Supreme court Protects Voting Rights? NAH.

In a typically boot-licking decision from our Trump toadies in the highest judicial body in the United States, the Supreme Court has neither approved nor disapproved of Trump’s executive order placing deep restrictions on mail-in voting. Instead of issuing a clear ruling on the constitutionality of the order, our cowardly judges simply said in effect, “no damage has been done YET. No damage, no problem.”

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a blistering dissent to the decision, noting that the court “declines to explain when, exactly, is the right time to bring a meritorious election-rule claim challenging unconstitutional interference with electoral processes.” She described the effects of the executive order, if implemented, as “a Kafkaesque nightmare [that] needlessly injects chaos and uncertainty into the upcoming midterm elections.”

Today a group of 25 Democratic attorneys general filed a second suit challenging Trump’s vote by mail executive order. The new lawsuit names the US Postal Service as defendant, saying that the USPS has no authority to decide who can and cannot vote by mail. This lawsuit comes in response to a rule just issued by the US Postal Service that forbids the Postal Service from sending mail ballots in any state that does not comply with Trump’s order.

So...what does this ugly legal morass mean for us as we approach Election Day? Well, first of all we must reiterate: DO NOT MAIL YOUR BALLOT! Use the official drop box or hand deliver your ballot to the Bureau County Courthouse. Next, join us on September 26 for a Vote Your Values rally – more info coming in a few days, so stay tuned!