Supreme Court hears debate over the judge’s block on Trump’s birthright
The judge heard debate about whether it is okay for judges to universally block President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on June 6 rejected Republicans’ challenge to a Pennsylvania court ruling on interim voting.
During the 2024 election, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said voters should be able to hold provisional votes if they do not envelop absentee ballots with the necessary secret sleeves.
State and National Republicans argued that voters would be given “false exchanges” due to “naked votes” or other mistakes in mail-in voting.
And they said the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision took away the power the Constitution gives to state legislatures to set federal election rules.
In November, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an emergency request to intervene in the GOP emergency request as the votes were being voted on.
The Republican National Committee said the judge should decide the issue now, as they can do so without worrying whether their decision will affect the ongoing election.
The Pennsylvania Democrats retorted that the 2024 ruling by the state Supreme Court was consistent with the text of the state election law and the intentions of legislators who set the rules.
Democrats said there is no good reason for the Supreme Court to consider the everyday interpretation of state law.
Pennsylvania Democrat lawyers bring in sue and sue in “any national law election cases.”
“It’s not a court-raised administration,” they wrote.
This case is the second election law regarding the election law that the court agreed to hear about the upcoming term. They also decide whether GOP lawmakers can challenge Illinois’ decision to count mail-in votes cast but not received by the end of Election Day.
