Good-government group True the Vote urged the Supreme Court on Oct. 7 to send a message to allegedly overreaching state officials across the country who are making 11th-hour changes to voting procedures by blocking Montana Gov. Steve Bullock from requiring mail-in ballots be sent to his state’s voters … Continue reading Supreme Court asked to halt Montana governor’s ‘unlawful’ vote by mail order

Delaware told the Supreme Court that its law fixing the partisan makeup of that state’s courts should be upheld, on the first day of the court’s new term, which traditionally begins the first Monday in October. Eight justices heard oral … Continue reading Delaware defends partisan judiciary mandate before Supreme Court

The Trump administration is supporting a church’s federal lawsuit challenging the District of Columbia’s pandemic-related restrictions that limit church gatherings–even those outdoors—to 100 people. The U.S. Department of Justice filed a document called a statement of interest in the legal … Continue reading Justice Department sides with DC church in opposing COVID restrictions

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In a setback for Democrats, the Supreme Court agreed Oct. 2 to hear a challenge by Arizona and state Republicans to Democratic Party efforts to relax electoral integrity measures and throw open the state to ballot-harvesting and out-of-precinct voting. But oral arguments … Continue reading Supreme Court to consider Arizona’s ban on ballot harvesting after the election

After initially singing the praises of voting by mail in the Nov. 3 elections, some Democratic Party leaders are reluctantly backing away from the idea as enthusiasm for that method of voting fades. Pennsylvania’s Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman blames … Continue reading Democrats backpedal on voting by mail

Republicans in several states are pushing back against Democratic-led changes to state voting laws they say are unfair and likely to cause chaos in the Nov. 3 elections. Republican state senators asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 28 to block a Pennsylvania … Continue reading Republicans fight back in court against Democrats’ revisions of voting policy

The Supreme Court agreed Sept. 30 to expedite consideration of the Trump administration’s appeal of a lower court ruling barring the government from excluding illegal aliens from the 2020 Census count. The administration wants to keep illegal aliens out of the census count, which will determine … Continue reading Supreme Court fast tracks Trump’s request to exclude illegal aliens from Census

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Two senior Republicans in Congress are warning that widespread problems with mail-in voting coupled with Democrats’ efforts “to change state election laws and procedures at the last minute” for partisan advantage could be setting the stage for “an unprecedented constitutional crisis” in the … Continue reading GOP report warns of election chaos, possible ‘constitutional crisis’

The National Apartment Association (NAA) and four individual landlords are suing the Trump administration in federal court over the federal eviction moratorium that prevents them from displacing delinquent residential tenants during the ongoing pandemic. The lawsuit, known as Brown v. Azar, was … Continue reading Landlords’ group sues CDC over pandemic-era eviction moratorium

The absence of the recently deceased Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court may give the high court’s conservative bloc the upper hand in cases to be heard in the coming term. President Donald Trump vowed over the weekend to replace the … Continue reading How Ginsburg’s absence will affect key cases

News Analysis President Donald Trump pared his sizable list of possible Supreme Court nominees on the weekend by indicating he intends in the coming week to name a woman to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died at 87 on Sept. 18. … Continue reading Trump’s list of Supreme Court nominees down to 12 women

Small landlords in Seattle are suing the city and Washington state over eviction moratoriums that prevent them from displacing residential tenants during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit, known as El Papel LLC v. Inslee, was filed in federal court in … Continue reading Seattle landlords sue mayor, governor to end eviction moratorium

A group of California parents who claim their children are being harmed by the state’s pandemic-related restrictions on in-person educational instruction are suing Gov. Gavin Newsom over the ban. The new lawsuit, cited as Looney v. Newsom, was filed in the Shasta County office of … Continue reading California parents sue governor over in-person school ban