Sam Levine for The Guardian:
Donald Trump’s appointees at the Department of Justice have removed all of the senior civil servants working as managers in the department’s voting section and directed attorneys to dismiss all active cases, according to people… Continue reading
NYT:
The lone Republican vote in the Senate last month to protect consumers from bank overdraft fees came from an unlikely Democratic ally: Senator Josh Hawley, the archconservative from Missouri best known for calling out “wokeness” in all sectors of… Continue reading
Ned Barnett in the News and Observer:
The Griffin lawsuit has ping-ponged between state and federal courts for nearly six months and is currently pending in federal court. Ultimately, this case could endure all the way to the U.S. Supreme… Continue reading
Tapen Sinha:
Voting means (swimming) costume party
It has become a tradition – especially in surfing communities – to vote in their swimwear. Here is a young lady voting in “Surfers Paradise”. Yes, that is the name of the… Continue reading
NYT:
For months, Republicans in North Carolina have tried to do what President Trump and his allies could not in 2020: overturn an election that did not go their way.
What began as a sprawling effort to throw out 65,000… Continue reading
Travis has the main coverage at ELB, but I’ve posted some additional thoughts at Bluesky (read the whole thread):
The district court's opinion partially & temporarily blocking key parts of Trump's executive order on elections is careful, persuasive, and seems… Continue reading
Elon Musk has made a completely unsupported claim that protests against him and Tesla for his work trying to dismantle and hobble much of the U.S. government through DOGE are being “paid” for by those who like fraud and abuse… Continue reading
The court’s order stops what is likely an unconstitutional attempt approved by North Carolina state courts to overturn the results an election to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
I’ve written about the irreparable harm from the district court’s allowing a… Continue reading
NYT:
Three Manhattan federal prosecutors who worked on the criminal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City said Tuesday that they would resign rather than admit wrongdoing in refusing to abandon the case, according to an email… Continue reading
You can read Judge Griffin’s brief at this link. It briefly cites Bush v. Gore, but completely ignores the main point about irreparable harm that Justice Scalia first flagged in his Bush v. Gore stay concurrence. See here.… Continue reading
NYT:
President Trump raised $239 million for his inauguration festivities in January, a norm-shattering amount fueled by corporate America’s desire to curry favor with a famously transactional president.
The total, disclosed in a filing with the Federal Election Commission on… Continue reading
NYT:
A number of prominent Republicans, including several former members of the first Trump administration, have signed an open letter decrying the president for using his power to punish two former administration officials who criticized him, likening his actions to… Continue reading
Carrie Levine for Votebeat:
A federal judge said she planned to rule by April 24 on a request to stop parts of President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order on elections from being enforced or implemented….