Commentary: If the Supreme Court is going to make voting harder, it must explain why
by Michael McGough, Los Angeles Times
Oct 27, 2020
3 minutes
During Senate confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett, Democrats argued that, if confirmed to the Supreme Court, she should recuse herself from cases related to the presidential election.
The issue of Barrett's participation became more important late Friday when Republicans in Pennsylvania asked the court to take another look at a decision by Pennsylvania's Supreme Court allowing election officials to count mail ballots that arrive up to three days after Election Day.
On Oct. 19, by a 4-4 vote, the justices
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