No. of Recommendations: 3
Do we have to rely on a Trump-compliant SCOTUS to use the Purcell principle that Courts — especially federal courts — should be reluctant to change election rules in the period close to an election, because last-minute changes can confuse voters, strain election administrators, and undermine public confidence in the results, even if the change is otherwise legally justified?
Yes, and the flip side is that even if the Supremes decided against the EO since it has now "ripened" - the banana rule - is that the confusion and confidence undermining has then occurred anyway and so Velveeto Corleone still wins. The Supremes could also sit on the ruling for a while, too, which this court has been known to do...
Pete
