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DOJ asks judge to remove Trump from Jan. 6 civil lawsuits

* The DOJ asked ([link removed]) a federal judge to replace President Donald Trump as the defendant in several civil lawsuits related to the Jan. 6 insurrection. The DOJ argued Trump was acting in his official capacity as president, which would shield him from such lawsuits.

Judge vows to investigate if Trump officials defied deportation orders

* A federal judge vowed ([link removed]) to determine if Trump administration officials disobeyed a court order halting deportations under an 18th century wartime law. “I will get to the bottom of whether they violated my order, who ordered this, and what the consequences will be,” District Judge James Boasberg said during a court hearing today.
* The Trump administration last week appeared to have violated ([link removed]) Boasberg’s previous orders in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador without due process.

North Carolina appeals court hears argument to steal state Supreme Court election

* The North Carolina Court of Appeals heard ([link removed]) oral argument today in Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s ongoing legal effort to overturn the results of the election and disenfranchise some 65,000 voters.
* Nicholas Brod, an attorney for the North Carolina State Board of Elections, said voters should not be punished for a mistake made by the board. “From the voters’ perspective, they did everything that they were asked to do in order to cast a ballot,” he said, and added there’s “a mountain of state Supreme Court precedent ([link removed]) that says over and over again that it would be fundamentally unfair to punish voters for errors that election officials make.”

Supreme Court to hear latest conservative bid to gut the VRA

* After tireless advocacy and litigation, Black Louisianans achieved a second majority-Black congressional district. But on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that jeopardizes both the future of that district and the Voting Rights Act. Here's ([link removed]) what you need to know.

Dismantling of the education department ordered – now what?

* Trump signed an executive order yesterday ordering his administration to dismantle the Department of Education as much as possible under federal law. The opposition plans to fight ([link removed]) the order with litigation.

Wisconsin voters head to the polls soon for crucial election

* The April 1 election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court could maintain or end the liberal majority on a court that is teed up to review ([link removed]) a handful of voting rights cases before the next federal election.

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