The court’s brief order did not list any objecting justices. It is one of several battles over voting procedure in the presidential election to already have made its way to the Supreme Court. That reflects an earlier decision by the court keeping in place restrictions on worship services. Kavanaugh also said the court’s precedents say federal courts should not intervene in state voting rules close to an election. “By enjoining South Carolina’s witness requirement shortly before the election, the district court defied that principle and this Court’s precedents,” he wrote.

Source: Washington Post October 06, 2020 00:37 UTC