The DOJ defended Wyoming’s new law that requires proof of citizenship to register to vote. It’s the department’s latest move in support of restrictive voting rules around the country.
The DOJ argued that a court should uphold Wyoming’s new law that requires proof of citizenship to register to vote. It’s the department’s latest move in support of restrictive voting rules around the country.
Trump's attack on citizenship escalates
A through line of Trump’s second term has been to change who is, and who can become, an American. That now includes threatening to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship, building a citizenship database and pushing $170B for mass deportations.
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Texas county hires right-wing law firm to defend gerrymandered map
Facing a racial gerrymandering lawsuit, officials in Tarrant County, Texas will hire the same right-wing law firm that drew the map to defend it in court. A Democratic county commissioner said the move is like “hiring the arsonist to put out the fire.”
Check out Democracy Docket’s recent in-depth report on the Texas gerrymander that was made in Washington, D.C.
Anti-voting activists have a plan to pass the SAVE Act
Right-wing activists are planning a major push to pressure lawmakers to prioritize the SAVE Act by attaching it to must-pass legislation. The bill, which was passed by the House in April, could disenfranchise millions of Americans.
RNC sues to block some citizens from voting in Arizona
Republicans filed a lawsuit to block never-resided voters — American citizens who have never lived in the United States but whose parents last resided and registered to vote in Arizona — from casting a ballot. Marc and Paige Moskowitz explain.
30 years, one fight
The Supreme Court just agreed to take a major campaign finance case. And many of the usual pundits and prognosticators are predicting the justices will rule in favor of the GOP. They have not yet seen the briefs or heard the arguments but are convinced these are mere details on the road toward an inevitable Republican victory.
“But these doomsayers have bet against those of us fighting for democracy before — and lost,” Marc writes.
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