Not a good day for the Republic

The Supreme Court Just Californicated Our Elections

5-4, with Roberts and Barrett joining the enemy, again

Matt Margolis, PJMedia:

Here’s what makes this ruling so infuriating: We've already seen what this kind of system produces. Look at the recent Los Angeles mayoral race, where Spencer Pratt held a comfortable second-place finish, putting him on track for a November runoff against Karen Bass. Then the mail-in ballots kept trickling in, Nithya Raman posted a mathematically improbable surge, Pratt's lead evaporated, and two Democrats walked into the runoff instead. That's not an accident. That's what happens when "Election Day" becomes a suggestion instead of a deadline.

More than a dozen other states have laws just like Mississippi's, which means this ruling isn't a one-state curiosity. It's a green light. Expect more late-arriving ballot drops, more "improbable surges," and more races that get decided long after voters went home thinking it was over. This case may have started in Mississippi, but it is going to make elections in America look a lot like California’s.