Legal experts predict it is very unlikely the Supreme Court will rule in favor of the Trump administration's executive order on mail voting.
“a lot of legal experts I've spoken to point to clarity in the constitution that the president has no explicit authority over elections. And because of that clarity, they think it's very unlikely that the Supreme Court would rule in favor of the Trump administration and allow this executive order to go into effect.”
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disputableThe Supreme Court rules on the merits of the executive order; if the ruling allows the executive order to go into effect, the prediction is false; if it blocks or significantly limits it, the prediction is true.
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