For democracy, June is the cruelest month

In recent years, June has been the time when the high court delivers its most devastating blows against individual rights and the rule of law.

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Trump DOJ steps in to defend Ohio’s proof of citizenship law

The intervention represents the DOJ’s latest attempt to support Republican voter suppression efforts, a complete reversal of its decades-long defense of voting rights since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. 

Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal challenging GOP congressional gerrymander

The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal seeking to strike down the state’s Republican gerrymandered congressional map, reviving a major fight for fairer maps that could reshape Wisconsin’s U.S. House delegation for 2028.

In hopeful sign for mail-in voting, court fast tracks bid to block Trump order

A federal appeals court expedited a bid to block President Donald Trump’s sweeping attack on mail-in voting, a hopeful procedural sign for voters as the administration pushes ahead with plans that could upend how mail ballots…