Lisa Graves discusses the case before the court on tariffs, as well as voting rights and John Roberts’s legacy.
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SCOTUS Is Behaving Like “Arm of the MAGA Trump Presidency,” Says Legal Expert Read Post »
On Tuesday, California voters passed Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s congressional redistricting proposal in response to Texas Republicans’ gerrymandered map, by a sweeping 28-point margin. As I reported in October, high-profile Democratic politicians—including former President Barack Obama—were front and center in an advertising blitz to pass the measure, which would tilt five seats in the […]
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Racial Justice Campaigners Were Prop 50’s Army in the Field Read Post »
They are anticipating that vast structural changes will ultimately keep them in power, regardless of how they legislate.
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Amid Government Shutdown, Republicans Are Showing Us What Autocracy Looks Like Read Post »
Michigan is one of several states being sued by the DOJ for refusing to share unredacted voter rolls with the agency.
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Michigan Republicans Want to Share Full Voter Roll With Trump Admin — Unredacted Read Post »
“The seeds are being planted to rig the midterms,” one journalist wrote in response to Trump’s comments.
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Trump Tells GOP Lawmakers to “Get Smart” and Eliminate Early Mail-In Voting Read Post »
The GOP-controlled North Carolina legislature, which has already gone to extreme lengths to undermine the will of the voters, is set to pass a new Trump-inspired gerrymandered congressional map this week that is expected to give Republicans one additional seat heading into the midterms. It will make one of the most gerrymandered states in the […]
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The Supreme Court, with its six-to-three Republican-appointed majority, appears ready to kneecap what remains of the Voting Rights Act’s protections for minority political representation. During Wednesday’s oral argument in Louisiana v. Callais, at least five conservative justices seemed ready to enfeeble the seminal civil rights law such that it will no longer stop white majorities […]
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Republican Justices Appear Poised to Destroy What’s Left of the Voting Rights Act Read Post »
If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is dismantled, the impact will reshape political power across the US, experts say.
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SCOTUS Case Could Destroy Voting Rights Act and Cement GOP Control of House Read Post »
Polling shows bipartisan opposition to states engaging in voluntary mid-census redistricting.
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Missouri GOP Gov Approves New Maps Likely to Strip Dems of House Seat in 2026 Read Post »
On Thursday evening, around the same time the Justice Department overruled career prosecutors in order to bring charges against former FBI Director James Comey, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division sued six states—California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania—for failing to hand over their full, unredacted voter registration lists. The new legal actions signify […]
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The Justice Department Is Ramping Up Trump’s Election-Rigging Efforts Read Post »
Since the murder of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk last week in Utah, the state’s Republican governor, Spencer Cox, has won plaudits for his general moderation. In his press conferences and TV appearances, he was perhaps the lone member of his party to remind Americans that the person most responsible for killing Kirk was the young […]
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As the Trump administration vows to undertake a sweeping crackdown on liberal organizations following last week’s murder of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk, the Justice Department on Tuesday sued two blue states, Maine and Oregon, to attempt to gain access to their full, unredacted voter registration lists, intensifying President Trump’s anti-voting efforts. The DOJ has demanded […]
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The Trump Administration’s Latest Power Grab: Your Voter Data Read Post »
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