Thread by @MaxKennerly

This decision is ludicrous, as the dissent explains. The ballot receipt extension arose by consent decree on August 3, 2020. The plaintiffs, two Republicans who will be electors if Trump wins, dithered until September 22, when they filed this lawsuit. /1

https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1321959395253755904

Neither of the plaintiffs have standing. The lawsuit was filed too late, so laches apply. The 8th circuit decision is too late, so Purcell applies. The 8th circuit decision ignored Minnesota law, which specifically authorizes the Secretary of State to abide by court orders. /2

And the majority's interpretation of "legislature" in the Constitution's electors clause (1st pic) is wackadoodle nonsense, as explained by the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th pics, from the dissent.

The federal courts need to be completely overhauled.

/end

Indeed. In a belated lawsuit where the plaintiffs had no standing, the 8th Circuit adopted a brand-new constitutional theory that contradicts over a century of precedent, all so they could make the ballot instructions voters already received erroneous.

https://twitter.com/MarshallCohen/status/1321974243144380416

The Constitution prohibits titles of nobility. Trump called himself the "king of debt." Therefore, he can't be President.

Weeeeeee look at me, I'm a Republican judicial appointee, just doing my duty to fairly interpret the Constitution.