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Moore v. Harper: Law professors warn SCOTUS just set itself up to "meddle in future elections"
Big win for democracy leaves "just enough room for a bit of mischief in the future," law professor says
06/27/2023 17:19 UTC
GOP-backed "independent state legislature" Supreme Court case could reverse 200 years of progress
Supreme Court may decide that state legislatures have control over congressional elections, not state law
08/02/2022 03:59 UTC
Progressives: Take the fight to the states, right now. It's the only way to win
Progressives have long mistrusted "states' rights" and looked to the federal government. That's all over now
07/06/2022 10:00 UTC
Beware the "Independent State Legislatures doctrine" — it could checkmate democracy
This Republican "weird trick" — giving state legislatures full power over elections — could be fatal to democracy
09/27/2021 09:41 UTC
Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP
Moore v. Harper could transform the law — but not in the way that many pundits, or even politicians, anticipate
11/30/2022 20:30 UTC
Mississippi GOP seeks to block voters from using ballot initiative for abortion rights
“It is almost like a dictatorship,” one Democratic lawmaker said in response to the GOP’s proposal
03/03/2023 21:01 UTC
GOP lawyer made big “mistake” in Supreme Court hearing on elections that could backfire: attorney
An attorney in the Moore v. Harper Supreme Court case may have doomed the GOP's effort
12/08/2022 17:30 UTC
Missouri state House Republicans vote to defund public libraries
Republicans are retaliating against a librarians’ organization for suing the state over a law on book banning
04/12/2023 17:31 UTC
Expert: Texas' Houston takeover isn’t about fixing schools — it’s about “racism and political power”
By the state’s own standards, the Houston school system is not failing
03/17/2023 21:30 UTC
The insurrection will be decentralized: The next Jan. 6 will happen in the state houses
Republicans have a more effective strategy than storming the Capitol: They plan to destroy democracy state by state
01/06/2022 10:30 UTC
Experts warn Supreme Court supporting 'dangerous' GOP legal theory could destroy US democracy
"Legis­lat­ors would be free to viol­ate the state consti­tu­tion and state courts could­n't stop them"
09/14/2022 08:00 UTC
"Disgusting hatred": Iowa Republicans propose amendment that would ban same-sex marriages
"We will not be going back," Democrat warns GOP
03/02/2023 22:00 UTC
"I am going to make it painful": Neb. Dem vows to filibuster all bills to defeat anti-trans crusade
"If you want to inflict pain upon our children, I am going to inflict pain upon this body," Democrat says
03/01/2023 18:00 UTC
Expelled Tennessee Democrat: GOP threatening to cut off local funds if I am reinstated
Commissioner says they're "being threatened by the state to take away funding needed funding to run our schools"
04/10/2023 15:30 UTC
Arizona is evicting a Saudi alfalfa farm, but the thirsty crop isn’t going anywhere
"Tackling the larger water footprint will be far more difficult"
10/17/2023 20:31 UTC