On the eve of the midterm elections, the Supreme Court swiftly rejected an emergency request from the Trump administration to intervene in California ballot counting. In a one-sentence order issued Monday evening, the court refused the administration's plea without seeking a response from the opposing side. The move drew comparisons to the court's 2020 rejection of Texas's lawsuit challenging election results, highlighting a pattern of swift judicial rebukes against executive branch election interventions.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer filed the application citing 20,000 potentially non-citizen registrations, though he distanced his office from the claim's premise. Judge Trina Thompson questioned the administration's data, noting a high error rate.
The court's rapid action, described by legal scholar Rick Hasen as a.
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