The Supreme Court Isn’t Interested in Facts
In decision after decision, the conservative justices are ignoring the evidentiary record that lower courts have worked hard to establish.
TL;DR
- The Supreme Court's conservative majority is ignoring factual findings from lower courts, particularly in shadow docket orders.
- This approach allows the Trump administration to proceed with plans to curb mail-in voting, despite lower court injunctions based on factual analysis.
- The Court's willingness to ignore facts and create illusions about executive orders and their intentions is a recurring issue.
- The ruling on mail-in ballots injects chaos into upcoming elections and emboldens those seeking to undermine democratic institutions.
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent highlighted that the strains on states due to the executive order were established facts, entitled to deference.
- The Roberts Court has a practice of evading district court facts to achieve ideological objectives, seen in cases like *Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo* and *McMahon v. New York*.
- This disregard for facts diminishes public trust in the Court and creates practical difficulties for election administration and voters.