is it just literally “taking too long to do something?”
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Laches came up quite a bit during the 2020 election. In a number of lawsuits, plaintiffs were complaining that certain voting methods were illegal or unconstitutional, but they waited until after early voting had started (or even after the election) to sue. By that time, people had already cast their votes, and courts were not going to create a larger injustice (throwing out votes) to resolve a smaller problem (illegal method of voting) – not when the smaller problem could have been solved months ago.
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