Millions will rally nationwide tomorrow for "No Kings Day" to protest Trump’s authoritarian agenda. The ACLU told Democracy Docket that the demonstrations are about "sending a strong message that we are going to have a free and fair democracy."

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What to know about June 14 “No Kings Day” protests

- Millions will rally ([link removed] ) nationwide tomorrow for "No Kings Day" to protest President Donald Trump’s extreme, authoritarian agenda. The ACLU told Democracy Docket that the demonstrations are about "sending a strong message that we are going to have a free and fair democracy."

Judge halts Trump’s anti-voting decree

- A federal judge halted ([link removed] ) provisions of Trump’s anti-voting order that required documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration and targeted mail-in ballot receipt deadlines. The judge said the order would have likely disenfranchised voters.

More blocks against Trump’s authoritarian power quest

- Last night a federal judge issued ([link removed] ) a sweeping order blocking Trump’s unprecedented seizure of California’s National Guard, calling the move illegal and a “dangerous precedent.”

- A Maryland federal judge blocked ([link removed] ) Trump's firing of three Biden-appointed members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.



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A win for Maine voters

- A Maine court upheld ([link removed] ) the wording of a ballot question on voter ID and absentee voting restrictions, rejecting a challenge from anti-voting plaintiffs who wanted the language to downplay the suppressive aspects of the measure.

DOJ and North Carolina collude to tighten voting rules

- Two weeks after Republicans took control ([link removed] ) of North Carolina’s elections, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the new board.

- The lawsuit demands the board move more quickly to address minor flaws with voter registration information — a process that advocates fear could lead to a massive voter purge. And the board has signaled it welcomes the Trump administration’s intervention. Democracy Docket guest author Billy Corriher gets into it. ([link removed] )

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