Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott

Cite as: 591 U. S. ____ (2020) 1

Statement of S
OTOMAYOR, J.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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No. 19A1055
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TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY, ET AL. v. GREG
ABBOTT, GOVERNOR OF TEXAS,
ET AL.
ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY
[June 26, 2020]
The application to vacate stay presented to JUSTICE
ALITO and by him referred to the Court is denied.
Statement of J
USTICE SOTOMAYOR respecting the denial
of application to vacate stay.
This application raises weighty but seemingly novel ques-
tions regarding the Twenty-Sixth Amendment. I do not dis-
agree with the decision to refrain from addressing them for
the first time here, in the context of an emergency applica-
tion to vacate a stay of an injunction. But I hope that the
Court of Appeals will consider the merits of the legal issues
in this case well in advance of the November election.