Supreme Court Rejects DOJ Request For California To Set Aside 20,000 Ballots Update (1800ET): Following a divided appeals court's rejection of the DOJ's request, the Supreme Court has now rejected Trump’s push for California to set aside thousands of disputed mail ballots ahead of midterms .
The brief, unsigned order from the high court did not give a rationale. There were no noted dissents. The court acted only hours after the administration filed the request. The justices opted not to ask California to file a response, as normally happens when they think an issue might be a close call.
Also on Monday in Washington, Chief Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to stop making its demands , finding they violated the U.S. Constitution. “The Executive Branch has likely violated the Constitution’s Elections Clause, which commits authority over election rules to the states and Congress alone,” wrote Boasberg.
The Supreme Court has often sided with Trump, but has notably broke