Daily Docket — Wednesday, June 21

Here are some updates you may have missed.

This afternoon, the U.S. Senate voted 50-49 to confirm President Joe Biden’s 100th federal district court judge nominee, Natasha Merle, to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. [link removed]

Yesterday, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed seven election bills passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature. The bills would have shortened the deadline to return a mail-in ballot, made more voter information publicly available and more. On Friday, she also vetoed a bill that would have allowed any county in the state to replace the electronic count of ballots with a hand count. [link removed]

Here’s what to expect coming up.

Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will release opinions in previously argued cases at 10 a.m EDT. The court could issue a decision in the landmark case Moore v Harper, which centers around the fringe independent state legislature theory. [link removed]

Also tomorrow, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral argument in a lawsuit challenging Kentucky's policy that arbitrarily dictates which individuals with a previous felony conviction will regain the right to vote. [link removed]

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