Trump’s DOJ is 1-29. I’m not done
I look forward to the day when the DOJ returns to its core mission of protecting voting rights. Until then, I will continue to fight against these attacks on voters in court.
As the founder of Democracy Docket and Partner at Elias Law Group, Marc Elias is a nationally recognized authority in voting rights, redistricting and law. In 2020, Marc led the historic legal effort to protect voting rights, winning over 60 lawsuits against the GOP’s efforts to suppress the vote. As Republicans continue to mount aggressive challenges to voting, Marc continues to fight back in court and on Twitter. Fighting for democracy by his side is Marc’s Portuguese Water Dog named Blue.
I look forward to the day when the DOJ returns to its core mission of protecting voting rights. Until then, I will continue to fight against these attacks on voters in court.
On Saturday, President Donald Trump said Sen. Chuck Schumer and the lawyer who regularly defeats his voter suppression and election subversion schemes should be “held criminally responsible” over Alaska’s U.S. Senate race.
The weekend before Election Day has been anything but quiet. It has been the storm before the storm.
We are in the midst of a constitutional crisis in which the federal government has weaponized itself against free and fair elections.
The Department of Justice keeps filing lawsuits to undermine our elections. The pro-democracy movement keeps fighting back. So far, we are winning, and the DOJ is losing. But make no mistake: this is unsustainable.
When I tell people that Donald Trump hates me, they often assume I mean it in a generic sense — that he hates Democrats and people who fight him in court. No, I correct them: he hates me personally.
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Trump administration can resume using its voter suppression database to help Republicans remove voters from the rolls, I called it what it is: a terrible decision.
We are less than two months until Election Day for the most important midterms of our lifetime.
Donald Trump’s Justice Department took a major step toward subverting elections this fall.
You argued that the American people have misjudged you — that they are wrong about what is in your heart and mind. I want to be clear: I don’t care what you think or feel. What I care about is your actions.
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