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Mail-Ballot SCOTUS Ask Still Pending

By Samuel Crane, Washington September 9, 2026 1 min read

TL;DR

SCOTUSblog filed states and civic groups urging the Court to leave a mail-ballot order in place. Wednesday has no ruling. An ask is not an order.

MSM Perspective

SCOTUSblog filed the ask. Wednesday has no named merits ruling. Pending is not decided.

X Perspective

Feeds treat a pending ask as already a nationwide order.

States and civic groups urged the Supreme Court to leave a mail-ballot order in place. [1] SCOTUSblog filed the ask. [1] This paper printed the docket still an ask Tuesday. Wednesday has no named merits ruling in fetched copy. An ask is not an order. Pending is not decided. Print pending. Do not print a nationwide mail order.

Leave a named ruling to the edition that owns a named ruling. A quiet docket is not a win. Wednesday does not invent a stay.

Print pending. Wednesday is not a mail-ballot order. An ask remains an ask. Leave a named stay to the edition that owns a named stay. Print pending as the named Wednesday docket word. Civic groups urging a hold are not a Court order.

-- SAMUEL CRANE, Washington

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[1] https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/09/states-civic-groups-urge-supreme-court-to-leave-order-in-place-prohibiting-trump-administration-/