Scott: Yes, Mark – no surprises here. We seem to have a three-way split along familiar fault lines. That means a bloc of four conservatives, Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh. Then there are the three left-wingers: Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Finally, we have the newish two-member swing section of Chief Justice John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett. The conservatives are poised to rule that the Mississippi law is invalid. The left bloc signalled they would uphold the law, and the swing votes, well, we’ll see.
Mark: It seems to me that, while the states can choose how to run the elections, there is absolutely a federal element involved in the collation and collection of votes. Just to run a hypothetical scenario: If mail-in ballots can be counted at any point (presuming they are postmarked no later than Election Day), then it’s theoretically possible that an election can never be fully decided – at least until it lands on Congress’ doorstep, right? Didn’t Justice Alito make a point on this?
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