People Not Politicians v. Onder · ¶9

On the merits, the Court’s precedents have not previously stated that Article I, Section 2 requires a state to use the primary election map in a general election, and given that the equities heavily favor staying this late-breaking intervention, it suffices that the merits are not entirely clearcut. Cf. Rodriguez v. Popular Democratic Party, 457 U. S. 1, 10, and n. 10 (1982). The equities dictate that we stay the District Court’s September 21 and September 22 injunctions, as well as the Court of Appeals’ September 21 and September 22 orders. See Purcell v. Gonzalez, 549 U. S. 1 (2006) (per curiam). This Court has repeatedly cautioned that “lower federal courts should not ‘alter the election rules’” of a state “on the eve of an election.” Allen v. Milligan, 608 U. S. 511, 514 (2026) (per curiam) (quoting Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee, 589 U. S. 423, 424…

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