Friday, May 2

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A double win for voters in Pennsylvania

• In two victories for Pennsylvania voters, one judge dismissed a far-right challenge seeking to purge over 277,000 voters from the rolls, and a federal appeals court rejected a GOP bid to disqualify ballots for minor errors. 

Trump asks SCOTUS to grant DOGE access to social security data

• After a Maryland court rejected Department of Government Efficiency access to Social Security Administration (SSA) information, the Trump administration today asked the Supreme Court to allow access to the data.
  
  
• SSA data includes Social Security numbers, medical records, mental health records, hospitalization records, drivers’ license numbers, bank and credit card information, tax information, income history, work history, birth and marriage certificates and home and work addresses, Democracy Docket previously reported. 

Group founded by Stephen Miller sues John Roberts in bid to control courts

• A legal group founded by Stephen Miller, an ally of President Donald Trump and current White House aide, sued Chief Justice John Roberts in a brazen but unlikely attempt to seize control of the federal court system.
  
  
• The lawsuit is a continuation of the Trump administration’s extensive effort to break down the separation of powers and usurp the constitutional powers of the other federal branches — especially the judiciary.
  
  
• It threatens both the courts’ independence and Congress’ authority to organize courts below the Supreme Court.

Trump's first 100 days: four crises that could break democracy

• Hannah Fried, Skye Perryman and Harry Litman joined Marc to discuss Trump's first 100 days in office and the four crises that could break our democracy.

It’s the Republican Congress enabling Trump’s authoritarianism

• Congress alone can deny the president the authority to carry out destructive trade policies. It alone can refuse to appropriate the funds he needs to conduct illegal migrant removals. Most importantly, only Congress can impeach and remove a president who undermines the rule of law and defies the Constitution, Marc writes.