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Trump v. Wisconsin Elections Commission

Petition for certiorari denied on March 8, 2021

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Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
20-883 7th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2020

Issue: (1) Whether the Wisconsin Elections Commission and local election officials violated Article II, Section 1, clause 2 of the Constitution and the 14th Amendment"s guarantee of equal protection during the 2020 presidential election by implementing unauthorized absentee voting practices in disregard of the Wisconsin Legislature"s explicit command that absentee voting must be "carefully regulated" and that absentee ballots cast outside of the legislature"s authorized procedures "may not be counted;" (2) whether this court should declare the Wisconsin election unconstitutional and void under Article II and thus failed under 3 U.S.C. ยง 2 and allow the Wisconsin Legislature to appoint its electors; and (3) whether federal courts may rely on the doctrine of laches to avoid reviewing electors clause or equal protection claims arising after absentee balloting began or which could not have reasonably been brought before absentee balloting commenced.