Trump’s Presidential Immunity Argument, Explained

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.

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New York Republicans Sue the State Over Law To Move All Local Elections to Even Years

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a law at the end of last year moving certain  local elections to even years, and over the past month, six counties have sued the state, asking courts to…

Pennsylvania Republicans Ask US Supreme Court To Take Radical Challenge to Biden Executive Order

Republicans are once again asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the radical independent state legislature theory — the theory that only legislatures can regulate federal elections.

New York Appellate Court To Hear GOP Challenge to Mail-In Voting Law

Next week, a New York appellate court will hear a Republican challenge to the state’s new no-excuse mail-in voting law, the New York Early Mail Voter Act. 

The Virus of Mass Voter Challenges Threatens Democracy and Is Spreading Fast

If the virus of mass voter challenges is an epidemic threatening to sweep across the nation and undermine our democracy, then Georgia is patient zero.