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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in former President Donald Trump’s Colorado disqualification case.
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The nine justices, liberal and conservative alike, seemed unpersuaded by Colorado voters’ arguments, with many prognosticators and legal experts predicting an overwhelming, and perhaps even unanimous, decision in favor of Trump.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Here are some other updates.
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Latino voters on Long Island, New York filed 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.
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In a lawsuit over the state's congressional and legislative maps, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) filed 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.
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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.
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A group of Louisiana voters asked 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.
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Ahead of the Nevada Republican caucus tonight, Trump went on social media to urge caucus goers to sign the petition for a proposed constitutional amendment that would require strict photo ID in the state. A voter has already filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the Republican-backed initiative.
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