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Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court just stood up for electoral democracy

In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court firmly rejected the so-called independent state legislature theory. This bizarre theory would have allowed renegade legislators to violate their state constitutions in setting rules for federal elections — allowing them to hijack elections for U.S. Congress and even the presidency.

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Matthew Yglesias: It’s not Trump’s party so much as Jason Smith’s

If you want to know how Donald Trump would govern if he wins in 2024 — or Ron DeSantis or for that matter Will Hurd — tune out the din of the Republican presidential campaign and cast your gaze toward the House of Representatives. What you will see is that…

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Chief Justice Roberts Calls Out Counsel In Moore v. Harper

This opinion continues a trend where the Court faults lawyers for making certain arguments, not making other arguments.

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Trump fumes about ‘illegally leaked’ CNN tape of him boasting about classified documents

Former president reacted to the release of the tape on Truth Social on Monday night, railing against ‘Deranged Special Prosecutor’ Jack Smith and baselessly accusing the DOJ and FBI of leaking it

The Independent UK

Rudy Giuliani interviewed by special counsel over 2020 election interference attempts, says report

Rudy Giuliani pushed bogus legal challenges to victory of Joe Biden in 2020 elections

The Independent UK

Trump wants to keep 'communists' and ‘Marxists’ out of the US. Here’s what the law says

Donald Trump announced a new campaign proposal that would bar “communists” and “Marxists” from entering the country

The Independent UK

Supreme Court rejects novel legislative theory, but leaves door open for 2024 election challenges

The U.S. Supreme Court shot down a controversial legal theory that could have changed the way elections are run across the country, but left the door open to more limited challenges that could increase its role in deciding voting disputes during the 2024 presidential election

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Impeachment? Censure? Stigma is falling away from Congress' most severe punishments

Republicans in the House are increasingly threatening impeachment against President Joe Biden and his top Cabinet officials

The Independent UK

Republican senator warns people with left-wing political views not to travel to Florida

Rick Scott repeats a stunt from May

The Independent UK

Analysis: 10 memorable moments from six months of divided government

WASHINGTON — The 118th Congress has delivered on forecasts it would not send President Joe Biden much legislation to sign into law. It also has delivered on predictions of fireworks aplenty.

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Judge signals he won’t move Trump’s Stormy Daniels hush money case to federal court

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge on Tuesday signaled he would not rule in Donald Trump’s favor and let the Stormy Daniels hush money case proceed in federal court.

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Laxer punishment given to CPD officers who went into Bobby Rush’s office raises questions about the arbitration process

“This is a system that has been under the public radar for such a long time,” said Craig B. Futterman, a founder and director of the University of Chicago Law School’s Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bidenomics: ‘Word of the day, word of the week, word of the month, word of the year’ at the White House

Bidenomics is on its way to becoming a key slogan that President Joe Biden will use in a major address in Chicago on Wednesday to tout his economic achievements.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani interviewed in Jan. 6 investigation, AP source says

Rudy Giuliani, who as a member of Donald Trump’s legal team sought to overturn 2020 election results in battleground states, has been interviewed by investigators with the Justice Department special counsel’s office

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ACLU lawsuit: Chicago police target minorities for traffic stops

Fewer than 5% of some 600,000 stops net even a ticket; not even 1% result in arrest or seizure of drugs or guns.

The Independent UK

Labor group requests ethics probe of Kentucky GOP gubernatorial candidate over campaign solicitation

A labor group has requested an ethics investigation of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron for soliciting and accepting campaign donations from a drug treatment organization under scrutiny by his office

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Florida Supreme Court justice should recuse himself on key abortion case, says ex-chief justice

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Barbara Pariente, a former chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, said Tuesday that one of the current justices, Charles Canady, should recuse himself from the case before the court that will decide if state efforts to sharply reduce access to abortion are constitutional.

Chicago Sun-Times

Joe Biden, on fundraising blitz for 2024 campaign, headlines 2 events in Chicago Wednesday

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his wife, MK, and a group of trial lawyers are hosting fundraisers after Biden touts his economic record in a ‘Bidenomics’ speech in Chicago.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to impeach Biden for joking about selling ‘state secrets’

Hardline right-winger from Georgia has already made multiple calls for the president to be impeached

Axios

Jan. 6 fallout: All three branches strike back against threats to democracy

At a moment of record-low trust in institutions, the guardrails are being fortified.

The Conversation

Supreme Court says state lawmakers can't just ignore state law when drawing voting districts or choosing presidential electors

For months, legislators, legal scholars and people simply interested in democracy and elections were fixated on a case before the Supreme Court, Moore v. Harper. Those following the case, which asked the justices to rule on the “independent state legislature doctrine,” have held their collective breath awaiting the outcome, which…

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Who is Catherine Eagles, the judge presiding over North Carolina’s abortion lawsuit?

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s 12-week abortion ban has its first day in court Wednesday — but it isn’t the judge’s first time presiding over a case on abortion.

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Can transgender minors transition in North Carolina? State Senate votes to restrict such procedures

RALEIGH, N.C. — When the North Carolina Senate voted Tuesday to pass a bill restricting health care for transgender minors, lawmakers were met with three words from the gallery.

Salon

Complaint: DeSantis got illegal donation

"As this complaint shows, foreign money may already be influencing the 2024 presidential election," expert warns

The Philadelphia Inquirer

State court rejects GOP challenge to Pennsylvania mail voting law

PHILADELPHIA — The law that created mail voting in Pennsylvania has withstood another Republican legal challenge.

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