Ketanji Brown Jackson: “The consequences of allowing such transformative changes to take effect so close to this fall’s elections would be…”

The harm caused by burdening or disenfranchising even a few lawful voters outweighs the nonexistent harm that the Government experiences when it is prevented from taking an action that it likely lacks the authority to take.

To be sure, the Court has not foreclosed States from challenging this blatantly unconstitutional Order.

And the hardest part for judges is that we really cannot participate.

The Court’s disposition of this application does not mean that any measure taken by the Government to implement the Order will necessarily be lawful.