Latino voters on Long Island file lawsuit under New York Voting Rights Act.
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Daily Docket — Thursday, Feb. 8
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in former President Donald Trump’s Colorado disqualification case.
* The nine justices, liberal and conservative alike, seemed unpersuaded by Colorado voters’ arguments, with many prognosticators and legal experts predicting ([link removed]) an overwhelming ([link removed]) , and perhaps even unanimous ([link removed]) , decision in favor of Trump.
* Want the full play-by-play? Check out our live coverage on X ([link removed]) and Threads ([link removed]) .
For other 14th Amendment coverage, check out the following resources:
* Noah Bookbinder, the president of CREW — the group that brought the lawsuit against Trump — highlights the stakes of the case in a new op-ed for Democracy Docket. Read here ([link removed]) .
* 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 ([link removed]) .
* 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 ([link removed]) .
* Have more questions about Trump and the 14th Amendment? Learn more from our resource page here ([link removed]) .
Here are some other updates.
* Latino voters on Long Island, New York filed ([link removed]) a lawsuit alleging that Nassau County's legislative districts violate the New York Voting Rights Act. This is the second lawsuit filed under the new state-level voting rights act.
* In a lawsuit over the state's congressional and legislative maps, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) filed ([link removed]) a brief in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals claiming that voters cannot sue to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
* Before oral argument today, the Supreme Court announced opinions in previously heard cases, but did not release a decision in the South Carolina congressional map challenge ([link removed]) .
* A group of Louisiana voters asked ([link removed]) a federal court to temporarily block the state's new congressional map after claiming that it was racially gerrymandered to create two majority-Black districts.
* Ahead of the Nevada Republican caucus tonight, Trump went ([link removed]) on social media to urge caucus goers to sign the petition for a proposed ([link removed]) constitutional amendment that would require strict photo ID in the state. A voter has already filed a lawsuit ([link removed]) seeking to stop the Republican-backed initiative.
+ Confused why there’s a caucus tonight when Nevada already had a primary this week? We break it down here. ([link removed])
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