A federal court ruled Virginia's lifetime voting ban for people with certain prior felony convictions unlawfully strips voting rights beyond what Congress allows. The decision could restore voting rights to hundreds of thousands of voters.
Trump’s attacks on civil servants threaten rule of law, ex-special counsel Jack Smith warns
In his first public testimony, former special counsel Jack Smith warned that President Donald Trump’s targeted attacks against civil servants in the Department of Justice pose a grave threat to the rule of law.
“The rule of law is not self-executing,” Smith said. “It depends on our collective commitment to apply it.”
During the hearing, one of Democracy Docket’s articles was entered into the record!
House Republican demands voter roll info from states amid GOP push for data
A Republican House member asked 10 states to explain how their voter registration systems “verify eligibility, including citizenship, when registering voters.” The demand comes amid a renewed GOP push to send a new, more aggressive version of the SAVE Act to the Senate.
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Judge rules Virginia unlawfully denied voting rights to hundreds of thousands
A federal court ruled Virginia's lifetime voting ban for people with certain prior felony convictions unlawfully strips voting rights beyond what Congress allows. The decision could restore voting rights to hundreds of thousands of voters, especially Black voters long targeted by the ban.
When Trump announced breaking news, legacy media ignored it
Not only did Trump repeat a lie about the conduct of the 2020 election, but he also announced — at an international conference — that his administration will soon prosecute his political opponents for having defeated him in an election. And he has already taken the first steps to do so.
Former FBI Agent and Yale Professor Asha Rangappa joined Marc to examine how Trump-era policies reshaped federal law enforcement, national security, and democratic norms, from ICE and the FBI to the Insurrection Act and military authority.
They explain how contempt for legal constraints makes America less safe, why individuals now bear the burden of resistance, and what this moment means for the future of the rule of law.
Here we share noteworthy briefs on all-things voting rights and democracy. Have a footnote for us? Send them to [email protected]
Trump was on a posting binge this morning, sharing numerous debunked conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
Virginia is set to pass a bill that would set April 21 as Election Day for Virginians to decide on whether the General Assembly should take up mid-decade congressional redistricting. The proposed map will be released Jan. 30, Democrats said.
SCOTUS ordered California to file a response to Republicans’ emergency application to block the state’s new congressional map by Jan. 29, 4 p.m. ET.
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