Senior DOJ official suggests department tell courts ‘F*** you’ and ignore orders

• Emil Bove, a senior DOJ official and 3rd Circuit judicial nominee, suggested the Justice Department should ignore federal court orders to execute President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportations, according to a whistleblower familiar with the matter.

Voters risk disenfranchisement under new North Carolina plan 

• Nearly 100,000 North Carolina voters will be required to take an additional step to verify their identity or risk being disenfranchised under a plan approved by the GOP-controlled state board of elections today. 

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Red states struggle to build new systems to share voter data

• Red states left a bipartisan voter roll system in the name of election security. Their replacement attempts have only left voter rolls less secure and prone to wrongful purges. 

The latest on the Arizona voter suppression legal battle 

• A settlement was reached in a lawsuit brought by voting rights groups against Arizona challenging two voter suppression laws that purge voters from the state’s permanent early voting rolls and change the cure process for mail-in ballots. This agreement is conditioned on the approval of Arizona's Voter Registration Advisory Committee June 25.

Democrats kill bid to limit courts’ power in GOP budget bill

• A key provision of the GOP’s budget bill that sought to limit judicial power is dead under Senate rules following a challenge from Democrats. Marc and Paige Moskowitz explain. 

Elie Mystal on the voting laws ruining America

• Our right to vote is under attack from all sides. Elie Mystal, author of the book "Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America” sat down with Marc to discuss threats to free and fair elections and the history of restrictive voting laws that got us here today. 

Oral argument coming up tomorrow 

• The full 9th Circuit will re-hear a lawsuit brought by pro-voting groups challenging an Arizona law that allowed county recorders to cancel a voter's registration upon receiving information that the voter was registered in another jurisdiction. 
  
  
• The hearing is not about the merits, but the organization's ability to bring the suit. A 9th Circuit panel ruled that the organization lacked standing and voided a lower court ruling blocking Arizona's cancellation policy. The DOJ will also participate in oral argument.