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Cite as:  592 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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ROBERTS, C. J., concurring 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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No. 20A66 
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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, ET AL. v. 
WISCONSIN STATE LEGISLATURE, ET AL. 

ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY 

[October 26, 2020]

  The  application  to  vacate  stay  presented  to  JUSTICE 
KAVANAUGH and by him referred to the Court is denied. 
  CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS, concurring in denial of applica-
tion to vacate stay. 
  In  this  case,  as  in  several  this  Court  has  recently  ad-
dressed, a District Court intervened in the thick of election 
season to enjoin enforcement of a State’s laws.  Because I 
believe this intervention was improper, I agree with the de-
cision of the Seventh Circuit to stay the injunction pending 
appeal.  I write separately to note that this case presents 
different  issues  than  the  applications  this  Court  recently 
denied in Scarnati v. Boockvar, ante, at ___, and Republican 
Party of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar, ante, at ___.  While the 
Pennsylvania applications implicated the authority of state 
courts  to  apply  their  own  constitutions to  election regula-
tions, this case involves federal intrusion on state lawmak-
ing processes.  Different bodies of law and different prece-
dents  govern  these  two  situations  and  require,  in  these 
particular circumstances, that we allow the modification of 
election rules in Pennsylvania but not Wisconsin.