Daily Docket — Wednesday, Feb. 7
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Here are some updates from today.

  • America First Legal Foundation — a right-wing legal group run by former Donald Trump advisor Stephen Miller — filed a lawsuit against Maricopa County, Arizona arguing that the way the county administers elections violates state law. The groups asked the court to order Maricopa to change its election procedures.

    • Meanwhile, Arizona House Republicans passed a bill to ban the use of voting centers. Under the bill, all voters would be required to cast their ballots at one specific precinct location, as opposed to being able to vote at any voting center in their county.
       
  • Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit arguing that some of the state's absentee voting procedures violate the state constitution. The same lawmakers attempted to withdraw certification of Pennsylvania's 2020 election results.
  • Despite objections from Democratic lawmakers, Trump will remain on the New York primary ballot, the state’s Board of Elections declared yesterday.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hold oral argument in an unprecedented, historic case tomorrow at 10 a.m. EST. We’ve got you covered with the following resources:
  • Ashley Cleaves, our case manager, lays out the four things you should be listening for in oral argument tomorrow. Read here.

    • Ashley also read all the amicus briefs submitted in the case so that you don’t have to — she breaks down the main arguments here.

  • Noah Bookbinder, the president of CREW — the group that brought the lawsuit against Trump — highlighted the stakes of the case in a new op-ed for Democracy Docket. Read here.

  • Rakim Brooks, Alliance for Justice president and Democracy Docket contributor, gave the justices two options in his latest op-ed: they must choose Trump or the U.S. Constitution. Read here.

  • Marc rebuts the right-wing arguments supporting keeping Trump on the ballot and puts it simply: The Constitution does not care about MAGA’s feelings and nor should the Court. Read here.

  • Have more questions about Trump and the 14th Amendment? Check out our resource page here.

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