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“The administration is doing as much as possible to inject chaos into the election cycle… A top priority for this administration is to try to interfere in this election.” — @wendyweiser.bsky.social said to @washingtonpost.com #[wapo.st/4xTW0oZ

Trump is holding the housing bill hostage to his election interference agenda, pushing a deeply unpopular bill that could block millions of Americans from voting. Trump Administration Live Updates: President Cancels Plans to Sign Housing Bill www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...

“The president’s attacks on mail voting have nothing to do with any real problems with the practice. American elections have featured mail voting in some form or another dating back to the Civil War." - @wendyweiser.bsky.social in Q&A with @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

We’ve learned that federal law enforcement raided offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, as well as homes of employees, board members, and activists. This appears to be an outrageous fishing expedition, an attempt to intimidate people working for democracy in our communities and country. 1/3

Rank hypocrisy and doublespeak in the SCOTUS Alabama decision, to give impunity to those who engage in race discrimination and disrupt elections. /1

Most commentators puzzled by the unprincipled Roberts Court ruling in the AL redistricting case conclude that the only possible explanation is rank partisanship. There is another possibility. Maybe the majority is condoning and promoting race discrimination. The evidence supports either explanation.

I never want to hear about a Purcell “principle” again. A rule that applies only to lower federal courts and concerns itself only with the state’s equities is not a “principle.” Call it the “Purcell power grab” if you like the alliteration.

The Court said it did not strike down the Voting Rights Act. It just made it that no one could ever use it. But the Voting Rights Act still exists in theory, just not in reality. The American people do not have to just swallow all of this. We can demand more from our courts. /5

States are free to racially discriminate in redistricting so long as they say they are doing so for partisan advantage. Courts are not allowed to find that race discrimination was the motive when discrimination also gives a partisan advantage. It almost always does (and has). Impunity. /4

Intentional race discrimination is illegal, but courts aren’t really allowed to find it. When a legislature intentionally discriminates, courts must presume they acted with good faith. See, the discrimination disappears when you presume it away! Impunity. /3

States are free to make last-minute changes that disrupt elections. Federal courts are not allowed to step in close to elections, even to stop last-minute illegal abuses. That would be too disruptive. Impunity. /2

Justice Sotomayor succinctly explains what the Roberts Court did last night. Its series of decisions gutting the Voting Rights Act and blessing discrimination and gamesmanship will live on in infamy.

Rank hypocrisy and doublespeak in the SCOTUS Alabama decision, to give impunity to those who engage in race discrimination and disrupt elections. /1

This evening, the Supreme Court allowed Alabama to move forward with a new map eliminating one of only two Black districts in the state--without really addressing the lower court's ruling that the map was intentionally discriminatory against Black voters. 1/ www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

As legislatures across the South devastate the political power of Black and other minority communities, it's important to remember that there is still a lot Congress can and must do to set things right. Here are some clear steps it can take: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Reminding everyone that neither DHS nor ODNI has authority over election administration.

Last year, Trump issued a sweeping executive order purporting to rewrite many election rules and practices nationwide. A year in, most of it has been blocked or thwarted, but the administration keeps pressing on. Read @brennancenter’s detailed rundown here: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Three Decades on the Supreme Court Is Too Long www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/o...

The Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act "does further rig the system," says @wendyweiser.bsky.social. So people need to "show up in large numbers and demand the unrigging of the system. ... The whole system still depends on us, the voters."

1/ Here is what you need to know about the Trump Administration's attempt to get the names and contact details of the thousands of election workers and civic volunteers in the 2020 election in Fulton County, GA www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/u...

1/ Here is what you need to know about the Trump Administration's attempt to get the names and contact details of the thousands of election workers and civic volunteers in the 2020 election in Fulton County, GA www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/u...

2 cardinal principles of democracy: (1) It is wrong & illegal to suspend an ongoing election when voting is already underway. This causes immediate disenfranchisement and chaos. In fact, SCOTUS doesn't allow courts to change maps or election practices close to elections even before voting starts. /1

Kevin Morris Shows How Alito Misled on Turnout in Callais Opinion electionlawblog.org?p=155805

In Callais, Justice Alito doubles down on the spurious argument from the early SCOTUS decision in Shelby County that discrimination is no longer a problem in the South because the racial turnout gap has closed. That is flatly wrong. /1

WaPo reports Louisiana’s governor will announce on Friday that he is suspending the House primaries where people have already started voting and redraw the map; I’d expect them to go for an all-Republican map and eliminate both majority-Black districts, not just one.

Black voter participation soared right after the VRA passed in 1965. But not until 1992, after Congress strengthened the VRA to require majority-minority districts, did we start getting closer to proportional Black representation in Congress. Because Black votes finally counted more in the South.

In today's disastrous opinion in Callais, SCOTUS essentially rewarded the despicable "Southern Strategy" with a free pass to engage in race discrimination so long as the perpetrators call it partisan gerrymandering. Read this excerpt from page 27:

In Callais, Justice Alito doubles down on the spurious argument from the early SCOTUS decision in Shelby County that discrimination is no longer a problem in the South because the racial turnout gap has closed. That is flatly wrong. /1

Today’s ruling in Callais is shameful. It basically completes the Roberts Court's project of destroying the Voting Rights Act. 1/

BREAKING: The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana map that fairly represents Black voters, gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. This devastating attack from the Court majority destroys protections for voters of color across the country.

This is shameful. Every American should be outraged--and saddened--at the devastation to the Voting Rights Act, to fair representation, to protections against race discrimination, to our democracy, to our history, to our country. Shame on the Roberts Court.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has completed its decades-long project to destroy the Voting Rights Act. It has blessed racial discrimination and further encouraged partisan gerrymandering in the Callais ruling. 1/2

1. SCOTUS is going to have a hard time ruling for Trump on birthright. He did himself no favors today. 2. Our birthright citizenship rule is a universal one, designed to prevent Trump from doing what he's trying to do now -- deciding who's American and who isn't. 3. SCOTUS? Still a major problem.🧵

Breaking: The president has signed an executive order on mail voting. He has no lawful authority to write the rules that govern our elections. He tried a year ago; we sued him; we won. A year later, he has tried again. He can expect the same result. 1/2

Sending ICE or any federal agents to interfere in elections or intimidate voters would be unlawful, and I am confident that courts would step in," @wendyweiser.bsky.social to @cnn.com on threats to free and fair elections ahead of the 2026 midterms:

On Jan 28, news broke of a dramatic FBI raid at a warehouse storing ballots and other election materials from the 2020 election in Fulton County, GA. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Keep your eye on this: As Trump's allies in the Senate press their egregious (and hopefully doomed) SAVE Act, his allies in the election denier community claim he is preparing a new election takeover executive order, presumably as an end run around Congress www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Somehow, the SAVE Act might get worse. It already requires a passport or birth certificate to register to vote, which would block millions of American citizens from voting. The new substitute amendment (#4420) would end vote-by-mail as we know it (& more)!

STOP the SAVE Act: the anti-voter law would require voters to show a passport or birth certificate to register to vote, but 21 million American citizens don’t have those documents readily available. Call your senators: bit.ly/4srDVLB

Note that this new White House task force has “election integrity measures” explicitly in its sights. Remember that this administration is relentlessly trying to interfere in elections. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Note that this new White House task force has “election integrity measures” explicitly in its sights. Remember that this administration is relentlessly trying to interfere in elections. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Here is what DOJ really should have investigated relating to the 2020 election in Maricopa County, AZ--the improper access a private firm was given to ballots and election materials and the failure to preserve the security of those materials: www.brennancenter.org/sites/defaul...

Calling law students and new lawyers--join our virtual event to learn about clerking on state supreme courts. March 19 at 3 pm. www.brennancenter.org/events/what-...

Last year, Trump issued a sweeping executive order purporting to rewrite many election rules and practices nationwide. A year in, most of it has been blocked or thwarted, but the administration keeps pressing on. Read @brennancenter’s detailed rundown here: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

The #SCOTUS hypocrisy in election-related cases is breathtaking. They are not even trying anymore.

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Do not fall for this bunk that Trump can use emergency powers to issue an executive order to control elections. The law is clear: The president has no legal authority over elections. He has no emergency powers relating to elections. If he tries this, it will be blocked in court like his other EO.