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Supreme Court Rejects GOP Appeal, Allows Democrats to Extend North Carolina Vote-by-Mail Deadline
Breitbart ^ | 10/28/20 | Joel B. Pollak

Posted on 10/28/2020 5:45:50 PM PDT by Revel

The Supreme Court has voted 5-3 to deny a request by Republicans to overturn a decision by Democratic authorities in North Carolina to allow mail-in ballots to be counted nine days after Election Day and without a witness signature.

Justices Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, and Clarence Thomas dissented, though only Gorsuch and Alito signed the dissent. Newly-sworn-in Justice Amy Coney Barrett did not participate in the decision.

As Breitbart News previously reported:

Democrats engineered the changes to mail-in voting through a “consent decree” between Democratic Party-aligned groups on the one hand, and state election authorities on the other. The state elections board is led by a Democrat appointed to the role.

Normally, mail-in ballots are counted in the state if they arrive up to three days after Election Day, and have a witness signature.

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the liberal justices, though for reasons that are unclear. One blog speculated that Kavanaugh wished to show deference to the North Carolina State Board of Elections because the state legislature had delegated rule-making power to it.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters
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To: Revel

Why did ACB not participate? I’ve said for a long time now we waste too much time and effort on scotus. The courts are the problem not the solution.


21 posted on 10/28/2020 6:00:54 PM PDT by precisionshootist (uic)
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To: conservativepoet

That is my hope as well.


22 posted on 10/28/2020 6:01:44 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: Revel

Why isnt Barrett allowed to be involved in this


23 posted on 10/28/2020 6:02:05 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Alberta's Child
All that it matters is that on December 14, 2020: Electors Vote in Their States.

If Democrats are up to their shenanigans, the NC Legislature can simply appoint their electors and have them vote for Trump when the Electoral College meets.

24 posted on 10/28/2020 6:02:53 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Sarah Barracuda

She will be just needs time to become familiar with the case. This isn’t over.


25 posted on 10/28/2020 6:03:05 PM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: Alberta's Child
Anyone know what authority,if any,the NC legislature has in this case? Anyone know its makeup...majority GOP or majority Rat?
26 posted on 10/28/2020 6:03:20 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (BLM Stands For "Bidens Loot Millions"!)
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To: daler

It’s. because there are no conservative judges. There are leftist judges and fake conservatives.


27 posted on 10/28/2020 6:03:36 PM PDT by precisionshootist (uic)
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To: FlyingEagle

EVERYONE keeps saying they have something BIG on Roberts NO they don’t Roberts is a damn liberal and ALWAYS has been!! When Amy gets situated we MIGHT have a 5-4 court!!!


28 posted on 10/28/2020 6:03:52 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Revel

Kav and Roberts are moderates. Better than liberal or ‘nutcases’ justices like the three Dems. But sometimes plain wrong.

The overarching goal is not to change the rules at the last minute- which it is now.

Anyone know if the late votes will be segregated?


29 posted on 10/28/2020 6:04:25 PM PDT by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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To: Gay State Conservative

It appears that her participation would not have effected the final result since it was 5-3 against. So the best result would be 5-4 against.


30 posted on 10/28/2020 6:04:29 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Revel

So... the legislature required a witness signature, but the courts now say it’s not required ? Is that right?

In what universe is that OK?


31 posted on 10/28/2020 6:04:56 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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To: SierraWasp
Kiss those two states goodbye...win= Hiden 😢 tired of this crap!! No loyalty fair and just ruling...just take a look at Flynn’s injustice happening before our eyes! Really had high hopes with amy 🙁
32 posted on 10/28/2020 6:05:41 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Revel

Glad we rushed Barrett in. She decide to take some time off?


33 posted on 10/28/2020 6:06:20 PM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (It is the Trump way! It is the only way!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

The ruling was 5-3 DO even if Amy votes with us it would still be 5-4 against us because of Kavanah!!


34 posted on 10/28/2020 6:07:54 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

It’s going to be a 4-1-4 Court with Roberts playing the role of Souter and Kavanaugh the new Kennedy “swing” vote. The Republicans will regret having defended him. It didn’t take him long to turn in favour of those who assassinated his character.


35 posted on 10/28/2020 6:08:44 PM PDT by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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To: RoseofTexas

This boils down a shadowy type of harvesting! Okay by the SC ...sad


36 posted on 10/28/2020 6:09:02 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: SteelPSUGOP

Like it or not, each state can make their own rules, including making them up as they go along....which is the demo way. This is what you get with originalists.....they won’t legislate from the bench.

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That’s why Kavanaugh voted the way he did. The rules were decided by an election board for the state. It wasn’t a Judge overturning the legislators. It seems NC isn’t as bad as PA, even though they have a longer extended date.

NC had no mass mail out of ballots. Absentee ballots have to be postmarked by election day, signed and notarized.


37 posted on 10/28/2020 6:10:21 PM PDT by kara37
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian

She wasn’t on the court for arguments and therefore can’t rule on the merits.


38 posted on 10/28/2020 6:10:33 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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To: daler

[Someone remind me of a Democrat-appointed Supreme Court Justice in our lifetimes that have “gone rogue.”]


Byron White. Unfortunately, he was replaced by RBG.


39 posted on 10/28/2020 6:10:35 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: Nero Germanicus

I thought last week the court ruled with us on NC what the hell happened??


40 posted on 10/28/2020 6:11:21 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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