The panel’s decision is egregiously wrong. Not, like, “I respectfully disagree”-level wrong—but “their purported statutory analysis is incoherent, ahistorical, and offensively ends-driven”-level wrong. It is a stain on election law jurisprudence that changes the rules of the game DECADES into it.
By a 10-5 vote, the en banc 5th Circuit will NOT rehear a decision invalidating state laws that consider ballots valid if they were *mailed* by Election Day but arrive shortly thereafter. (28 states + DC have such laws.) The dissenters are deeply displeased. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The panel’s decision is egregiously wrong. Not, like, “I respectfully disagree”-level wrong—but “their purported statutory analysis is incoherent, ahistorical, and offensively ends-driven”-level wrong. It is a stain on election law jurisprudence that changes the rules of the game DECADES into it.