Louisiana sued the Election Assistance Commission on Tuesday to change the standard federal voter registration form to add unlawful and burdensome requirements for proving citizenship. Voting rights groups are seeking to join the case to protect access to the ballot box for eligible voters in Louisiana and beyond.
President Trump’s unlawful executive order would take control of mail-in ballots from the states and create an unvalidated, error-prone system that would risk disenfranchising eligible voters. The president does not have constitutional authority to regulate elections. President Trump’s prior executive order on voting failed in court for the same reason.
Wegman, a senior fellow at the Brennan Center, covered the Court for 12 years as a member of the New York Times editorial board
Kornberg identifies what’s holding Congress back from meeting its responsibilities to the American people and recommends reforms.
The Partnership for Southern Impact will work with communities and organizations across the South to build more representative and responsive state and local governments.
Fisk and the Brennan Center will develop nonpartisan solutions to problems like voter suppression, partisan redistricting, and excessively punitive criminal justice.
Wegman will provide public commentary and launch newsletter on the Supreme Court, its docket, and its future as an institution. Wegman’s first piece about the Court appears today. In June, Wegman will publish The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People’s Constitution with Celadon Books.
The Senate must reject this renewed effort to pass the SAVE Act, which would block millions of American citizens from voting.
The voter file sought by the Justice Department contains sensitive voter data such as driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers.
Court held in Learning Resources v. Trump that the president exceeded his authority under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act.
Ruling is a severe blow to equality in political representation for all Americans.