SCOTUS Showdown Over WA Elections: Trump Calls New USPS Rule Ballot Integrity, Brown Coalition Call’s It Chaos
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration and a coalition of states led in part by Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown have now laid out their competing cases to the United States Supreme Court over whether new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) rule for mail-in ballots may take effect before the November midterms—down to the 11th […]
Vote-by-Mail Reforms Now in Full Effect After Federal Judge Removes Last Nationwide Injunction
BOSTON—In a legal whirlwind that would make the roadrunner blush and a day after issuing a scathing opinion against USPS for implementing its new final rule, “Ballot Mail for Federal Elections,” impacting federal elections, Judge Indira Talwani, U.S. District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, vacated her August 11 nationwide preliminary injunction in League of […]
Washington Vote-by-Mail remains as First Circuit rejects Trump EO stay
BOSTON — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on July 25 denied emergency motions by the Trump administration and 12 intervening states seeking to stay a lower-court injunction that blocks key provisions of a presidential executive order on mail-in ballots and citizenship verification lists. The decision leaves in […]
Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions in birthright citizenship case
WASHINGTON D.C.—The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) sided with the Trump administration today, in a 6-3 ruling, that would limit the ability of nationwide injunctions by federal courts, effectively allowing Trump’s executive order regarding birthright citizenship to take effect in some parts of the country. “It was a big decision, an amazing decision, […]
