BREAKING IN THE USPS CASE: JUST NOW JUDGE ORDERS DOCUMENTS BY TOMORROW AND NEW HEARING NEXT THURSDAY
by Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. – attorney, law professor emeritus, and author of Federal law
In the latest development in the USPS mail-in ballot case, Judge Talwani *just* ordered both sides to submit documents by tomorrow, in anticipation of a new hearing set for next Thursday (a week from tomorrow).
Those of you who caught me on 5 Stack with Zev Shalev and Dean Blundell already know that the Judge dropped the current injunction in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling this week and then in the same breath (literally) telegraphed to the plaintiffs to file an *amended* complaint based on the fact that the USPS has now *finalized* the rule, making the issue “ripe” (the original complaint and injunction were filed before the rule was finalized, which led to the Supreme Court’s decision based on the issue not yet being ripe).
As I said on 5 Stack, the Judge basically is saying to the plaintiffs “File an amended complaint” and you *know* that she will immediately slap a new injunction on the USPS based on the complaint now being ripe.
Yes, it’s all legal technicalities – fortunately I have a degree in those technicalities. :~)
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