Posted on 10/05/2020 8:03:13 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
Late Monday afternoon the Supreme Court issued a Stay with regard to an order from a South Carolina federal district court judge who rewrote a provision of South Carolina election law due to the impact of COVID 19.
Judge Julianna Michelle Childs, an appointee of President Obama, granted an injunction for Plaintiffs preventing the South Carolina election officials from enforcing a provision of South Carolina election law requiring a witness signature on an absentee ballot envelope. Judge Childs set for the relief being sought by the plaintiffs as follows:
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But the Supreme Courts emergency stay prevents Judge Childs order from being enforced and does so in terms that make it absolutely clear the state election law on requiring signatures on absentee ballot envelopes will be enforced four weeks from now.
The application for stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted in part, and the district courts September 18, 2020 order granting a preliminary injunction is stayed pending disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is timely sought. In no uncertain terms that means that Judge Childs order will not be enforced until after the Sixth Circuit has heard and decided the appeal of her Order by election officials in South Carolina. That wont be happening in only four weeks but just in case it does, the order wont go into effect if upheld until disposition on a petition for writ of certiorari is heard and disposed of in the Supreme Court and that is CERTAIN to not happen in the next four weeks.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
I wonder why? Is the party circuit in Washington DC drying up? He no longer needs his children in the ‘best’ private school? He suddenly remembered his law school education?
Makes one go hmmm!
Yeah, you’re right.
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