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From Fox News: The U.S. Supreme Court rejected hearing a Republican-backed challenge to an executive order signed by President Biden that works to broaden voting access and registration, just roughly one month before Election Day.
The Supreme Court reconvened Monday for its 2024-2025 term and rejected a bevvy of cases, including one backed by dozens of Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania who claimed President Biden’s 2021 executive order on voter access was unconstitutional and attempted to interfere with the election. The lawsuit also targeted an edict from Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro for enacting automatic voter registration across the state.
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Biden signed the executive order on Promoting Access to Voting in March 2021, which directs federal agencies to expand access to voter registration, works to overhaul the government’s Vote.gov website, and notes that the federal government has a “duty to ensure that registering to vote and the act of voting be made simple and easy for all those eligible to do so.”
Executive Order 14019 states that “executive departments and agencies should partner with State, local, Tribal, and territorial election officials to protect and promote the exercise of the right to vote, eliminate discrimination and other barriers to voting, and expand access to voter registration and accurate election information.”
In a statement to Fox News, Manuel Bonder, spokesperson for Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, cheered, “This petition was yet another bad faith attempt to disenfranchise Pennsylvania voters – and the U.S. Supreme Court made the right decision to deny the Pennsylvania Freedom Caucus petition.”
“Governor Shapiro has consistently fought to protect our democracy – including defeating Donald Trump and his allies in court dozens of times to defend Pennsylvanians’ votes and protect access to the ballot box. Yesterday, election deniers went 0-2 at the U.S. Supreme Court,” Bonder added.
PA gov takes victory lap after Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to overturn election law ‘usurpations’ https://t.co/7kEzI53RQp
— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) October 8, 2024
In a second blow to Republicans in Pennsylvania, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by members of the Pennsylvania Freedom Caucus in a challenge of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s order implementing automatic voter registration in the commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Capital Star reported.
U.S. Supreme Court won’t take Pa. Freedom Caucus suit over Shapiro voter registration order https://t.co/jiCPSSLkru by @PeteHallPA
— Pennsylvania Capital-Star (@PennCapitalStar) October 8, 2024
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