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Any candidate for federal office may challenge election laws governing their election, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision Wednesday, potentially triggering a deluge of litigation over the counting and certifying of results.
The federal government has now filed lawsuits against 21 states, plus D.C., demanding registrants’ unredacted private information — including driver license numbers, social security numbers and dates of birth — in a campaign decried by local officials and legal experts as an unconstitutional attack on states’ authority to run elections and an illegal attempt to create an unprecedented national voter database.
A federal appeals court temporarily allowed the Trump administration to keep the National Guard under federal command in Illinois — but blocked its use for active deployment. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued the emergency order Saturday, granting the administration’s request for a stay “as to the federalization of the National Guard” but denying […]
At U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments Wednesday, the justices signaled they’re wary of making it significantly easier to challenge election laws, as a Republican member of Congress and his allies are urging them to do.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a GOP-backed case that could lead to a dramatic increase in lawsuits challenging state election laws.
President Donald Trump escalated his war on Democratic-led cities, again threatening to send military forces into Chicago.
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in an Illinois case that could determine whether candidates have a legal right to challenge election laws.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking an Illinois court to force the arrest and return of House Democrats who left the state.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a statement of interest Tuesday in a federal lawsuit challenging how Illinois manages its voter registration rolls.
In an interview with Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias, Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois (D) explained why the fight matters.
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