The charges come as Missouri faces litigation over its congressional maps, setting up potentially pivotal battles for control of Congress in November.
The midterm GOP convention, SCOTUS on voting integrity, the harpies on the Clancy jury speak out and much, much more. Source
The filing puts the legality of the president’s push to impose limits on mail voting squarely before the justices even as states begin sending out ballots.
US Supreme Court declined to take up a Michigan citizens-only voting proposal, just hours after the state Supreme Court denied a petition also seeking to force the initiative onto the ballot.
Donald Trump’s push to restrict mail-in voting just months before the midterm elections isn’t just politically consequential, it’s logistically infeasible. This week, a federal whistleblower exposed the USPS’ new “rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed” ballot portal, a project reminiscent of previous federal tech implementation shortfallings. “The question is, is it malevolence, or is it incompetence?” said David Kligerman, the attorney representing the whistleblower.
President Trump’s attempt to exert control over the nation’s election process faced a major setback Friday night. A federal judge extended her temporary injunction, barring the United States Postal Service from advancing Trump’s new vote-by-mail restrictions before the midterm elections. Kristen Clarke, former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, and former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori join “The Weekend” to discuss.
With states already beginning to send out mail-in ballots, a federal judge has for the third time blocked parts of President Trump's mail-in voting rules. Now, concerns are mounting that the Trump administration's efforts to intervene in how the Postal Service handles election mail could create chaos for voters heading into the midterms. Democracy Forward President and CEO Skye Perryman tells MS NOW's Jonathan Capehart that "everything's at stake" as civil rights and advocacy groups fight to protect Americans' ability to cast their ballot.
A federal judge temporarily halted a Trump-directed Postal Service requirement that would exert control over mail-in ballots ahead of the midterms. MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on the breaking news.
The judge handling the legal battle over new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot rules extended her block of the rules for the November midterms.
The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to clear the way for the U.S. Postal Service to implement President Trump’s executive order targeting mail voting in time for the midterms. The high court previously lifted the judge’s block on the president’s executive order itself. Now, the judge has blocked the Postal Service’s final plan. Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6070171-supreme-court-justice-department-mail-voting-usps/ #SupremeCourt #DOJ #Trump #PostalService #SCOTUS #USPS