The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 in favor of Mississippi -vs- RNC that state legislature can decide how long after election day that qualified election ballots cast may be received. [PDF HERE] Essentially, federal election day is election day, but ballots can be received after election day for the length of time determined by state law.
Justice Barrett delivered the majority opinion, joined by Roberts, Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson.
Justice Alito dissented along with Thomas, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh.
The Hight Court outlined that congress could change the ability of the states by changing the statutory language of the federal election law to require ballots be received by election day. As long as federal law does not outline the deadline for ballot reception, states can extend that process at their legislative discretion. THIS IS A HOT MESS FUBAR!
“The federal election-day statutes do not prevent Mississippi from counting absentee ballots postmarked by election day but received up to five days thereafter; nothing in the federal election-day statutes requires ballots to be received by election day.”
As noted by Samuel Alito in his well-written dissent, even during the U.S. civil war, soldier ballots had to be counted on “election day“, not days and weeks after.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Amy Coney-Barrett have once again betrayed the foundational principle within constitutional language. It is infuriating.
Let the cheating continue! Congress has no interest in changing election laws. They want the cheating to continue. There is a BIG money industry in getting RINOs and democrats installed. Once in they get perks like laundered Ukrainian money.
Legalized cheating, yes. The count delays caused by mass mail-in ballots is so the uniparty has enough time to manipulate election outcomes.
States have a state’s rights but not when they pass laws that legalize fraud which effect the constitutional rights of citizens and voters. Especially when one state’s fraud effects everybody in all the other states… and the world for that matter.
Compromised SCOTUS. Deep state pressure applied on key rulings. Threats, bribes and blackmail.
Election Fraud…
All Systems GO!!
This country is done. There is no saving it any longer, sadly.
250 was a pretty good run,
I wonder how long Democommunism’s run will last.
Coupled with immigration, weaponization of government, and activist judges, the Republic’s survival will be difficulty.
Not quite…
Birthright Citizenship will seal the deal.
We had better hope you are wrong because there is NO WHERE to run to. Every country in the world is more totalitarian.
Injustice Barrett…
Barrett is FUBAR; definitely had to have been recommended to PDJT with a deliberately falsified summary of her political leanings. She has torpedoed President Trump’s MAGA agenda (& basic common sense) way too many times to be considered “independent minded.”
She came from academia and by that I mean she worked in academia. He should have known.
One could say PT and MAGA were obamboozled.
Anything coming out of South Bend, is suspect…(sorry Hoosiers)…
Well, my wife is from South Bend so I don’t completely agree, but it is very, very liberal and has been for decades. Justice Barrett did belong to a very conservative religious group (People of Praise).
She has been a disappointment like other “conservative “ Justices (Roberts, Souter, Kavanaugh too often). The Federalist Society is/was a big part of the problem; I’m not sure who President Trump listens to now for judicial nominations.
This really means we HAVE TO get the SAVE Act through.
Barrett is neither a constitutionalist nor a conservative…sending this back to CONgress is a monumental mistake and one which will cost our country greatly. We are definitely at the point of ZERO representation in our government. Scary times ahead.
Hand the keys to the most intoxicated person in the group
“What difference at this point does it make “
This woman is a disgrace. Another O’Conner. Absolutely clueless.
Every red state should make counting mail in ballots good for 5-6 years after the election and make sure they have enough pre-printed ballots to keep democrats in the basement for centuries. Any time a democrat wins in a red state pull out some old ballots that are still valid and win the election. Fight fire with fng fire.
Politics 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Guess elections can last that long as well. ‘Infuriating’? Yup. Surprising? Nope.
And that’s why in California, the Democrat candidate who is behind on election night wins the election 90% of the time after three weeks of counting ballots.
I think that’s 100% if you don’t count the races where the non-Demunists lead is too big to rig.
Its the Communist Way. Elections have no value. Communists are never removed at the ballot box. It is impossible the people of CA and LA want a continuation of the Chaos and Theft. No one and I mean no one is that stupid.
90%? I thought it was a nice, clean 100% sweep.
In California, they will count a ballot received after election day even if it does not have an authentic postmark. A handwritten date on the envelope will do. Pass the Save America Act!
In CA, i think that they count ballots, them ship them back out to be re-received in the mail.
That way they can count them again, and again, and again…and again…and again…and again…and again…and again…and again…
states rights !,,,,,,(the ugly truth)…once the libs regain power they ain`t ever giving it back…
If Thune and his cohorts would pass the SAVE America Act it would put this to rest but they won’t their TDS is too strong.
It is not TDS. It is the grift is too sweet with the present system. RINOs do not want power they want money.
It says election day, not cast your ballot day.
Anyone can be bought. They pick their spots. Trillions are at stake.
COLD ANGER.
“The Hight Court outlined that congress could change the ability of the states by changing the statutory language of the federal election law to require ballots be received by election day.”
Congress? Fat chance of that ever happening.
Damn that man Roberts.
Corrupt court, corrupt federal judiciary.
Funny how the SCOTUS swing justices, going back generations, are always and only the ones nominated by Republican presidents, non?
Barrett and Cavanagh are huge disappointments. Not to mention that quisling Roberts.
Blame red state Mississippi
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit agreed with the challengers that federal law requires all ballots to be received by Election Day. After the full court of appeals – over a dissent by five judges – rejected the state’s petition to rehear the case, the state went to the Supreme Court, which agreed in November to weigh in.
… Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart told the justices that states have broad power over elections. Laws like Mississippi’s, he argued, are consistent with federal election laws because voters make their final choices by Election Day.
Paul Clement, representing the challengers, countered that when Congress initially passed the law establishing the Tuesday after the first Monday in November as “Election Day,” the casting of ballots and the state’s receipt of ballots were “so inextricably intertwined” that “no one would have thought of one without the other” – supporting his argument that a ballot is final (and the election therefore occurs) when it is received by election officials.
I wish Roberts would resign.
Not a chance until he is instructed to do so by the powers that be. He is bought and paid for. The Democrats don’t need to pack the Supreme Court. Why bother? 😡
Die
It needs to be put in the reconciliation bill. Not the justices fault the law is the law.
These judges can’t read plain English constitutional law. Not their fault? Wow.
The Senate Parliamentarian would not allow it. McConnell or Thune should have replaced her, but have not so far.
You don’t have to replace her. Senate rules allow the Majority Leader to override her decision!
Some facts from a search. Draw your own conclusions:
Most standard letters dropped into blue collection boxes or mail slots are not postmarked at the local post office. Instead, they are transported to regional hubs.
If you require a postmark that exactly matches the day you hand over your mail, you must explicitly request it at a post office branch.
The only way to get mail date-stamped the day you mail it, is for walk into the post office and request it be stamped.
If a state allows ballots to come in and be counted after election day, they must also have a law that says NO VOTES can be counted until those ballots are in and the deadline for their being in has arrived.
No more of a party KNOWING THE COUNT.
You are applying logic in a situation that makes logic irrelevant.
This is corruption at the highest level.
Sounds logical, but there is no way they wouldn’t simply cheat. My county always waits until the rest of the state in in, and only then do they release the numbers needed to “win”. Very frustrating.
I would suggest that several red states press the issue. Have their legislature pass a state law that says you have 6 months to complete the ballot count. Then just sit on it and wait. California thinks they have it in the bag LMAO.
Well, thats that. Officially a banana republic. Come Jesus, come.
“Election officials may count mail- in ballots that arrive after Election Day if they were post marked beforehand.”.
Lets hope that, at best, the USPS stays honest?
The post office claims to take images of every piece of mail passing through it’s system. They should be able to track any individual item from where it started to where it finished. How does a ballot for Mayor of LA take a week or more to move through the postal system in one city?
The Postal Union strongly supports Democrats and were a major problem in the 2020 election steal. They will do what is necessary to help Democrat politicians.
We All Have Utility Bills, Credit Card Bills … try telling any of those companies that your check is on time because it is postmarked on the due date (meaning it should still count as paid on-time when received days later— ha Ha HA!)
Yes, I pay bills online too, but you get the reference to the old days.
This is Egghead Academia at its worst, and ACB was chosen as a Law Professor – figures!
When everyday people show more wisdom (not book smarts) than our Ruling Elite, it’s time to … 🤔🫢
Roberts and Barrett live to receive accolades from the Leftists…they desperately seek affirmation and adulation from the DC Party Circuit and the MSM. And they despise the “common people” who do not share their “lofty intellect” (BARF!) and so write their opinions so as to stick a finger in the eye of those who do NOT believe the Constitution is a “living, breathing document!”
I am sickened and saddened by this decision and if, as expected, they also rule the wrong way on the Birthright Citizenship case, then I fear the end will come sooner than we had anticipated…my heart is heavy today and I weep for the country my grandchildren will inherit.
I still think the Democrats i.e. Obama have something on Roberts and they’re using it to keep Roberts “under their control”. He dares not step out of line.
I’m sure they do, but it’s probably an open secret in DC and the Republicans have deliberately done nothing to have him removed, even after his clerk, Sheldon Snook, was the most likely suspect in the leaking of the Dobbs decision.
But even with Roberts vote, the would have been 5-4 the other way if not for Barrett, the virtue signaling AWFL who sides with the harpies more than the Constitutionalists!
I thought they ruled vote still had to post marked by Election Day? No?
Either way it’s a hot mess.
In California, a hand written date on the envelope can count.
Soap Box
Ballot BoxJury Box
Cartridge Box
All that SCOTUS is doing is adding tinder to the box.
Great. This now locks in the Democrat cheat machine in California. I wish we didn’t have sellouts on our Supreme Court.
Unless the Senate passes the Save America Act, that’s the end for Steve Hilton’s campaign in California. Not a chance he will win, even if he’s ahead by 100,000 votes on election day. Can you say Governor Baccareeah?
Along with the 49 remaining states as well .
With this, there’s no longer a need to pack the courts.
BALLOT CHEATING in All Elections votes became officially The Law of The Land.
There has to be a way for when the Supreme Leftists make a clear unconstitutional, fraudulent decision. So that it is not allowed to stand.
The usual suspects, are we surprised?
barrett is the amanda knox of scotus(cute but a tad not quite right..wasn`t knox doing cartwheels at the italian police station after a murder?)…….
lifetime appointment ,gents…..this will go on and on…thanks federalist society(talk about a think tank that should be deep -sixed)…
Say hello to boxes found after Election Day with so-called postmarks and it will always be for the Dem.
Once again, all this could be fixed by a Republican majority, but they don’t ever use their power like Dems do.
The uniparty lives.
The sound you hear in the distance is Thune and his RINO cabal applauding this decision.
Wow! Just wow!
With this ruling why would states count any vote cast in person on election day- on election day?
We can only hope that Trump’s executive order in which the Post Office will not deliver ballots in states that have not turned over their voter roles to DHS will be upheld. It’s being challenged in court by the corrupt Democrats.
We are back in 1776 my friends.
That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness… it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.****
Compromised. Congress can still pass a law to stop this but I wouldn’t bet the farm on it. We are being betrayed by Republicans again.
This is a massive win for voter fraud. Coupled with the scuttling of the SAVE Act, the term “election integrity” becomes an oxymoron.
Roberts and ACB sided with the leftists. I am not surprised.
Upholding of birthright citizenship is the next boot to drop.
It was a good run, America.
This ruling. Let the lazy welfare scum be allowed to be even lazier and decide who will get into office, so they can continue to receive even more welfare from those that have chosen to work for their living.
Sure, let’s leave it up to the politicians who rely on welfare queens to continue their feeding at the hog trough of taxpayer funding. This is not compassion, its suicide.
We should also understand that the supreme court is taxpayer funded.
We’re finished. I’m not usually a doomer. This finishes off any chance of restoring the republic. It’s over. Best wishes to you all regardless of this outcome.
“It is infuriating”. That’s way too mild. What is wrong with these people? What is to prevent a place like California from keeping the date open well beyond the next election, thereby keeping the incumbent in perpetuity? What further mischief will saunter along this pathway?
OMG!!! Another SCOTUS fail!
There is absolutely no excuse now for red states to go along with this travesty. They should all pass laws that state ballots must be actually received, not postmarked, by election day to be counted. They should also restrict absentee ballots to those who cannot vote on election day due to illness, incapacity, or job away from home.
A mailman is not an elections officer.
Insane. So now they can extend results as long as they say???
What 6 months, a year later???
This Supreme Court decision shines a spotlight on the “RepubliCon Problem” we face.
The DemonCrats are evil and corrupt, but they aren’t our biggest enemy.
Our biggest enemy is the RepubliCon faction of the UniParty.
We will never defeat the Communist DemonCrats until we utterly destroy the RepubliCons.
The path to victory runs through the primaries and our county GOP organizations. That’s where the fight will be won or lost.
To paraphrase the great quote from ‘Shawshank Redemption,’ “Get busy fighting or get busy dying.”
Pray continually for God’s blessings as we fight.
Barrett is a Progressive. Well, we know which way the birthright case is going.
We can stall the rise of communism for another 10-15 years maybe 25.. However, can our children.? Do they want to.?
Trump needs to declare a national emergency for elections. Sure , Democrats’ heads will explode but it won’t take that long to clean up all the brain matter because, as we know, Democrats don’t have much brain matter.
Unless the SAVE Act is passed, or some other piece of legislation that deals with the issue, it is now a 100% certainty the 2026 mid-terms will be stolen.
I keep saying Enjoy Trump while we have him. He will be the last president we citizens had a voice in choosing. From now on, the president will be chosen for us….like in the past.
Per Gateway Pundit, SCOTUS ruled PDJT cannot fire Lisa Cook.
ANOTHER SCOTUS fail!
Incredibly disappointing. It’s going to take a lot longer to change federal law to make sure this doesn’t happen again. The Justices’ job is to interpret the law and make a determination, so therefore, the law is flawed. Probably.