Supreme Court Takes Judicial Watch Ballot Case & Justice for Ashli Babbitt

Supreme Court Takes Ballot Case

• 🏛️ The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Judicial Watch case concerning the counting of ballots that arrive after election day.
• ⚖️ Judicial Watch represents Congressman Mike Bost and two presidential electors challenging an Illinois law that counts ballots arriving up to 14 days after election day, arguing it contravenes federal law.
• ❓ The core issue is whether candidates have the legal standing to challenge such laws, a point lower courts had denied.
• 🗓️ The case is expected to be heard next term, potentially as early as October.

Election Integrity Lawsuits

• 🗳️ Judicial Watch is involved in similar cases in Mississippi and California, challenging laws that extend the deadline for receiving and counting ballots past election day.
• 🏛️ A Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling found Mississippi's law unlawful for counting ballots received up to 5 days after election day.
• ⚠️ In California, ballots arriving up to 7 days after election day have been blamed for changing election outcomes, leading to a lawsuit filed on behalf of Congressman Darrell Issa.
• ✊ Judicial Watch is also actively involved in lawsuits to clean up voter rolls, having removed 5 million names nationwide due to inactivity.

Ashli Babbitt Case Settlement

• 🕊️ Judicial Watch announced a settlement of $4.975 million with the federal government in the wrongful death lawsuit filed for Ashli Babbitt's family.
• 💔 The settlement is described as a historic and necessary step for justice, aiming to counter the narrative that justified her killing.
• ⚖️ The lawsuit alleged wrongful death, assault, battery, and negligence, with the settlement not constituting an admission of liability by the United States.
• 🗣️ The settlement is seen as a vindication for Babbitt, an Air Force veteran, and a blow against the