BREAKING: Supreme Court denies review of election cases from Pennsylvania. These cases raised the "independent state legislature" doctrine, saying only legislatures and no one else can change election rules.
Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent.
supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…
Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent.
supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…
It takes four justices to agree to hear a case, so this means that no other justices voted to hear the case. We don't know if anyone recused.
Justice Thomas: "That decision to rewrite the rules seems to have affected too few ballots to change the outcome of any federal election."
At least he agrees that Joe Biden won!
At least he agrees that Joe Biden won!
It's super interesting that Kavanaugh did not vote to grant cert and hear the cases given what he said in the Wisconsin case before the election, in which he invoked this independent state legislature doctrine.
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