Legal experts were not surprised when Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined liberals on the court and Chief Justice John Roberts in maintaining a grace period for mail-in ballots that are postmarked before Election Day.
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Eighteen states have a grace period. Twelve other states have a grace period for overseas and military ballots. Roberts and Barrett were skeptical and further questioned the Republican position during oral arguments, so court observers were not shocked that the decision came down the way it did.
The unintended consequences of this decision notably pushed the 80-year-old president into the deep end as he demanded the adoption by Republican senators of the SAVE America Act.
Trump posted on Truth Social:
In light of today’s huge loss to the Supreme Court regarding voter rights and the fact that the votes of “the people” can be counted LONG AFTER an election is over, it is more important than ever to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, which is,
1. ALL VOTERS MUST PRESENT PHOTO ID (IDENTIFICATION!).
2. ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP.
3. NO VOTE BY MAIL (EXCEPT FOR ILLNESS, DISABILITY, MILITARY DEPLOYMENT OR TRAVEL!).
There is no excuse for any politician, or anyone else, to object to the three demands above. There is only one reason to object: CHEATING! The House of Representatives has approved this vital law THREE TIMES. The US Senate does not seem to be able to do this. At a time when a powerful communist movement is underway in our country, more dangerous than World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor or 9/11, all Democrats and our five Republican holdouts in the Senate, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Thom Tillis, Bill Cassidy and Mitch McConnell must vote to SAVE OUR COUNTRY. There can be no more excuses! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Trump left out what the SAVE America Act provides really does it and why he wants it so much.