Supreme Court decides federal judges cannot block gerrymandering
From today’s CNBC Online: The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal courts may not block gerrymandering in a 5-4 decision that fell along partisan lines. The court also ruled, in…
Battle over Georgia voting rights escalates in federal court
From today’s Atlanta Journal Constitution: A lawsuit alleging widespread voting problems in Georgia is pursuing an ambitious solution: restoration of the Voting Rights Act and federal oversight of elections. After…
Trump Is Urged to Fire Kellyanne Conway for Hatch Act Violations
From today’s New York Times: An independent government agency recommended on Thursday that President Trump fire Kellyanne Conway, his White House counselor, for repeated violations of an ethics law barring…
FACT CHECK: Foreign Interference And ‘Opposition Research’ Are Not The Same
From today’s NPR News Online: President Trump has conflated an infamous practice in and among political campaigns — “opposition research” — with foreign election interference like that launched by Russia…
Nevada governor signs bill to restore voting rights to convicted felons
From today’s The Hill: Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) on Wednesday signed into law a pair of criminal justice reform bills, including one that restores voting rights to convicted felons…
Deceased G.O.P. Strategist’s Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question
From today’s New York Times: Thomas B. Hofeller achieved near-mythic status in the Republican Party as the Michelangelo of gerrymandering, the architect of partisan political maps that cemented the party’s…
Abrams: We Cannot Resign Ourselves to Dismay and Disenfranchisement
From today’s New York Times: In the mid-1960s, when my father was a teenager, he was arrested. His crime? Registering black voters in Mississippi. He and my mother had joined…
Felon voting bill goes to Florida governor’s desk amid outcry
From today’s Associated Press News Wire: Florida felons will have to pay court-ordered financial obligations if they want their voting rights restored under a bill sent to Republican Gov. Ron…
Federal court: Michigan political maps illegally rigged to ‘historical proportions’
From today’s Detroit News: Michigan must redraw legislative and congressional districts for the 2020 election because current maps drawn by Republicans represent a political gerrymander “of historical proportions,” a three-judge…
Interior nominee David Bernhardt’s ethics problems aren’t going away
From today’s Los Angeles Times: President Trump’s pick to the lead the Interior Department heads for a confirmation vote as early as Thursday, with his career as a lobbyist raising…