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A federal judge in Boston ruled for the third time on Friday that the #Trump admin’s plans to restrict #MailVoting are likely #illegal & it should be prevented from implementing them ahead of the #midterms.

Judge Indira Talwani had already temporarily blocked the #USPS from moving forward, in a ruling that was set to expire Sept 10. The new order extends that block indefinitely.

#law #ElectionInterference #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #elections #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

A federal judge in Boston ruled for the third time on Friday that the #Trump admin’s plans to restrict #MailVoting are likely #illegal & it should be prevented from implementing them ahead of the #midterms.

Judge Indira Talwani had already temporarily blocked the #USPS from moving forward, in a ruling that was set to expire Sept 10. The new order extends that block indefinitely.

#law #ElectionInterference #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #elections #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

A federal judge in Boston ruled for the third time on Friday that the #Trump admin’s plans to restrict #MailVoting are likely #illegal & it should be prevented from implementing them ahead of the #midterms.

Judge Indira Talwani had already temporarily blocked the #USPS from moving forward, in a ruling that was set to expire Sept 10. The new order extends that block indefinitely.

#law #ElectionInterference #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #elections #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

A federal judge in Boston ruled for the third time on Friday that the #Trump admin’s plans to restrict #MailVoting are likely #illegal & it should be prevented from implementing them ahead of the #midterms.

Judge Indira Talwani had already temporarily blocked the #USPS from moving forward, in a ruling that was set to expire Sept 10. The new order extends that block indefinitely.

#law #ElectionInterference #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #elections #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

A federal judge in Boston ruled for the third time on Friday that the #Trump admin’s plans to restrict #MailVoting are likely #illegal & it should be prevented from implementing them ahead of the #midterms.

Judge Indira Talwani had already temporarily blocked the #USPS from moving forward, in a ruling that was set to expire Sept 10. The new order extends that block indefinitely.

#law #ElectionInterference #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #elections #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

For a THIRD time a federal Judge blocks #Trump #MailBallot rules

The ruling arrived before #SCOTUS could decide whether to intervene but is certain to set off yet another round of appeals.

#law #USPS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/judge-blocks-trump-mail-ballots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.A-R9.sAMVAiZs_Jl1&smid=nytcore-ios-share

For a THIRD time a federal Judge blocks #Trump #MailBallot rules

The ruling arrived before #SCOTUS could decide whether to intervene but is certain to set off yet another round of appeals.

#law #USPS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/judge-blocks-trump-mail-ballots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.A-R9.sAMVAiZs_Jl1&smid=nytcore-ios-share

For a THIRD time a federal Judge blocks #Trump #MailBallot rules

The ruling arrived before #SCOTUS could decide whether to intervene but is certain to set off yet another round of appeals.

#law #USPS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/judge-blocks-trump-mail-ballots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.A-R9.sAMVAiZs_Jl1&smid=nytcore-ios-share

For a THIRD time a federal Judge blocks #Trump #MailBallot rules

The ruling arrived before #SCOTUS could decide whether to intervene but is certain to set off yet another round of appeals.

#law #USPS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/judge-blocks-trump-mail-ballots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.A-R9.sAMVAiZs_Jl1&smid=nytcore-ios-share

For a THIRD time a federal Judge blocks #Trump #MailBallot rules

The ruling arrived before #SCOTUS could decide whether to intervene but is certain to set off yet another round of appeals.

#law #USPS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/judge-blocks-trump-mail-ballots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.A-R9.sAMVAiZs_Jl1&smid=nytcore-ios-share

The National Republican Congressional Committee & National Republican Senatorial Committee then asked the #SCOTUS to intervene. They argued that the appeals court had acted too soon & broadcasters were already charging them higher rates & upending their planned budgets.

The high court’s decision halts the appeals court ruling while the #Republican committees appeal it.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt

The National Republican Congressional Committee & National Republican Senatorial Committee then asked the #SCOTUS to intervene. They argued that the appeals court had acted too soon & broadcasters were already charging them higher rates & upending their planned budgets.

The high court’s decision halts the appeals court ruling while the #Republican committees appeal it.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt

The National Republican Congressional Committee & National Republican Senatorial Committee then asked the #SCOTUS to intervene. They argued that the appeals court had acted too soon & broadcasters were already charging them higher rates & upending their planned budgets.

The high court’s decision halts the appeals court ruling while the #Republican committees appeal it.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt

The National Republican Congressional Committee & National Republican Senatorial Committee then asked the #SCOTUS to intervene. They argued that the appeals court had acted too soon & broadcasters were already charging them higher rates & upending their planned budgets.

The high court’s decision halts the appeals court ruling while the #Republican committees appeal it.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt

The National Republican Congressional Committee & National Republican Senatorial Committee then asked the #SCOTUS to intervene. They argued that the appeals court had acted too soon & broadcasters were already charging them higher rates & upending their planned budgets.

The high court’s decision halts the appeals court ruling while the #Republican committees appeal it.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt

Candidates pay discounted rates for TV time around an #election under federal #law, & in March the #FCC’s Media Bureau said certain party-coordinated ads are entitled to those prices as well.

Four #Democrats, including Sen #JonOssoff of Georgia & former Sen #SherrodBrown of Ohio, challenged the finding in court. They won a victory from a divided panel of the US 4th Circuit Court of appeals.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt

Candidates pay discounted rates for TV time around an #election under federal #law, & in March the #FCC’s Media Bureau said certain party-coordinated ads are entitled to those prices as well.

Four #Democrats, including Sen #JonOssoff of Georgia & former Sen #SherrodBrown of Ohio, challenged the finding in court. They won a victory from a divided panel of the US 4th Circuit Court of appeals.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt

Candidates pay discounted rates for TV time around an #election under federal #law, & in March the #FCC’s Media Bureau said certain party-coordinated ads are entitled to those prices as well.

Four #Democrats, including Sen #JonOssoff of Georgia & former Sen #SherrodBrown of Ohio, challenged the finding in court. They won a victory from a divided panel of the US 4th Circuit Court of appeals.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt

Candidates pay discounted rates for TV time around an #election under federal #law, & in March the #FCC’s Media Bureau said certain party-coordinated ads are entitled to those prices as well.

Four #Democrats, including Sen #JonOssoff of Georgia & former Sen #SherrodBrown of Ohio, challenged the finding in court. They won a victory from a divided panel of the US 4th Circuit Court of appeals.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt

Candidates pay discounted rates for TV time around an #election under federal #law, & in March the #FCC’s Media Bureau said certain party-coordinated ads are entitled to those prices as well.

Four #Democrats, including Sen #JonOssoff of Georgia & former Sen #SherrodBrown of Ohio, challenged the finding in court. They won a victory from a divided panel of the US 4th Circuit Court of appeals.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt

#Trump asked #SCOTUS Thursday to give the #USPS sweeping power to withhold delivery of #MailBallots, setting up an extraordinary showdown over #voting at the high court less than 2 months before the November #midterms.

#law #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/03/politics/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-ok-sweeping-changes-for-mail-ballots

#Trump asked #SCOTUS Thursday to give the #USPS sweeping power to withhold delivery of #MailBallots, setting up an extraordinary showdown over #voting at the high court less than 2 months before the November #midterms.

#law #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/03/politics/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-ok-sweeping-changes-for-mail-ballots

#Trump asked #SCOTUS Thursday to give the #USPS sweeping power to withhold delivery of #MailBallots, setting up an extraordinary showdown over #voting at the high court less than 2 months before the November #midterms.

#law #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/03/politics/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-ok-sweeping-changes-for-mail-ballots

#Trump asked #SCOTUS Thursday to give the #USPS sweeping power to withhold delivery of #MailBallots, setting up an extraordinary showdown over #voting at the high court less than 2 months before the November #midterms.

#law #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/03/politics/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-ok-sweeping-changes-for-mail-ballots

#Trump asked #SCOTUS Thursday to give the #USPS sweeping power to withhold delivery of #MailBallots, setting up an extraordinary showdown over #voting at the high court less than 2 months before the November #midterms.

#law #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/03/politics/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-ok-sweeping-changes-for-mail-ballots

Judge again blocks #Trump #MailBallot executive order in ruling that’s likely to be swiftly appealed

#law #judiciary #SCOTUS #Constitution #states #federalism #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #midterms #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #WhiteSupremacy #coup #SeditiousConspiracy #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/trump-voting-mail-ballots-democrats-lawsuits-15cf1ec7dcdb8211bf6b624b75a7f4ab?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

Ultimately, #Republican “leaders” were forced to abandon the rest of the week’s schedule & send lawmakers home for the Independence Day recess earlier than planned & without the accomplishing anything.

It was the latest flare-up of a fight in the #GOP over Trump’s demand that #Congress deliver him a sweeping measure to crack down on #mail-in #voting & impose strict new #VoterRegistration & ID requirements.

#law #ElectionLaw #Trump #ElectionInterference #BigLie #midterms #rigged #VotingRights

Ultimately, #Republican “leaders” were forced to abandon the rest of the week’s schedule & send lawmakers home for the Independence Day recess earlier than planned & without the accomplishing anything.

It was the latest flare-up of a fight in the #GOP over Trump’s demand that #Congress deliver him a sweeping measure to crack down on #mail-in #voting & impose strict new #VoterRegistration & ID requirements.

#law #ElectionLaw #Trump #ElectionInterference #BigLie #midterms #rigged #VotingRights

Ultimately, #Republican “leaders” were forced to abandon the rest of the week’s schedule & send lawmakers home for the Independence Day recess earlier than planned & without the accomplishing anything.

It was the latest flare-up of a fight in the #GOP over Trump’s demand that #Congress deliver him a sweeping measure to crack down on #mail-in #voting & impose strict new #VoterRegistration & ID requirements.

#law #ElectionLaw #Trump #ElectionInterference #BigLie #midterms #rigged #VotingRights

Ultimately, #Republican “leaders” were forced to abandon the rest of the week’s schedule & send lawmakers home for the Independence Day recess earlier than planned & without the accomplishing anything.

It was the latest flare-up of a fight in the #GOP over Trump’s demand that #Congress deliver him a sweeping measure to crack down on #mail-in #voting & impose strict new #VoterRegistration & ID requirements.

#law #ElectionLaw #Trump #ElectionInterference #BigLie #midterms #rigged #VotingRights

Ultimately, #Republican “leaders” were forced to abandon the rest of the week’s schedule & send lawmakers home for the Independence Day recess earlier than planned & without the accomplishing anything.

It was the latest flare-up of a fight in the #GOP over Trump’s demand that #Congress deliver him a sweeping measure to crack down on #mail-in #voting & impose strict new #VoterRegistration & ID requirements.

#law #ElectionLaw #Trump #ElectionInterference #BigLie #midterms #rigged #VotingRights

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Voting Order in Major Election Authority Ruling

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/elections/federal-judge-blocks-trump-voting-order/

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Voting Order in Major Election Authority Ruling

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/elections/federal-judge-blocks-trump-voting-order/

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Voting Order in Major Election Authority Ruling

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/elections/federal-judge-blocks-trump-voting-order/

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Voting Order in Major Election Authority Ruling

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/elections/federal-judge-blocks-trump-voting-order/

Federal Judge Shields GA Supreme Court Candidates from Ethics Panel's Public Statements

Federal judge stops GA ethics panel from naming Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin for alleged violations before the election. Affects voter information.

#GeorgiaPolitics, #JudicialEthics, #ElectionLaw, #JenJordan, #MiracleRankin

https://newsletter.tf/ga-judge-blocks-ethics-panel-naming-candidates/

A federal judge in Georgia has stopped the state's ethics panel from naming two Supreme Court candidates, Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin, over alleged rule violations. This decision comes just before the election.

#GeorgiaPolitics, #JudicialEthics, #ElectionLaw, #JenJordan, #MiracleRankin
https://newsletter.tf/ga-judge-blocks-ethics-panel-naming-candidates/

Great news! #SouthCarolina Senate rejects #Trump call to redraw congressional maps

As early in-person voting began Tuesday in South Carolina’s primaries, the state Senate rejected a #Republican plan to #cancel those congressional votes & instead schedule a new primary under revised districts designed to help the #GOP oust the powerful #Democrat #JamesClyburn.

#VotingRights #VRA #redistricting #law #ElectionLaw #WhiteSupremacy #gerrymandering #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-congress-voting-rights-trump-6d2daecd387cc0ad1dd56e94f621eda5

#GiftArticle

#SCOTUS kills #VotingRights

The Supreme Court’s decision to upend a key provision of the #VotingRightsAct [#VRA] has plunged the nation into a dizzying new era of partisan conflict, most likely ushering in a forever #redistricting war that could produce fewer competitive seats in #Congress & further #polarize #US politics.

#law #ElectionLaw #CivilRights #democracy #RepresentationMatters #authoritarianism #illiberalism #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/politics/supreme-courts-voting-rights-gerrymandering.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fFA.NAaT.LyRxcoyihmGB&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Writing to James Madison from Paris in 1787, Thomas Jefferson warned that such an incumbent, if narrowly defeated, would “pretend false votes, foul play, hold possession of the reins of government.” Were that moment ever to come, the #Founders believed, it would mark the #demise of the nation that they had conceived, bringing to a calamitous end the greatest experiment in self-government ever attempted by man.

#law #ElectionLaw #Constitution #22A #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #tyranny

The ruling, filed w/the court clerk on Mon, will require Mayes to assemble a grand jury to present the case along with a copy of the #ElectoralCountAct, attys said. The initial presentation of her case took weeks. Mayes plans to appeal to try to get the prosecution back on track.

“We vehemently disagree with the court, & we will file a special action to appeal the ruling,” Mayes spox said.

#Trump #BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors #SeditiousConspiracy

Among those who were indicted were White House chief of staff #MarkMeadows, attorneys #RudyGiuliani, #JohnEastman & #ChristinaBobb, top campaign adviser #BorisEpshteyn & former campaign aide #MikeRoman. The grand jury accused them of unsuccessfully trying to award the state’s electoral votes to #Trump instead of #Biden even though Biden won the popular vote there.

#BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors #SeditiousConspiracy

An #Arizona grand jury last year indicted 18 people as part of the effort to reverse Joe #Biden’s 2020 presidential win in the state, including 7 attorneys & aides affiliated with #Trump’s national campaign & 11 Arizona #Republicans, including some who sought to act as fake presidential electors.

#BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors

“We are extremely pleased with the court’s ruling, & we think the judge got it exactly right,” said Stephen Binhak, the attorney who spearheaded the effort to get the case back to a grand jury.

The decision is a major setback for #Arizona AG Kris Mayes (D), who promised to appeal the ruling so she could keep the prosecution going.

#Trump #BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors

#MaricopaCounty Superior Court Judge Sam J. Myers sided w/ #Republicans & found that prosecutors failed to provide the grand jury w/the text of an 1887 federal #law that is central to the Republicans’ defense. The #law, known as the #ElectoralCountAct, spells out how presidential electoral votes are to be cast & counted.

#Trump #BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors

Judge deals blow to #Arizona case over 2020 Republican #FakeElectors

An AZ judge has ordered state prosecutors to send back to a grand jury a case in which #Republicans were charged last year for their alleged roles in trying to overturn the #2020election, potentially jeopardizing the
high-profile indictments.

#Trump #BigLie #law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/19/arizona-electors-case/