On July 30, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the order of the U.S. District Court in Idaho that had given ballot access relief to statewide initiatives. Little v Reclaim Idaho, 20A18.
The vote required at least five votes. Oddly, only four justices signed the opinion: Justices Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh.
The dissent is signed by two justices, Sotomayor and Ginsburg. It is not known how Justices Thomas, Kagan, and Breyer voted.
This is the first time the U.S. Supreme Court has taken any action relating to ballot access during the health crisis. Here is the document.
More SCOTUS hack brain dead comments.
REAL legislative body legislation vs Exec/judic legislation.
1 amdt = ZERO to do with ballot access — candidates or issues.
see book – Sources of our Liberties 1959 — before SCOTUS lunacy in 1960s.
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How many Covid 19 cases lurking in the lower courts ???
I may be wrong, but I would read this as a 7-2 decision. If the Court issues an order, then unless a justice dissents, the justice is acquiescing to that outcome. The Chief Justice’s concurrence is just the opinion of him and the three others who joined him. As I understand it, the words of the Court are just those in that first paragraph.
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Amy Howe, an expert on the US Supreme Court, writes here that we can’t know if it was 7-2, or 6-3, or 5-4.
https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/07/court-reinstates-idaho-ballot-initiative-rules/#more-295541
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typical SCOTUS hacks vote since 1968 ballot access cases.
https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/07/court-reinstates-idaho-ballot-initiative-rules/
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