by Carolyn Classen, blogger Time Saturday, August 8 10am, 1:30pm MST Location Virtual event Join from anywhere Hosted in AZ 85012 About this event “On August 8, 2026, join the League (of Women Voters)and our partners as we host a nationwide day of civic action in honor of the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of … Read more
Chief Justice John Roberts has spent his entire public career in pursuit of his single-minded purpose of destroying the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He has succeeded in reducing the Voting Rights Act to a mere shadow of its former self. Everyone assumed that today’s decision would be the final death blow by an unelected … Read more
The Hill reports, Supreme Court preview: the major decisions still to come: The Supreme Court’s decision season is in full swing. The justices in the coming weeks will hand down major rulings on student debt relief, affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act, with opinions in 30 remaining cases expected to be released by June … Read more
Law & Crime reports, Second Federal Judge Rejects Donald Trump’s Claim He’s ‘Absolutely Immune’ from Civil Suits for His Role in the Jan. 6th Attack: A second federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from civil liability in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol, giving advocacy groups another opportunity to … Read more
Democracy Docket reports, DOJ Indicates Charges Pending in Election Threat Cases: The U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona — the state’s chief federal prosecutor for the U.S Department of Justice (DOJ) — released a statement today indicating there are “several election threat-related cases pending federal felony charges” that stem from alleged criminal activity in … Read more