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Monday, January 27
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SCOTUS won’t review Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era felony disenfranchisement law
* The U.S. Supreme Court declined ([link removed]) to hear a Mississippi case challenging a lifetime voting ban on people with certain felony convictions. Previously, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the ban as constitutional, rejecting 8th Amendment claims and ruling against voting advocates.
* This is not the first time the justices have refused to consider the issue of felony disenfranchisement in Mississippi. In June 2023, the Court decided ([link removed]) not to review a different case challenging the state constitution’s felony disenfranchisement provision.
The Supreme Court could gut access to birth control this year
* The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case this term that could mark the beginning of the first nationwide rollback on contraception rights in the era of President Donald Trump, new Democracy Docket contributor Susan Rinkunas argues ([link removed]) in an op-ed.
4th Circuit hears North Carolina Supreme Court race lawsuit
* The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard ([link removed]) oral argument today over whether Jefferson Griffin's challenge to over 60,000 ballots in the North Carolina Supreme Court race should remain in federal or state court. The election is the last uncertified 2024 race in the country.
* “For years, Republicans in our state have rolled back voting rights because they fear the will of the voters, and when they can't get enough votes to win legitimately, they try to seize the levers of power through other means and rig the system,” Rep. Deborah Ross (D-N.C.) said at a press conference this morning.
* Read here ([link removed]) to learn why the GOP is targeting this state Supreme Court race.
Voters seek to prevent noncitizens from being excluded from 2030 census
* Five voters in California and Texas filed ([link removed]) a motion in federal court to defend noncitizens after four GOP states sued the federal government to exclude larger categories of immigrants from the census count and add a citizenship question to the 2030 census.
10 things we can all do to protect democracy
* In these unprecedented times, it's easy to feel defeated and powerless, but there are many ways everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. In a new piece, Marc shares ([link removed]) ten things all of us can do.
* “When all the news is about Trump and pardons and lies, it is easy to want to retreat and stop paying attention. Don’t. It is precisely when things are hard that we must all lean into remaining vigilant and informed,” Marc writes.
Trump enacts key component of Project 2025
* On the first day of Trump’s second term, he reissued a version of Schedule F, an executive order making it easier to fire and replace federal employees. In a new YouTube video, Marc discusses ([link removed]) the goal of the order, its connection to Project 2025 and the lawsuit filed against it.
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Holding Trump Accountable
* In the seventh lawsuit seeking to block the executive order ending birthright citizenship, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project sued ([link removed]) the Trump administration on behalf of three expectant mothers in a Washington court. This case has been consolidated with the other Seattle lawsuit filed by Democratic officials in four states.
* In that case, a federal judge in Seattle temporarily blocked ([link removed]) Trump’s executive order last week while litigation is ongoing.
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