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🏛️ Today is a SCOTUS opinion day.
We are on the lookout for rulings in multiple cases, including Watson v. RNC, which could bar states from counting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day.
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At the dawn of another SCOTUS opinion day, Marc Elias reminds us that June has been the time when the high court delivers its most devastating blows against individual rights and the rule of law.
If that is the result today, Marc writes, we must be ready to fight back even stronger.
ICYMI: South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, who campaigned on sharply restricting voting, is one step closer to becoming the Republican nominee for governor.
She will face South Carolina AG Alan Wilson in a runoff, in which the winner will be heavily favored in November. https://bit.ly/4olMYwr
MYTH: Widespread fraud is taking place in California’s primary.
FACT: This is a lie that Trump and the GOP are perpetuating to undermine confidence in this fall’s crucial midterms.
Here’s what you need to know about their playbook:
NEW: A Missouri judge postponed proceedings in a challenge to Republicans’ gerrymander, likely meaning that the GOP will use its new map in 2026.
The move comes as the party slow-walks the certification of a citizen-led effort to put the measure to a statewide referendum.
ICYMI: Steve Hilton, a Trump-backed conservative and former Fox News host, will compete in the general election for governor of California this November.
He will face off against Democrat and former Biden administration official Xavier Becerra. https://bit.ly/3RQL0s5
NEW: A DOJ lawyer struggled to explain how it plans to use the unredacted voter data its demanding from states, telling a federal judge in Maryland: "I'm not going to get into the details."
So far, eight of the department's lawsuits seeking such information have been dismissed.
LOSS: A Wake County Superior Court ruled that the North Carolina election board violated the state constitution by allowing those born overseas who've never lived in the state to vote in federal elections.
The decision prohibits such voters from participating in any North Carolina election.
BREAKING: The Florida Supreme Court greenlights the GOP's newly enacted gerrymander for use in the 2026 midterms, despite the state's voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering.
With the new map, Republicans could gain up to four more seats in Congress.
Why is Trump so obsessed with the California primary?
The urgency of Trump’s most recent lies about election fraud in the state reflects a grim reality for the aging president: California will likely spell the end of Republican control over the U.S. House of Representatives. https://bit.ly/4ec9ymv
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In recent years, June has been the time when the high court delivers its most devastating blows against individual rights and the rule of law.
The exchange captures how the government is demanding access to massive amounts of sensitive voter information while offering courts, state officials and the public shifting and evasive explanations f...
The Florida legislature passed the map — drawn by the governor’s office — at DeSantis’ insistence, disregarding reluctance from within his own party and fierce opposition from Democrats.
