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In a test case for disenfranchising voters across multiple states in 2024, the RNC is posing a legal challenge to Mississippi’s post-election ballot receipt deadline. The RNC hopes that it can secure a favorable ruling from a conservative judge in Mississippi.
The nation’s highest court will hear arguments on whether former President Donald Trump is absolutely immune from criminal prosecution over acts that allegedly happened when he was president.
Over the past few election cycles, there’s been a steady stream of right-wing groups launching a full-frontal legal assault on voting rights. But the Public Interest Legal Foundation is one of the most prolific — and nefarious.
We explain the history of the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity doctrine and what Trump is arguing in support of his sweeping absolute presidential immunity claim.
In the opening months of 2024, voters in the Empire State are utilizing the recently enacted New York Voting Rights Act (NYVRA) in hopes of remedying discrimination across the state.
A recent internal RNC memo claims the committee to have “engaged” in 78 lawsuits across 23 states in the 2023-2024 election cycle, a thorough review of the RNC’s memo reveals a far lower number.
A troubling trend is emerging in the nation’s most conservative federal appeals court.
Meet the wide-ranging cast of characters involved in this “frivolous” lawsuit to ban electronic voting machines in Arizona that’s dragged on for two years.
For Women’s History Month, Democracy Docket spoke to just a few of the many women attorneys and activists who are at the vanguard of today’s fight for voting rights. Here’s what we learned.
Harmeet Dhillon and her namesake law firm has become one of the leading legal groups working to roll back voting rights across the country.
