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  1. #Trump Solicitor General Sauer pushed back on Judge Talwani’s assessment in the brief to #SCOTUS, asserting that the #USPS plan fell under the agency’s bounds to adopt rules “as may be necessary in the execution of its functions” & compared the rules for #MailBallots to Postal Service “preparation requirements for the mailing of CREMATED REMAINS & replica EXPLOSIVES.” [seriously]

    #law #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol

  2. #Trump Solicitor General Sauer pushed back on Judge Talwani’s assessment in the brief to #SCOTUS, asserting that the #USPS plan fell under the agency’s bounds to adopt rules “as may be necessary in the execution of its functions” & compared the rules for #MailBallots to Postal Service “preparation requirements for the mailing of CREMATED REMAINS & replica EXPLOSIVES.” [seriously]

    #law #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol

  3. #Trump Solicitor General Sauer pushed back on Judge Talwani’s assessment in the brief to #SCOTUS, asserting that the #USPS plan fell under the agency’s bounds to adopt rules “as may be necessary in the execution of its functions” & compared the rules for #MailBallots to Postal Service “preparation requirements for the mailing of CREMATED REMAINS & replica EXPLOSIVES.” [seriously]

    #law #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol

  4. #Trump Solicitor General Sauer pushed back on Judge Talwani’s assessment in the brief to #SCOTUS, asserting that the #USPS plan fell under the agency’s bounds to adopt rules “as may be necessary in the execution of its functions” & compared the rules for #MailBallots to Postal Service “preparation requirements for the mailing of CREMATED REMAINS & replica EXPLOSIVES.” [seriously]

    #law #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol

  5. #Trump Solicitor General Sauer pushed back on Judge Talwani’s assessment in the brief to #SCOTUS, asserting that the #USPS plan fell under the agency’s bounds to adopt rules “as may be necessary in the execution of its functions” & compared the rules for #MailBallots to Postal Service “preparation requirements for the mailing of CREMATED REMAINS & replica EXPLOSIVES.” [seriously]

    #law #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol

  6. She added that the #USPS rule “clashes with #Congress’s statutory scheme, & is #unconstitutional where it intrudes not only on Congress’s #elections clause powers but also that power left to the #states.”

    #law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #ElectionLaw #midterms #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  7. She added that the #USPS rule “clashes with #Congress’s statutory scheme, & is #unconstitutional where it intrudes not only on Congress’s #elections clause powers but also that power left to the #states.”

    #law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #ElectionLaw #midterms #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  8. She added that the #USPS rule “clashes with #Congress’s statutory scheme, & is #unconstitutional where it intrudes not only on Congress’s #elections clause powers but also that power left to the #states.”

    #law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #ElectionLaw #midterms #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  9. She added that the #USPS rule “clashes with #Congress’s statutory scheme, & is #unconstitutional where it intrudes not only on Congress’s #elections clause powers but also that power left to the #states.”

    #law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #ElectionLaw #midterms #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  10. The trial court judge, Indira Talwani, wrote that the legal challenge to the #USPS plan by Democratic-led states & voter rights organizations was likely to succeed. The groups had argued the plan violated the #Constitution’s #SeparationOfPowers, which gives #states & #Congress responsibility over #elections, not the executive.

    #law #SCOTUS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  11. The trial court judge, Indira Talwani, wrote that the legal challenge to the #USPS plan by Democratic-led states & voter rights organizations was likely to succeed. The groups had argued the plan violated the #Constitution’s #SeparationOfPowers, which gives #states & #Congress responsibility over #elections, not the executive.

    #law #SCOTUS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  12. The trial court judge, Indira Talwani, wrote that the legal challenge to the #USPS plan by Democratic-led states & voter rights organizations was likely to succeed. The groups had argued the plan violated the #Constitution’s #SeparationOfPowers, which gives #states & #Congress responsibility over #elections, not the executive.

    #law #SCOTUS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  13. The trial court judge, Indira Talwani, wrote that the legal challenge to the #USPS plan by Democratic-led states & voter rights organizations was likely to succeed. The groups had argued the plan violated the #Constitution’s #SeparationOfPowers, which gives #states & #Congress responsibility over #elections, not the executive.

    #law #SCOTUS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  14. The trial court judge, Indira Talwani, wrote that the legal challenge to the #USPS plan by Democratic-led states & voter rights organizations was likely to succeed. The groups had argued the plan violated the #Constitution’s #SeparationOfPowers, which gives #states & #Congress responsibility over #elections, not the executive.

    #law #SCOTUS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. Voter Intimidation at the Polls: What Every American Should Know Before November

    Voter intimidation at the polls is a federal crime. Here is what the law says and what to do if ICE or any federal agent tries to interfere on Election Day.

    thedemocracyadvocate.com/curre

  31. …The official at the #USPS raised “grave concerns” in the report that the verification process in the system could reject tens of thousands of ballots in a bulk-mailing batch if “even one bar code on one single ballot” failed to properly scan, & that the rushed, “slapdash” development of the system would significantly increase the chance of errors & other failures in the verification process.

    #Trump #law #Constitution #states #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #midterms #BigLie #coup #USpol

  32. Speaking to reporters by phone, Blumenthal said of the report that “the main takeaway for me is that the Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans. One-third of all Americans cast their ballots by mail, & the #USPS puts all of their votes at risk.”

    #Trump #law #Constitution #states #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #midterms #BigLie #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #SeditiousConspiracy #USpol

  33. “Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,” the official said in the report, which was prepared with the assistance of Whistleblower Aid, a nonprofit group that represents people seeking to expose potential lawbreaking.

    #Trump #law #Constitution #states #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #midterms #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #SeditiousConspiracy #USpol

  34. #SCOTUS majority found the Democratic lawsuit was premature, but that was before the #Trump admin issued a rule governing #USPS delivery of #MailBallots. #Election officials warn it will be impossible to implement in the days before the first wave of mail ballots are sent out next week.

    #law #Constitution #states #federalism #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #SeditiousConspiracy #USpol

  35. Trump’s Mail Ballot Order Puts the Constitution on the Clock

    rump's mail ballot order is now before the Supreme Court, testing whether a president can control who receives a mail-in ballot ahead of the midterms.

    thedemocracyadvocate.com/elect

  36. Legal Expert Warns of Election Chaos as Trump DOJ Appeals Court Ruling

    📰 Original title: We're going to have chaos': Expert sounds the alarm after Trump DOJ's election appeal

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary en.killbait.com/legal-expert-w

    #politics #electionlaw #supremecourt

  37. Updated #USPS policy says #postmarks might not indicate the first day the Postal Service received the mail, but rather the day it was handled in one of its processing centers. Those centers are increasingly likely to be further away from certain communities because of recent consolidations within the Postal Service, which could further delay postmarks.

    #law #ElectionLaw #MailBallots #elections #midterms #VoterSuppression

  38. Nearly 150,000 #MailBallots rejected in #California primary despite efforts to count every vote.

    Lawmakers concerned about #USPS #postmark changes.

    In January, a group of mostly Democratic US senators sent a letter to the USPS, alarmed that mail-processing changes might affect postmark dates for mail-in ballots during an #election year that will determine control of #Congress.

    #law #ElectionLaw #VoterSuppression
    apnews.com/article/california-

  39. The governor, in the statement, said that she was “appalled by the reckless failures that allowed this to happen.”

    “I believe the integrity of our elections is fundamental to our democracy,” she added.

    #law #ElectionLaw #elections #NewJersey

  40. Sherrill, a Democrat who took over in January, held a news conference to disclose the error tied to a software vendor that is being phased out of use in #NewJersey.

    State officials became aware of the error last week & began an immediate investigation into what had happened.

    “I want to underscore how seriously I take this matter,” Sherrill said.

    #law #ElectionLaw #elections