Supreme Court seems alarmingly willing to trash thousands of ballots

Monday, March 23, 2026

At least four justices appear to be on board with a frivolous lawsuit attacking voting by mail.

Posted by retort at 04:00 PM | 21 COMMENTS | permalink

BREAKING: The Supreme Court seems skeptical of laws in 14 states that allow counting of mail ballots that arrive after Election Day.[image or embed]
-- The Associated Press (@apnews.com) Mar 23, 2026 at 12:31 PM

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At least 4 Justices are on board with whatever Trump wants... no matter what it is.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-23 05:23 PM

Some Justices aren't so gung ho on this deal:

"Supreme Court worries Trump's attack on late ballots could also threaten early voting

The Trump administration kept running into the same problem Monday as it urged the Supreme Court to stop letting states count mail-in ballots after Election Day: fears that such a move could also imperil early voting."

"That answer didn't seem to satisfy Chief Justice John Roberts, who suggested Sauer was making an arbitrary decision to treat early voting and late receipt of ballots differently.

"I'm not sure I understand how that point is responsive to the point that if the Election Day is the voting and taking that it has to be that day," Roberts said.
"Maybe you're not saying anything other than, well, that's different."

"It's a challenging question," Sauer replied.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett jumped in with a similar question after the RNC's lawyer, Paul Clement, said federal lawmakers involved in passing a uniform Election Day law in 1845 would have found it "unthinkable" to count ballots after Election Day.

"Isn't that true of early voting, too?" Barrett said. "Why is that permissible? If we're just going to say historically it just needs to look like it always looked, how come those features fall out?"

www.politico.com

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-23 06:39 PM

And yet Roberts thinks viewing this court as absolute dogs*^# is inappropriate and "dangerous."

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-23 07:03 PM

And yet Roberts thinks viewing this court as absolute dogs*^# is inappropriate and "dangerous."

Chief Justice John Roberts was referring to personally directed hostility toward judges and justices, which he described as "dangerous" during a March 17, 2026, appearance at Rice University. While he did not mention any specific individual by name, his remarks were widely seen as a response to recent verbal attacks by President Donald Trump against the judiciary.

Roberts made several distinctions regarding the nature of this hostility:

* Personal vs. Legal Scrutiny: He stated that while criticism of judicial opinions "comes with the territory" and is "healthy," it becomes a "problem" and "quite dangerous" when it shifts from legal analysis to attacking individual personalities.

* Recent Attacks by Trump: The comments followed a series of social media posts by Trump on March 15, 2026, in which he called the Supreme Court a "weaponized and unjust Political Organization" after they struck down his global tariffs. Trump also personally attacked U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, calling him "wacky, nasty, crooked and totally out of control".

* Bipartisan Scope: Roberts was careful to note that such hostility is not limited to "any one political perspective," addressing the broader trend of rising threats against the federal judiciary.

#4 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-03-23 07:30 PM

I'm of two minds on this one.

On one hand, I think all valid votes should count, but if they arrive too late and could affect an election outcome that has already been "decided," well, that then is an issue.

On the other hand, if SCOTUS rules against late mail-in ballots, then how long will it be before Pres Trump starts slowing down the processing of mail-in ballots from blue states, causing them to arrive too late to be counted?

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-23 07:40 PM

Mail in voting is another reason Republicans want to destroy the USPS.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-23 08:04 PM

Targets acquired.

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-23 08:31 PM

..."... a multitude of reasons why vote by mail in my view is not acceptable," [Georgia state House Speaker David] Ralston went on, before adding "the president said it best, this will be extremely devastating to Republicans and conservatives in Georgia." ...

"The things they had in there were crazy. They had things, levels of voting that if you ever agreed to, you would never have a Republican elected in this country again," [fmr Pres] Trump said...

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-23 08:43 PM

I don't think another Republican SHOULD be allowed in government. Round them all up and double-tap the ------- traitors.

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-23 09:10 PM

If their policies are unpopular they should lose elections.

Trying to selectively pick and choose the votes they count is Soviet Democracy.

Every legal vote must be counted. Deciding certain ways of voting are Not good for them is Election fraud and Disenfranchises millions of eligible votes to obtain a pre determined outcome.

Clearly Illegal.

Trump is a Felon 34 times over.

He can't vote in many states based on that
alone.

This whole thing is clearly Trump trying to Game the system,like a Dictator wannabe.

#10 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-03-23 09:44 PM

Pedo 47 votes by mail again.

www.nbcnews.com

#11 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-23 10:21 PM

American fascism is on the march in pretty every corner of our government...and frankly it doesn't seem that it took a lot of convincing for the Republican Party to turn against the needs and the hopes of the very poor.

#12 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-03-24 07:00 AM

#12
Myopic sociopathy has long been the default setting for Republicans.

(Oddly, Nixon was surprisingly "liberal" by today's GOP standards. Mind you, Pat Moynihan was his Counselor for Urban Affairs.)

#13 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-03-24 07:11 AM

After publicly condemning voting by mail as cheating,' Trump votes by mail

President Donald Trump, who is in the midst of pressuring senators to curb the use of mail-in voting, voted by mail ballot in Tuesday's special election in Palm Beach County, Florida.

MS NOW

#14 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2026-03-24 01:26 PM

Pedo 47 votes by mail

Voting by mail is okay for Trump.

Just not the peasants.

#15 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-24 07:29 PM

Voting by mail is okay for Trump.

If it arrives election day whats the issue?

Just not the peasants

peasants also able to turn in ballots on time.

God Americans are the laziest people, whine about not being able to turn in a ballot 14days late.

No wonder the country is on fire.