After two Senate Democrats refused to break quorum, the Texas Senate passed a redistricting map that could add five GOP seats in Congress. However, the map cannot take effect until the House votes on it.

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Texas Senate passes GOP map, AG threatens Beto O’Rourke with arrest

- After two Senate Democrats refused to break quorum, the Texas Senate passed ([link removed] ) a redistricting map that could add five GOP seats in Congress. However, the map cannot take effect until the House votes on it, which quorum-breaking House Democrats are fighting to block.

- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a motion for contempt against former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D), accusing ([link removed] ) him of violating a temporary block that bars him from fundraising for Democrats’ quorum break.



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SCOTUS sets October date to rehear case that could gut VRA

- The Supreme Court will hear ([link removed] ) oral arguments Oct. 15 in a high-stakes Louisiana redistricting battle. The argument will be centered on whether the state’s creation of a second majority-minority congressional district under the Voting Rights Act (VRA) violates the U.S. Constitution.

SCOTUS to hear case that could expand who can challenge election laws

- SCOTUS also set an Oct. 8 argument for an Illinois case ([link removed] ) . The issue on appeal before SCOTUS centers on whether candidates for federal office have standing to bring lawsuits challenging state election laws.

Oregon rejects DOJ’s request to share private voter data

- Oregon's secretary of state declined ([link removed] ) to meet with DOJ prosecutors to discuss a potential deal to share private voter data with the federal government. He said he has no interest in sharing data with “an administration that is willfully violating judicial orders.”

Trial sheds light on sweeping theory behind Trump’s military deployments

- The broad legal theory behind President Donald Trump’s use of the military in civilian law enforcement took ([link removed] ) center stage today during day two of a trial over the deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles earlier this year.

The real cost of voter ID laws — and who pays the highest price

- Voter ID laws don’t solve the problem of voter fraud — they solve the “problem” of high voter turnout. Learn more ([link removed] ) about how voter ID laws are used to undermine our democracy and you’ll never call voter ID “common sense” again.

We’re in the ‘messy middle’ of the fight for democracy

- Lawyers are at the forefront of the pro-democracy movement. That’s why there’s no one better to talk to about the fight for our country than CEO and president of Democracy Forward, Skye Perryman. She joined ([link removed] ) Marc to discuss recent victories, gerrymandering in her home state of Texas and the battle for the rule of law.

Coming up tomorrow

- The 11th Circuit will hear arguments on two provisions of a Georgia voter suppression law ([link removed] ) . One regards where individuals hand out food and water to voters waiting in line to vote. The other provision rejects a voter’s absentee ballot if the birth date written on the outer ballot envelope does not match the voter’s registration record.

- There's a hearing in Trump's lawsuit seeking ([link removed] ) to stop judges from blocking the government from deporting people in violation of due process protections.

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