Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz step in to defend Eastman.  

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Daily Docket — Thursday, April 4

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Here are some updates.
* Civil rights groups sued ([link removed]) over Alabama's new Republican-backed voter suppression law that, among its restrictions, makes it illegal for most people to help a voter request, complete and return an absentee ballot.
+ The groups allege the law severely burdens the work of civic engagement groups and voters who rely on assistance, particularly elderly voters, voters with disabilities, incarcerated voters and low-literacy voters.
* Nebraska legislators voted ([link removed]) down a bill that would have changed the state to a “winner-takes-all” system for allocating its Electoral College votes — a move that, if it had passed, could have thrown the 2024 presidential election into chaos.
* Faced with imminent deadlines for finalizing and printing primary ballots, New Jersey counties withdrew ([link removed]) their appeal of a recent ruling that blocked the controversial “county line” ballot design for the Democratic primary.
* The Arkansas Supreme Court dismissed ([link removed]) a fringe lawsuit from a "voter integrity" group seeking to ban voting machines in the state.
* Disgraced former Trump attorney John Eastman asked ([link removed]) the court that recommended his disbarment to pause its ruling so he can continue to practice law to fund his defense in the election subversion case in Fulton County, Georgia, where he has already incurred over $1 million in legal fees.
+ Reps. Matt Gaetz (R) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R), clients of Eastman, have submitted statements urging the court to pause its ruling.
* All eyes are on the Tar Heel State as Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein faces one of the most extreme right-wing opponents. But Stein is focused on what has always been his priority: the people of North Carolina. Read our profile of Stein here. ([link removed])

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