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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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Voters in Tarrant County, Texas are arguing that the county’s residential map intentionally discriminates against minority communities, violating the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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What Democrat can win in 2028? Former Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill sits down with Marc to discuss the future of the Democratic Party and its potential presidential candidate. Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCxm...

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ICYMI: A coalition of immigrant rights groups sued the Trump administration to block it from paying El Salvador to imprison hundreds of Venezuelan migrants who were removed from the U.S. without due process. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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TODAY: A federal court will hear a lawsuit filed by 19 Democratic-led states challenging Trump's executive order requiring proof of citizenship to vote and eliminating grace periods for mail-in ballots. @marcelias.bsky.social‬ previews the case: www.democracydocket.com/cases/massac...

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"Can you imagine being so disconnected from reality[?]" Former Sen. Claire McCaskill joined Marc Elias to discuss Elon Musk, what Democrats need to do to win in 2028 and more in our latest interview, out tomorrow. Subscribe now so you don't miss it: newsletters.democracydocket.com/all-newslett...

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While Elon Musk and Donald Trump continue their public break up and tear down, the real story is the man replacing Musk at DOGE: Russell Vought. Democracy Docket dug into Vought and his plans to wreak havoc on millions of Americans. Fund reporting that focuses on facts and cuts through the noise.

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The new top voting lawyer at the DOJ previously worked for a leading anti-voting legal group known for spreading fear about illegal voting and pushing for stricter voting rules. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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NEW: The DOJ issued a formal warning to Wisconsin’s elections board, accusing it of violating federal voting law and threatening to withhold election funds from the state. By: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social‬ www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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NEW: A coalition of immigrant rights groups sue the Trump administration to block it from paying El Salvador to imprison hundreds of Venezuelan migrants who were removed from the U.S. without due process, claiming the agreement violates federal law. From: @jaknutson.bsky.social‬

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ICYMI: 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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Republicans who run Tarrant County, Texas, called in national GOP figures to gerrymander the county commissioner map to increase their power at the expense of Black and brown voters. Here’s how they’re carrying out their scheme 🧵:

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