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The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that the GOP-led State Elections Board overstepped its authority by attempting to enact several anti-voting rules before the 2024 election. The blocked rules permitted hand-counting ballots, requiring ID at drop boxes and more.

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A federal judge denied Gov. Newsom’s request Tuesday to immediately block Trump from sending the California National Guard and Marines to aid in Los Angeles ICE raids, but will review the request again on Thursday. Here’s what you need to know: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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“As we defend our democracy against our own Department of Justice, I’m saddened for our country — but we cannot afford to run from this moment,” @MarcElias.bsky.official writes. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

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“My own district includes many of the Black and Brown neighborhoods that are central to our county’s history. Now, it’s being manipulated and packed,” Tarrant County Commissioner Roderick Miles Jr. writes. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-w...

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BREAKING: Rep. McIver has been indicted by a federal grand jury for confronting ICE agents during a May oversight visit. She’s accused of “forcibly impeding” federal agents, a charge carrying up to 8 years in prison. McIver says: “I will not be intimidated.” From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social

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When asked today if California Gov. Gavin Newsom should face legal consequences given the ongoing protests in Los Angeles, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) said he couldn’t comment on that but suggested the governor "ought to be tarred and feathered." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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The Trump administration lost a shocking 96% of rulings in federal district courts last month, according to a recent analysis by Adam Bonica, a professor of political science at Stanford. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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UPDATE: A federal judge denies Gov. Newsom’s request to immediately block Trump from sending the California National Guard and Marines to aid in Los Angeles ICE raids, but sets a hearing on the matter for Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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An anti-voting lawsuit filed Friday is demanding full access to Utah’s voter registration list, including records that are private or classified as protected under state law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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NEW: California Gov. Gavin Newsom asks a federal court to issue an emergency order blocking Trump from using the state’s National Guard troops and Marines to aid in ICE raids in Los Angeles. From: @jaknutson.bsky.social‬

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NEW: The Georgia Supreme Court ruled the GOP-led State Election Board overstepped its authority by attempting to impose new rules like hand-counting ballots and requiring voter ID at drop boxes shortly before the 2024 election. From: @mattdcohen.bsky.social‬

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NEW: In a win for voters, a federal court dismissed a right-wing group's challenge to Pennsylvania's voter roll maintenance practices, which sought to disenfranchise over 277,000 voter registrations. The case was dismissed and cannot be refiled. www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...

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California sued President Trump yesterday, accusing him of illegally seizing control of the California National Guard to suppress protests in Los Angeles — without the governor’s consent. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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In a 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS is letting DOGE access millions of Americans' sensitive data, including Social Security numbers, medical histories and banking information. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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California is suing the Trump administration over the deployment of the National Guard troops Sunday. State Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said in a virtual press conference yesterday that the administration went from “zero to 60.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Texas GOP legislators let a bill requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration die this session. Advocates say it’s because they’re worried about disenfranchising their own voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Trump has a new plan to undermine judges, and it’s called “court-baiting.” The strategy forces judges to take potentially unpopular decisions that are necessary to protect constitutional principles, then attack them for those decisions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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BREAKING: California sues Trump, accusing him of illegally taking control of the state’s National Guard to suppress protests. The lawsuit calls Trump's move unprecedented, unlawful and unconstitutional. From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social

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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D) sued Alina Habba, U.S. attorney for New Jersey, for false arrest, malicious prosecution and defamation stemming from his arrest for protesting the Trump administration's deportation policies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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ALEC — a right-wing think tank known for drafting controversial anti-voting legislation like the SAVE Act — is launching a new task force that will focus on pushing a new slate of state-level voter suppression bills. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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NEW: A federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing federal workers’ personal data at the Office of Personnel Management, stating that the agency violated the Privacy Act by granting the faux-agency access to its systems. Order: www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...

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Congressional Republicans are considering a new judicial requirement that would allow Trump to skirt court orders for a short time. Legal experts warn it would cause chaos in the courts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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A new lawsuit is demanding Utah turn over its full voter registration list, including private and protected records. The lawsuit filed by a right-wing group tied to voter purges claims state privacy laws violate federal transparency rules. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Republican lawmakers in Texas are reluctant to impose a proof of citizenship requirement for voting in the state because it would make it more difficult for their own voters to cast a ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Mississippi is asking SCOTUS to uphold the state’s grace period for mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day. The state is defending its law from an attack by the RNC. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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NEW: California Governor Gavin Newsom says the state will sue Trump for sending at least 300 National Guard troops to Los Angeles protests against ICE raids — the first such deployment without gubernatorial consent since 1965. From: @jaknutson.bsky.social‬

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TODAY: A trial will begin in Florida over claims that the state’s Senate map is racially gerrymandered. The lawsuit claims a district was intentionally drawn to dilute Black voters’ power in the Tampa Bay area. Background: www.democracydocket.com/cases/florid...

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ICYMI: The DOJ issued a formal warning to Wisconsin’s elections board, accusing it of violating federal law and threatening to withhold election funds. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Texas legislators ended the 2025 session this week without passing a proof of citizenship bill, to the astonishment of voting advocates who are all too accustomed to seeing the state’s far-right leadership sign harmful restrictions into law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Here’s what we know about Russell Vought: He’s stepping in for Elon Musk to run DOGE, the faux-agency slashing the federal gov. A self-described Christian nationalist, Vought was one of the key architects behind Project 2025. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongly removed from the U.S. without due process by the Trump administration and imprisoned in El Salvador, will return stateside to face criminal charges, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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ICYMI: Alabama appealed its long-running redistricting case to the Supreme Court again — even though the high court and lower judges agreed that the state's original congressional map discriminated against Black voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Florida advocacy groups are suing the state over a new law they say makes it nearly impossible to pass ballot initiatives, which they argue violates the First and 14th Amendments. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gop...

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An anti-voting lawsuit is demanding full access to Utah’s voter registration list, including records that are private and protected under state law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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North Carolina’s Supreme Court allowed a GOP-backed law to take effect after a lower court said it’s “unconstitutional beyond a reasonable doubt.” The law strips the Democratic governor of power over elections and hands it over to a Republican. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Trump may have embarked on a new strategy for undermining the judiciary called “court-baiting.” The tactic entails forcing the judiciary to take potentially unpopular decisions that are necessary to protect constitutional principles, then attacking them for those decisions.

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NEW: Texas lawmakers quietly rejected a proof of citizenship bill for voter registration in a surprise move for the deep-red state. Advocates say Republican lawmakers backed off when they realized it could disenfranchise their own voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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NEW: Trump’s DOJ is “court-baiting”: forcing the judiciary to make potentially unpopular decisions that are necessary to protect constitutional principles — then attacking them for those decisions. Experts say it’s straight from the authoritarian playbook. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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BREAKING: A right-wing legal group just sued to force Utah to turn over its entire voter roll — including private & protected records. The outcome of this case could potentially lay the groundwork for voter purges in the state. From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social

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NEW: In a win for voters, the Supreme Court rejects the RNC's challenge to a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that allowed voters to cast provisional ballots in person if their mail-in ballots were rejected.

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NEW: In a loss for Arkansas voters, a federal court upheld the state's congressional map, saying that voters failed to prove their claims of intentional racial discrimination. Arkansas will retain its current map.

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The RNC moved to defend President Trump's executive order to restrict voter access from various legal challenges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Russell Vought, Trump’s budget hawk and one of the chief architects of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, is stepping in to become DOGE’s new power broker. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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BREAKING: In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court grants DOGE access to millions of Americans' personal data, including social security numbers and banking information. In her dissent, Justice Jackson warned of "grave privacy risks for millions of Americans." From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social‬

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NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongly sent to El Salvador without due process by the Trump administration, is on his way back to the U.S. to face criminal charges, according to reporting from ABC News. From: @jaknutson.bsky.social‬

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BREAKING: Mississippi asks the Supreme Court to uphold its law to count mail-in ballots returned by Election Day and received by officials shortly after. The RNC filed a lawsuit to overturn the state’s grace period, which more than a dozen other states have as well. From: @mattdcohen.bsky.social‬

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SCOTUS will hear a case that could impact federal candidates’ ability to challenge state election laws. The case has gained support from anti-voting activists aiming to leverage the Court's conservative majority to restrict voting rights. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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BREAKING: Alabama appeals its long-running redistricting case to the Supreme Court again — even though the high court and lower judges agreed that the state's original congressional map discriminated against Black voters. From: @jenrice.bsky.social‬

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BREAKING: In two SCOTUS developments, Alabama appeals a ruling that its 2023 House map discriminates against Black voters: www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u... Mississippi asks the Court to hear a case challenging mail-in ballot return grace periods: www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...

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