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Roberts Sides with Liberals in Pennsylvania Vote-by-Mail Battle
Breitbart ^ | 10/19/20 | JOEL B. POLLAK

Posted on 10/19/2020 8:04:08 PM PDT by Enlightened1

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Republican application to stay the decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to grant the Democratic Party’s request to make several changes to mail-in voting that critics have decried as vulnerable to fraud.

As Breitbart News reported last month, “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled … that ballots received three days after Election Day will still be counted — even if there is no evidence they were postmarked on time.”

Republicans sought a stay.

The Supreme Court, however, split 4-4 on the request, leaving the decision of the lower court in place. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the Court’s liberal minority; the remaining four conservative justices sided with the Republican request.

The Court currently has only eight justices, due to the passing last month of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ginsburg.

In an interview with Breitbart News Daily earlier this month, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) pointed out the need to have a ninth judge before the election to decide close election cases.

Cruz said Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s possible confirmation to the Supreme Court would provide the ninth justice needed to avoid a four-four division over post-election legal battles.

“It’s one of the reasons why it is so important that the Senate confirm Judge Barrett, because if the Supreme Court only has eight justices, eight justices can divide four to four,” Cruz noted. “An equally divided court has no authority to decide anything. So if we have this chaos of litigation, if the Supreme Court is equally divided, there is no resolution and we’re in a constitutional crisis.”

Cruz warned, “If the Supreme Court is divided four-four, there is no answer. You just sty in the chaos, and and that’s why I...

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: again; mail; pennsylvania; roberts; vote
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To: adorno

Supreme court justices aren’t there to represent the wishes of the people who sent them there, they are there to interpret the law.


21 posted on 10/19/2020 8:50:55 PM PDT by Mama Shawna
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To: Enlightened1

Robert Tawney strikes again.


22 posted on 10/19/2020 8:53:34 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Enlightened1

Thanks, W.


23 posted on 10/19/2020 8:57:28 PM PDT by Rocky
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To: DarthVader

Overturned? The decision was made and the Lower Court Ruling stands.


24 posted on 10/19/2020 9:07:46 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: DarthVader

Yes!


25 posted on 10/19/2020 9:13:17 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: DarthVader
Will be overturned when ABC joins the court!

Well, ACB; but, yeah

26 posted on 10/19/2020 9:13:37 PM PDT by stormhill
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To: Enlightened1

Roberts is compromised and appears to have been blackmailed. I hope evidence surfaces that will force him to step down.


27 posted on 10/19/2020 9:22:14 PM PDT by Lions Gate
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To: stormhill

Let’s give the Senate and the President some credit for moving slowly to install a 9th Justice.


28 posted on 10/19/2020 9:22:45 PM PDT by Tymesup
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To: DeweyCA
But hey, Roberts and his wife are now more acceptable to their liberal neighbors. Isn’t that what’s most important? /sarc

Relocate the Supreme Court to The Greenbrier in West Virginia.

29 posted on 10/19/2020 9:24:40 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Kickass Conservative

The GOP will file an emergency writ when ACB is confirmed to SCOTUS Thursday and rehear! You can take that to the bank!


30 posted on 10/19/2020 9:29:03 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues th the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Boomer

Yep.... like anyone should be surprised given his track record.


31 posted on 10/19/2020 9:41:16 PM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: Enlightened1

I wouldn’t shed any tears if he joined RBG. He makes me sick.


32 posted on 10/19/2020 9:42:05 PM PDT by boycott
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To: Enlightened1

well...those 240k new Republican registrants need to all vote...

We need a full 2% victory (not with rounding) to counter any fraud efforts.


33 posted on 10/19/2020 10:04:09 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Enlightened1

Roberts has never been a Conservative. It seems he has always sided with the liberals on important issues.

Yet, the media and Dems have been screaming that if ACB is approved the SCOTUS will be 6-4 Conservative, so they wrongly count Roberts as a Conservative.


34 posted on 10/19/2020 10:26:50 PM PDT by octex
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To: DarthVader

If you say so. Hope that is possible.


36 posted on 10/19/2020 11:59:16 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: Enlightened1

Roberts is a dirtbag.


37 posted on 10/20/2020 12:27:12 AM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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To: Enlightened1

Ballots lacking a clear postmark will be counted for three days after Election Day unless there is clear evidence of fraud.

Source: radio news


38 posted on 10/20/2020 12:34:36 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is solving the world's problems only to distract us from Russia.)
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To: Enlightened1

Does Roberts, like, have to wait for a phone call from Soros before he renders his opinion?


39 posted on 10/20/2020 2:26:07 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Enlightened1

He is a disaster. Totally compromised.


40 posted on 10/20/2020 2:33:24 AM PDT by firebrand
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