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Judge Smith: names Judge Brown 223 times in his dissent. Judge Brown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnEg... IYKYK

Remember that the EO purporting to limit birthright citizenship is just as unconstitutional today as it was yesterday. The constitution makes clear that babies born in the U.S. are American citizens. Period.

At some point, I may gather myself enough to share my own thoughts on this trainwreck. Until then, I will re-up only good takes from others with more fortitude than myself, like KBJ herself.

Kagan: "that's a lot of words" but you aren't answering how we can get to the result of addressing the national impact of the unlawful EO?

This is a truly outrageous development. For 60 years, voters have been able to vindicate their rights under the Voting Rights Act. Those individual actions have been transformational, creating the multiracial democracy we have today.

BREAKING: 8th Circuit panel rules Voting Rights Act’s Section 2 protections against racial discrimination can’t be privately enforced under Section 1983 of Title 42 in 7 states. Ruling comes from a redistricting lawsuit by tribal nations in North Dakota www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

The North Carolina State Board of Elections has formally certified Democrat Allison Riggs as the winner of a state Supreme Court.  Riggs was sworn-in at a brief ceremony in Raleigh. "We won this election more than six months ago, but it was fewer than seven days ago that this race finally ended."

It should not have taken 6 months and endless litigation to get here. But the fact that a court ultimately stopped these shenanigans and ordered the results certified is so critical. Kudos to all the democracy advocates on the ground that never gave an inch here.

There was an exceptionally important development in a case in North Carolina yesterday. The case is a testing ground for election sabotage and the federal district court shut it down.🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...

Once again, the district court stating an obvious point: "The States have initial authority to regulate elections. Congress has supervisory authority over those regulations. The President does not feature at all."

Breaking: A district court STOPS the President's unlawful order directing changes to federal election law. Specifically, the court enjoined an attempt by the President to direct an independent agency to require documentary proof of citizenship to register using the national form.

Believe it or not, President Trump doesn't have the authority to set rules about how we cast our ballets. We'll see the Administration in court: abcnews.go.com/US/organizat...

Today, the President purported to issue an executive order seeking to upend much of the states' administration of their own elections. campaignlegal.org/press-releas...

Today, the Court is hearing a deciding a case about the interaction between racial gerrymandering and the Voting Rights Act: Louisiana v. Callais.

Today, we closed our litigation in Alabama suing over Wes Allen's discriminatory purge program during the 2024 election. Secretary Allen has abandoned this program, so we dismissed the case. But if Secretary Allen starts again, we'll be there. campaignlegal.org/press-releas...

Our democracy runs on the authority of elected representatives that are accountable to the people, not on the authority of unelected billionaire super donor.

In which I discuss the 9th Circuit, the SAVE Act, and my poorly behaved but absolutely loveable dog. theonlypollsthatcount.substack.com/p/a-bit-of-g...

Big decision from the 9th Circuit here holding that Arizona's various restrictions on registration (including proof of citizenship) violate the NVRA & the Civil Rights Act. I was proud to argue this case on behalf of a big tent of excellent advocates and extraordinary clients. Here we go.

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

I'm back at the substack game. First newsletter of the Trump Administration just dropped: open.substack.com/pub/theonlyp...

Judge Coughenour, an appointee of Ronald Reagan, said from the bench: "I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order[.]" Indeed.

Hi friends, new here but have an update. While most elections are over, there are still some *very* close ones. And, unsurprisingly, some candidates are up to some very anti-democratic antics in those races. Case in point: the Supreme Court of North Carolina race is within hundreds of votes.