Courts
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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Lawsuit of Teacher Claiming Social Media Posts Got Her Fired
The Supreme Court won’t hear the case of a former public school teacher who sued her school district for firing her allegedly as retaliation for social media posts that preceded […]
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Trump Refiles Iowa Lawsuit Accusing Pollster and Des Moines Register of Election Interference
President Donald Trump on June 30 dropped his federal lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, pollster Ann Selzer, and related defendants and refiled it in Iowa state court. The new […]
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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Virginia’s Request to Dismiss Felon Voting Case
The Supreme Court on June 23 rejected Virginia’s request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state’s lifetime voting ban on convicted felons. The new order in O’Bannon v. King took […]
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Executive Order on Elections
A federal district judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to overhaul U.S. federal elections, siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general who said the order […]
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Supreme Court to Hear Congressman’s Challenge to State Ballot-Counting Law
The Supreme Court said on June 2 that it will consider a congressman’s challenge to an Illinois law that allows ballots received up to 14 days after Election Day to […]
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Federal Government Sues North Carolina Over Allegedly Faulty Voter Registration Records
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on May 28 sued North Carolina’s election board, alleging officials violated federal law by failing to obtain certain details for people who registered to vote. […]
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Federal Judge Orders North Carolina to Certify Democrat Winner of Supreme Court Election
A federal judge ordered the North Carolina Board of Elections on May 5 to certify the results of the state’s 2024 Supreme Court election and confirm the victory of Democratic […]
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US Appeals Court Halts Ballot Curing Efforts in North Carolina Supreme Court Election
A U.S. appeals court this week temporarily blocked North Carolina state elections officials from contacting voters whose ballots were disputed in 2024’s state Supreme Court race and could be eliminated […]
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Judge Rejects California’s Attempt to Block City’s Voter ID Law
A California judge rejected the state’s attempts to shut down a conservative coastal city’s voter ID law April 7, ruling the city did not violate state elections law when voters […]
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Pennsylvania Can’t Reject Misdated or Undated Ballot Envelopes, Court Rules
A federal judge has ruled that Pennsylvania’s requirement for voters to date the outer envelope of their mail-in ballots is unconstitutional. In a March 31 decision, Judge Susan Paradise Baxter […]