[lavrenti]

Remarkable act of chaos perpetrated today. Diminished the power of the normal political process greatly. Creates a precedent to nullify elections based on technical issues such as voting machines.

For instance, should this ruling stand, a future court may intrude upon a general election or primary based on the criteria the 9th cited in its opinion.

For a federal court to interpose in the middle of a state election that is constitutionally mandated and has passed every other legal test on such a tenuous gravamen guarantees a total breakdown of the normal political process in the future.

Not to sound dramatic, but this ruling is a divisive as Dred Scott, in terms of its chutzpah and its lack of concern of basic human rights.

[singsong]

A business case waits two years to get to a federal court. Criminal cases are also slow, not to mention how soft. The courts are spending all of their time on politics these days.
Appointment for life sucks. It must be changed!