- New Jersey sued for illegally concealing election records policy
An election integrity group is suing New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way for allegedly violating the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) by refusing to disclose documentation explaining how election officials resolve duplicate voter registrations. The Indianapolis-based Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) says it needs to view the documents because recent [...]
- Poll: Most Americans, including a third of Democrats, support limits on abortion
Most Americans want strict limits on when women may obtain abortions, according to a new poll conducted by The Trafalgar Group days after a leaked draft majority opinion indicated the Supreme Court was poised to strike down Roe v. Wade. The poll results come as Americans await the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The draft first [...]
- Supreme Court to hear challenge to SEC adjudication system
The Supreme Court has agreed to review the constitutionality of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) system of adjudicating enforcement actions with tenure-protected administrative law judges employed by the prosecuting agency. The high court agreed on May 16 to hear the case, SEC v. Cochran, court file 21-1239, in an unsigned order. The justices, as is their [...]
- California judge strikes down law forcing companies to appoint women to corporate boards
A California judge struck down as unconstitutional a state law forcing publicly held corporations headquartered in California to meet a quota of board members who self-identify as women or face fines. Los Angeles County-based California Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis ruled (pdf) on May 13 in Crest v. Padilla that the state law known as SB 826, which compelled [...]