-19.”
Extension of the North Carolina Ballet Count
Republicans in North Carolina are asking the Supreme Court to block a nine-day extension of their count if votes are obtained by election day and to reinstate the three-day extension established by the legislature last June.
The Federal Court of Appeals approved a nine-day extension by the State Board of Elections amid epidemics, as part of a legal settlement.
“This extension makes it easier for more people to be absent in the midst of a global epidemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans,” the appeals court ruled.
Republicans challenged the State Board’s action, arguing that it had tried to “rewrite the Electoral Code” and stripped the General Assembly of its power, which only allowed a three-day extension. In court summary, Republican attorneys said the state board’s decision harms voters’ equal protection rights, and it already creates confusion and chaos among voters.
Minnesota congressional election date
In a filing Monday, Republican Tyler Kistner’s lawyers argued that the court should stay the preliminary order issued by a lower court re-establishing the November election for his race, saying that if the election takes place next week, voters and Kistner will be “overwhelmed and overwhelmed.” It will hurt not to. ”
“By changing the rules in the middle of the election and subjecting voters to different rules based on when they voted, the prohibition order violates basic equal-protection principles and seriously injures the affected voters and the public interest,” lawyers said. Wrote.
Democratic rep in the Kistner race. Angie is challenging Craig.
Mississippi abortion case
“This case has been an ideal vehicle for resolving both that question and the first question presented on an immediate basis – a contradiction in this court’s decision to use ‘viability’ as a bright line to measure pro-life law,” Fitch wrote.
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