In only two of them was it plain that the vote was 5 to 4. But it seemed clear that the court’s Republican appointees were in the majority in all of them. But just what counts as the status quo is often contested. “Either they will have to brave the polls, endangering their own and others’ safety,” Justice Ginsburg wrote. “Or they will lose their right to vote, through no fault of their own.

Source: New York Times July 18, 2020 15:00 UTC