BREAKING: USPS fails to meet deadline set by U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan to sweep facilities and immediately deliver remaining mail ballots. As of this week, USPS said there were some 300,000 ballots that lacked a delivery scan
USPS: "There are only one or two Inspectors in any one facility, and thus they do not have the ability to personally scour the entire facility. Indeed, doing so would be impractical (given the size of that facility)...
...and would take them away from their other pressing Election Mail- related responsibilities, as detailed above."
Says inspectors will be in the identified facilities "throughout the evening."
But dozens of states have due dates tonight, after which votes are invalidated
Deadlines are below (note that some dates may have changed due to litigation -- voters should consult with state election officials for up-to-date info)
ICYMI here was Sullivan's order from earlier today
Here are the roughly 300,000 mail-in votes that received a scan indicating they were entered into the mail processing system — but showed no corresponding destination scan that would confirm their delivery. (USPS Data, 11/2)
The @NAACP, one of the groups suing the USPS, says the Postal Service did not comply with J Sullivan's order.
The prevailing take on John Roberts and Roe's overruling seems to be that the Roberts Court has been commandeered by the five justices to his right. But another school of thought is the bench’s rightward shift has been more of a mixed blessing for the politically savvy Roberts
As some court watchers note, Roberts has often hewed to an incremental approach due to concerns over the court’s public perception, not because he necessarily disagrees with the outcome of a case
On some issues, such as voting rights, Roberts has ditched a plodding approach in favor of a maximalist one, as in his 5-4 decision in Shelby County v. Holder that gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act
Justice Thomas participated in at least 10 post-election cases by my count—that's if you include procedural rulings like where the court declined to hear a case🧵
BREAKING: NY Gov. Cuomo apologizes amid sexual harassment accusations:
CUOMO: "I now understand that I acted in a way that made people feel uncomfortable. It was unintentional. And I truly, and deeply apologize for. I feel awful about it. And frankly, I am embarrassed by it."
CUOMO says he won't resign:
"I don't think today's the day for politics. I wasn't elected by politicians, I was elected by the people of the state of New York. I'm not going to resign. I work for the people of the state of New York—they elected me."
CUOMO: "My usual custom is to kiss and to hug and make that gesture. I understand that sensitivities have changed, and behavior has changed. And I get it, and I'm going to learn from it."
⚖️🏦Good morning from the (virtual) Supreme Court. The court will hear arguments at 10am in a major voting rights clash over GOP-backed voting restrictions in Arizona that Dems and civil rights groups say discriminate against racial minorities. Folo this space for live tweets🧵👇
NEW: Statement from Amazon Web Services (AWS) on lawsuit brought by Parler: “There is no merit to these claims. AWS provides technology and services to customers across the political spectrum, and we respect Parler’s right to determine for itself what content it will allow. (1/4)
"However, it is clear that there is significant content on Parler that encourages and incites violence against others, and that Parler is unable or unwilling to promptly identify and remove this content, which is a violation of our terms of service. (2/4)
"We made our concerns known to Parler over a number of weeks and during that time we saw a significant increase in this type of dangerous content, not a decrease, which led to our suspension of their services Sunday evening.” (3/4)