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“#SCOTUS announced Monday it will take up the fight over #Louisiana’s congressional map, which has erupted into a messy legal battle over how to fix a racially gerrymandered design.
The court’s decision will not impact this year’s elections, as the justices previously allowed the legislature’s new map that includes a second majority-Black district to move forward until they resolve the case”
#SCOTUS allows #Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea apnews.com/article/05296504a32…
Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea
The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania.MIKE CATALINI (AP News)
#WompWomp Yes, another rare #SCOTUS #Wompage moment.
“Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday rejected a request from Cornel West to direct #Pennsylvania election officials to post notices informing voters at polling locations statewide on Election Day that West is a presidential candidate and his name can be written in on ballots.”
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Alito denies Cornel West bid for intervention in Pennsylvania ballot access dispute
As the Nov. 5 election draws near, the Supreme Court has been asked to intervene in a growing number of disputes.Melissa Quinn (CBS News)
Federal authorities have deployed monitors for decades. But #Republicans have begun denying them entry to polling sites. The DOJ’s ability to monitor local jurisdictions for #VotingRights irregularities on Election Day, already curtailed by #SCOTUS, is facing a new hurdle: opposition from #Republicans who are seeking to block federal authorities from polling sites.
#law #illiberalism
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🤦🏻♀️Via Josh Gerstein:
JUST IN: Independent presidential candidate Cornel West tells #SCOTUS he was unconstitutionally denied ballot access in PA, asks for signs at polling places saying voters can write him in. Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/25…
Make it stop.
Via Elie Mystal:
Jesus fucking Christ
Ian Millhiser:
The Independent State Legislature Doctrine is back before #SCOTUS, in case you're wondering why every election lawyer you know will be drinking heavily tonight vox.com/scotus/380170/supreme-…
A new Supreme Court case could change the result of the presidential election
Republicans ask the Supreme Court to disenfranchise thousands of Pennsylvania voters.Ian Millhiser (Vox)
Virginia asks US Supreme Court to reinstate removals of 1,600 voter registrations
Virginia has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene to allow the state to remove roughly 1,600 voters from its rolls that it believes are noncitizens.MATTHEW BARAKAT (AP News)
"Appalling": #RuthBaderGinsburg family denounces pro-#Trump “RBG PAC” ads
#RBG’s family called the shadowy PAC's pro-Trump ad buys an "affront" to the late justice's legacy
A Trump group is spending millions in #DarkMoney to claim he would defend reproductive rights while brandishing late #SCOTUS Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s name.
The so-called RBG PAC spent nearly $20M to boost Trump’s campaign, per #FEC filings revealed on Fri.
#ReproductiveRights #HarrisWalz2024
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"Appalling": Ruth Bader Ginsburg's family denounces pro-Donald Trump RBG PAC ads
The family called the shadowy PAC's pro-Trump ad buys an "affront" to the late justice's legacySalon.com