Source: SCOTUSblog.com
AT THE COURT
On Monday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on its emergency docket to clear the way for the full implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting. On Tuesday, 12 states – led by Alabama – echoed this request in their own application. Responses to these requests from those states challenging the order are due on Monday by 4 p.m. EDT.
MORNING READS
Trump Says He Wants Supreme Court to Revive Suit Against Hillary Clinton
Greg Stohr and Erik Larson, Bloomberg
President Donald Trump has signaled that “he will ask the US Supreme Court to revive his failed lawsuit accusing Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and others of conspiring to tarnish his 2016 campaign with bogus claims of collusion with Russia,” according to Bloomberg. “In a Supreme Court filing made public Tuesday, the president requested an additional month, until Sept. 9, to seek review of a November appeals court decision that upheld dismissal of the case and affirmed almost $1 million in sanctions against Trump and one of his lawyers.” “The 3-0 ruling by [the] 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals faulted Trump and lawyer Alina Habba for filing a ‘frivolous’ lawsuit against his 2016 rival. Two of the judges on the panel were appointed by Republican presidents, including one by Trump.” In his recent filing with the Supreme Court, the president “indicated his appeal would focus on the appeals court’s conclusion that he waited too long to sue.”