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“Census Bureau Director Robert Santos is resigning, making way for Trump’s pick”
The director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Robert Santos, announced Thursday he is resigning, giving President Trump an early opportunity to nominate a new political appointee to lead the agency. Arturo ...
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“Paramount in Settlement Talks With Trump Over ’60 Minutes’ Lawsuit” (Political Wire: Trump’s Lawsuit Settlements Look a Lot Like Bribery)
NYT: When Donald J. Trump sued CBS for $10 billion days before the 2024 election, accusing the company of deceptively editing a “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, many legal ...
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“Musk Lawyer Tries to Build a Powerhouse Firm With a Billionaire Client”
NYT: Several top Republican lawyers are joining forces with the lawyer for the billionaire Elon Musk in hopes of building a new conservative legal powerhouse. Chris Gober, a swaggering Texas-based ...
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“How Trump Could Defy the Constitution — or Find a Loophole — and Seize a Third Term”
Politico: But it can’t happen, right? After all, the Constitution imposes an explicit two-term limit on the presidency — even if those two terms, like Trump’s, are non-consecutive. “No person shall be ...
Election Law Blog1d
“Virginia Democrats Advance a Measure to End Lifetime Voting Ban. Now It Gets Complicated.”
Voting in the U.S. Shouldn’t Be This Hard, MSNBC Opinion, Nov. 5, 2024. Thousands of Pennsylvania Ballots Will Be Tossed on a Technicality. Thanks SCOTUS, Slate, Nov. 4, 2024. W ...
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“Job satisfaction among election administrators continues to sink, survey shows”
The vast majority of America’s local election administrators would not encourage their children to do the same job, and a ...
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“Internal Emails Offer Glimpse Into Early Days of Trump Election Inquiry”
NYT: A series of internal F.B.I. emails released on Thursday showed that agents and officials followed standard procedure nearly three years ago when they opened the historic criminal investigation ...
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New York Court Reverses Lower Court, Upholds NYVRA
In a major decision today, a New York appellate court reversed a trial court decision striking down the New York Voting Rights Act on its face. The court held that the town of Newburgh wouldn’t ...
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“Trump Kicks Congress to the Curb, With Little Protest From Republicans”
Congress passed a law shutting down TikTok, and President Trump flouted it. Congress required advance notification for firing inspectors general, and the Trump administration ignored it. Congress ...
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“Scorched-earth Shanahan: RFK Jr’s former running mate threatens political war against confirmation opponents”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s former presidential running mate Nicole Shanahan called out various senators by name, warning that she will fund primary challenges against them if they oppose confirming ...
Election Law Blog2d
“Trump Signs Agreement Calling for Meta to Pay $25 Million to Settle Suit”
WSJ: President Trump has signed settlement papers that are expected to require Meta Platforms to pay roughly $25 million to resolve a 2021 lawsuit Trump brought after the company suspended his ...
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“DOJ moves to drop charges against former GOP lawmaker in case criticized by Trump”
Politico: The Justice Department has moved to drop its criminal prosecution of former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, a Nebraska Republican who resigned last year after a conviction on charges that he lied to ...