The high court’s shadow-docket decision isn’t the final word on mail-in ballots, but it reveals the conservative bloc’s comfort with the administration’s voter suppression schemes.

The Supreme Court lifted a lower court’s stay of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to commandeer state vote-by-mail systems in a 6-3 vote on Monday night. Its explanation for the decision began with a lie. “About five months ago, President Trump issued an Executive Order designed to maintain public confidence in federal elections,” the court claimed in an unsigned order. In reality, Trump has no interest in maintaining public confidence in federal elections. He has spent the last 14 years pub…

  • datmarrow@lemmy.zip
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    4 hours ago

    It feels like the ones paying attention and care enough to do something are a major minority. I understand we’re up against a machine but it feels like everyone’s given up already.