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Tuesday, January 21
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Trump revokes Biden’s 2021 executive order expanding voting access
* On his first day in office, President Donald Trump revoked ([link removed]) an executive order from former President Joe Biden that directed federal agencies to expand access to voter registration. Biden's order earned a barrage of lawsuits from GOP officials in Texas, Missouri and more who alleged federal overreach.

SCOTUS decides not to hear two voting cases in upcoming term
* In a victory for voters, the U.S. Supreme Court denied ([link removed]) an appeal from Montana to reinstate two voter suppression laws. The state wanted the Court to use the radical independent state legislature theory to overturn a decision from the Montana Supreme Court. In a new YouTube video, Marc explains ([link removed]) the decision.
* The U.S. Supreme Court declined ([link removed]) to review a lawsuit alleging Pennsylvania is violating federal law by rejecting mail-in ballots with date errors. But, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will decide if these rejections violate the state constitution.

GOP state officials sue to exclude certain immigrants from 2030 census
* Louisiana, Kansas, Ohio and West Virginia sued ([link removed]) the federal government to exclude large categories of immigrants from the census count and add a citizenship question to the 2030 census. This would be a radical departure from how the U.S. population has been counted in past censuses.
* Census population counts determine the apportionment of Congressional seats, and in turn, Electoral College votes. The lawsuit claimed ([link removed]) that states like Texas and California, which have large immigrant communities, are overrepresented in Congress because noncitizens are included in population counts.
* The last time the U.S. Census asked every respondent a citizenship question was in 1950. The question was removed in part because of concerns about accuracy and the threat of undercounting some populations.

11th Circuit considers fate of Georgia maps in high-stakes redistricting case
* The 11th U.S. Circuit is scheduled ([link removed]) to hear a case Thursday alleging Georgia's redistricting maps violate the Voting Rights Act. Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) joined this case to defend the ability of voters to challenge unfair election laws — will the Trump DOJ do the same?

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Lawsuits filed challenging Trump’s day-one executive orders
* The ACLU, Lawyers for Civil Rights and 22 Democratic-led states filed ([link removed]) four lawsuits challenging Trump's executive order revoking birthright citizenship for babies born in the U.S. whose parents are not citizens. The suits claimed Trump's action violated the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
* Trump signed ([link removed]) an executive order known as "Schedule F" that stripped thousands of federal employees of job protections, making it easier to dismiss them for political disloyalty. Federal workers sued to challenge the order.
* Within minutes of Trump being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, his Department of Government Efficiency — the Elon Musk-led faux agency tasked with slashing federal programs, regulations and workforce — was sued ([link removed]) three times.

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