Scoop Publisher Francesco Abbruzzino

 

 

If we were searching for a reason for political optimism in 2021, we were delivered another reminder of the degree to which mainstream American conservatives are waking up to what the state truly is.

 

The latest institutional betrayal of Republican voters came from the Supreme Court, which rejected considering a lawsuit challenging late changes to Pennsylvania’s election process.

The majority that voted to dismiss consideration included Trump nominees Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

 

Are Notorious ACB shirts getting treated like the jerseys of an athlete who just jilted a fanbase?

 

This was predictable, of course. Not because there wasn’t a substantive issue worth addressing: the degree to which state courts can interject themselves in election law seems like a valid question—regardless of one’s opinion about the 2020 election. As Justice Clarence Thomas noted in a particularly blunt dissent, this was simply the SCOTUS avoiding the issue entirely:

 

That decision to rewrite the rules seems to have affected too few ballots to change the outcome of any federal election. But that may not be the case in the future. These cases provide us with an ideal opportunity to address just what authority non-legislative officials have to set election rules, and to do so well before the next election cycle. The refusal to do so is inexplicable.

 

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