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Monday, July 29

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Biden calls for reforms to U.S. Supreme Court
* In a new op-ed for the Washington Post, President Joe Biden called ([link removed]) for major reforms to the Court.
* Biden’s proposals ([link removed]) echo the current effort in Congress to reform SCOTUS, which include term limits for justices, a binding code of ethics and a constitutional amendment to limit presidential immunity.
* Though Biden does not have the unilateral authority to make such reforms, this op-ed reflects his most direct push to date ([link removed]) for reforming SCOTUS.

Meanwhile, Mark Meadows wants SCOTUS to intervene in his Georgia election interference case
* Meadows’ lawyers filed ([link removed]) a petition for writ of certiorari to the nation’s highest Court asking that his case be moved to federal court. It’s not the first time. In December of 2023, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected ([link removed]) his request to move his case out of Georgia into a federal court.
* In his latest petition ([link removed]) , Meadows’ lawyers cite SCOTUS’s recent controversial ruling on presidential immunity as the reason his case should be in federal court, arguing that the ruling “makes clear that federal immunity fully protects former officers” and not just a former president.

Wins for voters in Mississippi and Wisconsin
* A federal judge rejected ([link removed]) an RNC lawsuit that challenged Mississippi’s mail-in ballot receipt deadline. The law, enacted in 2020, allows all mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received by election offices up to 5 days later to be counted.
* And in Wisconsin, a judge rejected ([link removed]) a right-wing lawsuit that sought to upend certain aspects of the state’s absentee voting process.

Louisiana’s new voter suppression laws will remain in place for the election
* A federal judge rejected ([link removed]) a disability rights group’s lawsuit to block Louisiana’s new laws, which restrict who can serve as a witness and help deliver an absentee ballot.
* The lawsuit, which was filed ([link removed]) earlier this month by Disability Rights Louisiana (DRLA), argued that the new statutes could disenfranchise absentee voters with disabilities.
* Though litigation is ongoing, because it’s too close to the election, the district court denied DRLA’s motion for preliminary injunction.

ACLU suing Nebraska for refusing to let people with felony convictions vote
* The lawsuit, filed ([link removed]) directly to the Nebraska Supreme Court, seeks to compel the secretary of state and several elections commissioners to comply with a new state law that lets a person register to vote after they complete their sentence for a felony conviction. Under previous law, they would have to wait two years after completing their sentence to register to vote.
* The lawsuit comes after Nebraska’s attorney general issued ([link removed]) an opinion earlier this month that the new law is unconstitutional. The law passed ([link removed]) in April without the governor’s signature.

Want to know what ballot measures across the country could impact voting rights and democracy in 2024?
* Our new guide ([link removed]) explains all the democracy-related ballot initiatives — from noncitizen voting to election reform — that voters in 19 states have the chance to vote on this year.

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