Daily Docket — Wednesday, June 5

Updates on the numerous cases against Trump and his allies

• A Georgia court paused proceedings in Trump and his allies' Fulton County election subversion case pending the outcome of several appeals in the case. This further delays a trial date, which has not yet been set.

  
  

• Trump committed 34 felonies to win the 2016 election. He continued his crime spree into the 2020 election and is now planning his next crime that will irreparably damage democracy, Marc argues in his latest piece. Read it here.

• Former attorneys of Trump are facing the consequences of their attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. In a new YouTube video, Sophie discusses the suspensions of Jenna Ellis, John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani’s law licenses. Watch it here.

Alito receives heat for his actions on and off the bench

• House Democrats introduced a bill on Tuesday to establish an investigative body within the U.S. Supreme Court to probe potential ethical improprieties in the wake of the Alito flag controversy.

  
  

• In a decision last month authored by Alito, the Supreme Court upheld South Carolina’s congressional map and made it easier to racially gerrymander. Read this piece to see how the ruling will negatively impact voters' ability to fight for fair representation across the nation.

The latest on voting rights cases in Arkansas and Delaware

• Voting rights groups filed a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’ requirement that voter registration forms be submitted with a handwritten signature, preventing online registration. The groups allege this rule violates the Civil Rights Act.

  
  

• This morning, the Delaware Supreme Court heard oral argument in a lawsuit challenging the state's early and permanent absentee voting laws.