DOJ Rushes to SCOTUS Over 20k Likely Noncitizens

The Justice Department wants California to set aside mail ballots from people on a list of 20,000 "likely noncitizens" until citizenship is sorted out, and Solicitor General D. John Sauer has taken the request to the Supreme Court. District Judge David O. Carter turned down the restraining order on a Wednesday, and then the 9th Circuit denied the emergency motion 2-1 on a Friday afternoon. Judge Patrick Bumatay dissented, according to RedState, which tells you at least one judge read the file and didn't care for the answer. Asking to hold ballots until somebody confirms who sent them is about as radical as checking the gate latch before you leave the barn. Whether the justices take the case is still unclear, and that may be the most Washington sentence of the week.