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In a moment of hyper-partisanship and visible, persistent presidential pressure on the Court, the Callais decision and its timing would undoubtedly be perceived as political. This pattern of unpredictable intervention in the electoral process—applying the Purcell principle when it favors one party and abandoning it when it does not—demonstrates the Chief Justice's inability to administer the Court independently and impartially, in violation of his constitutional and statutory obligations and the Judicial Oath.