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The U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement Monday that it will hear a case on two Arizona voting laws could spell danger for a key federal protection that prevents voters from being removed from the rolls right before an election.
The Supreme Court Monday declined to take up a challenge to a Texas law that prohibits voters from receiving help with filling out or submitting their ballot from a person who is compensated for that service.
In a dissenting opinion Monday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor denounced the Supreme Court for upending almost a century of precedent while granting President Trump power to shape the federal government through arbitrary dismissals.
The right also used the decision to bolster an ongoing push for President Donald Trump’s SAVE America Act — though the measure does not address the issue at stake in the case.
The Supreme Court upended nearly a century of legal precedent Monday by formally endorsing President Donald Trump’s dismissal of the last Democrat on the Federal Trade Commission.
The U.S. Supreme Court blessed grace periods for ballots mailed by Election Day Thursday, preserving pro-voter laws in 14 states.
The move strongly indicates the Supreme Court will take up the case, Eakin v. Adams County Board of Elections.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear Republican arguments in defense of Arizona laws that risk disenfranchising eligible voters and make it harder to register.
President Donald Trump’s anti-voting agenda had already hit some major legal roadblocks over the last year. But this may have been its worst week yet in the courts.
The U.S. Justice Department has lost yet another court battle in the Trump administration’s crusade to gain unfettered access to state voter rolls.