“Changing the [election] rules in the middle of the game is bad enough. Such [election] rule changes by officials who may lack authority to do so is even worse. When those changes alter election results, they can severely damage the electoral system on which our self-governance so heavily depends. If state officials have the authority they have claimed [to unilaterally change election rules without the consent of their State Legislatures], we need to make it clear. If not, we need to put an end to this practice now before the consequences become catastrophic.“

- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, dissenting from the denial of certiorari in the following case:

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

REPUBLICAN PARTY OF PENNSYLVANIA
20–542 v.
VERONICA DEGRAFFENREID, ACTING SECRETARY OF PENNSYLVANIA, ET AL.
JAKE CORMAN, ET AL.
20–574 v.
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY, ET AL.
ON PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME
COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, MIDDLE DISTRICT
Nos. 20–542 and 20–574. Decided February 22, 2021

To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin: “We have a Constitutional Republic, shame we couldn’t keep it.”

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