DOJ switched positions on Kentucky’s voter rolls, making farce of its own lawsuit
Kentucky’s lawyers highlighted the federal government’s reversal in a new filing asking the federal district court to dismiss the DOJ’s lawsuit.
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Thune schedules doomed SAVE America Act vote, dashing MAGA hopes for filibuster fight
Senate GOP leaders are looking to put the SAVE America Act debate behind them next week by scheduling it for a doomed vote — and MAGA is steaming mad.
Trump won’t say if he’ll send armed agents to the polls. So Dems are suing to find out
Democrats filed a lawsuit Tuesday demanding President Donald Trump’s administration unveil their plans, if any, for deploying federal officers or troops on election day.
Trump calls on divided GOP to pass SAVE America Act ‘at the expense of everything else’
As the MAGA base fractures over the decision to attack Iran, GOP Senators excoriate some cabinet officials in hearings, and House Republicans subpoena others, Trump and his allies appear increasingly desperate to pass the SAVE America Act.
As Iran War escalates, Trump and allies focus on pushing SAVE America Act
President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are not letting a little thing like a shooting war in the Middle East distract them from their social media campaign for passage of the SAVE America Act.
Trump DOJ appeals loss in Michigan voter roll case, asks for emergency expedited hearing
The Department of Justice (DOJ) intensified its quest for unfettered access to state voter registration rolls Monday, filing an emergency appeal in Michigan after a federal judge rejected the government’s demands.
SAVE America Act would crash voter registration drives
Both measures would effectively ban, or significantly hinder, voter registration drives run by schools, colleges, unions, and other civic groups that aim to reach unregistered voters and get them on the rolls.
Read the laughable legal memo behind the claim that Trump can declare a national voting emergency
Peter Ticktin, the Florida-based lawyer leading an effort to have President Donald Trump issue an executive order declaring a national emergency to enable a federal takeover of the upcoming midterm elections, shared his reasoning with Democracy Docket Thursday.
It was quickly torn to pieces by a leading expert on the president’s emergency powers.
Despite Trump’s SOTU and MAGA pressure, Sen. Maj. Leader Thune in no hurry to change filibuster, vote on SAVE America Act
Speaking with reporters Wednesday, Thune poured cold water on far-right activists’ hopes that he would quickly change the filibuster rules — the only realistic path to getting the bill passed a Democratic blockade.
Trump DOJ’s own goals could stymie its efforts to undermine midterms
Among other steps that President Donald Trump will take to undermine a fair election this fall, he’ll likely use the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to bring a flood of litigation aiming to challenge Democratic wins and shape the rules in the GOP’s favor.
