Senate Democrats push for federal judiciary reform in new letter

Daily Docket — Tuesday, July 11
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John Eastman is Having a Bad Time ([link removed])
By Paige Anderholm

Here are some updates from the last few days.
* The Utah Supreme Court heard ([link removed]) oral argument in an appeal of a lawsuit alleging that the state's congressional map is gerrymandered to benefit Republicans and violates the Utah Constitution.
* Senate Democrats sent ([link removed]) a letter to the chair of the rule-making committee for federal courts asking to end single-judge divisions, which effectively allow litigants to select which judge hears their case. Critics often call the practice "judge shopping."
* A Nevada judge denied ([link removed]) the Nevada Republican Party’s (NV GOP) request to block a state law mandating parties to hold primaries for the 2024 presidential election. This is a major victory for voters as the court rejected the NV GOP’s blatant attempt to rewrite the state’s election law and disregard voters’ preferences.
* The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted ([link removed]) a statement in a lawsuit challenging Florida's "wet signature" requirement for voter registration. The DOJ refutes the Republican National Committee’s arguments and maintains that the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act can be enforced by private parties.
* The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a right-wing legal group, filed ([link removed]) a lawsuit challenging a North Dakota law that allows the counting of mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day and received by officials up to 13 days later. PILF argues that this statute violates federal law.



Here’s what to expect coming up.
* Tomorrow in Texas, there is an oral argument ([link removed]) regarding an appeal of certain claims that were allowed to proceed in a federal lawsuit challenging Republican voter suppression law, Senate Bill 1.

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