States have the right to run their elections however they choose to do, provided that it doesn't cause problems with the federal races on their ballots, or do anything that violates federal law with regards to the federal races. They can do whatever the hell they want with STATE and LOCAL races, but if they do anything in the administration of their elections that is illegal for FEDERAL elections or causes other problems with the federal races, then the federal courts have every right to intercede. I think we can all agree that the race for POTUS is one of the more important federal races.
States can run their elections any way they want with regards to how their ballots are designed, what counting methods they use, how much early voting they want to have, whether they want vote by mail, whether they want voter ID, etc. Federal courts and SCOTUS have never been willing to interfere in legal disputes over things like this. But banning the candidate who is demolishing every other candidate from both parties in the polls from being on their state ballot in a nakedly partisan, extremely obvious move? That's something that's never been done before, and it's about as blatant a form of election interference as you could ever have. It doesn't just affect Minnesota, it affects all 49 other states as well. I'm willing to bet a conservative SCOTUS isn't going to sit back and let that kind of shit stand.
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In what way? Why would one assume they would ever hear a case about election matters in a given state?
Because it's a federal election, and therefore SCOTUS has the final say.
Sauce?
IIRC federal elections are held at the state level and governed by state law, written by state legislatures and adjudicated by state court. No?
States have the right to run their elections however they choose to do, provided that it doesn't cause problems with the federal races on their ballots, or do anything that violates federal law with regards to the federal races. They can do whatever the hell they want with STATE and LOCAL races, but if they do anything in the administration of their elections that is illegal for FEDERAL elections or causes other problems with the federal races, then the federal courts have every right to intercede. I think we can all agree that the race for POTUS is one of the more important federal races.
States can run their elections any way they want with regards to how their ballots are designed, what counting methods they use, how much early voting they want to have, whether they want vote by mail, whether they want voter ID, etc. Federal courts and SCOTUS have never been willing to interfere in legal disputes over things like this. But banning the candidate who is demolishing every other candidate from both parties in the polls from being on their state ballot in a nakedly partisan, extremely obvious move? That's something that's never been done before, and it's about as blatant a form of election interference as you could ever have. It doesn't just affect Minnesota, it affects all 49 other states as well. I'm willing to bet a conservative SCOTUS isn't going to sit back and let that kind of shit stand.