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“Trump Asks Supreme Court to Halt His Sentencing in N.Y. Criminal Case”
NYT: Days away from his criminal sentencing in New York, President-elect Donald J. Trump is seeking a late-stage rescue from the U.S. Supreme Court that would shut down the case before he returns to ...
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“Trump’s Lawyers Have Assailed Jack Smith. They Could Soon Have Power to Go After Him.”
NYT: In many ways, the letter that President-elect Donald J. Trump’s criminal defense lawyers sent to the Justice Department this week was a display of legal and political bombast. The lawyers, Todd ...
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“Judge Cannon Blocks Release of Special Counsel’s Final Report on Trump Documents Investigation”
NYT: The federal judge who handled President-elect Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case temporarily barred the special counsel, Jack Smith, on Tuesday from releasing his final report on the ...
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“Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a ‘community notes’ system similar to X”
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company’s moderation policies and practices Tuesday, citing a shifting political and social landscape and a desire to embrace free ...
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“NC Supreme Court blocks state from certifying Riggs as the winner in high court election”
The North Carolina Supreme Court issued an order on Tuesday blocking the state from certifying a winner in the race for a seat on the high court. Granting the request of Republican Jefferson Griffin, ...
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“Meta will appoint Republican Joel Kaplan to lead global policy team, as Nick Clegg steps down”
Semafor: Meta is revamping its global policy team, with President Nick Clegg stepping down and being replaced by Joel Kaplan, his deputy and the company’s most prominent Republican, people familiar ...
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Canadian PM Trudeau Regrets Not Implementing Ranked Choice Voting
Voting in the U.S. Shouldn’t Be This Hard, MSNBC Opinion, Nov. 5, 2024. Thousands of Pennsylvania Ballots Will Be Tossed on a Technicality. Thanks SCOTUS, Slate, Nov. 4, 2024. W ...
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Remembering Jimmy Carter and His Legacy for Election Law
President Jimmy Carter died at 100. He was a moral, decent man, committed to the cause of justice. One of his passions was ...
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Proposed Republican Rules Package Would Prohibit Amendments on Congressional Bill to Require Documentary Proof of Citizenship Before Voting
Voting in the U.S. Shouldn’t Be This Hard, MSNBC Opinion, Nov. 5, 2024. Thousands of Pennsylvania Ballots Will Be Tossed on a Technicality. Thanks SCOTUS, Slate, Nov. 4, 2024. W ...
Election Law Blog2d
“Federal judge sends Republican challenge of 60,000 ballots back to NC Supreme Court”
In a case that seeks to invalidate over 60,000 ballots cast in North Carolina’s Supreme Court election, a federal judge ruled that the state’s Republican-dominated high court should decide, instead of ...
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“Congress certifies Donald Trump’s election win four years after he inspired a riot”
Congress on Monday formally certified President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 victory, exactly four years after he stirred up a mob that attacked the Capitol in a failed attempt to disrupt the ...
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“Trump urges Garland to block release of Jack Smith’s final report”
Politico: Donald Trump and two of his allies are making a last-minute push to block special counsel Jack Smith from issuing his final report on his two dismissed criminal cases against the ...