Can the New York Early Mail Voter Act Survive Its Constitutional Challenge?
All New York voters can now vote by mail, thanks to the governor signing into law the New York Early Mail Voter Act in September 2023.
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All New York voters can now vote by mail, thanks to the governor signing into law the New York Early Mail Voter Act in September 2023.
If you don’t already have money and power, the current Supreme Court majority doesn’t care about you. That must be our major takeaway from the 2023–24 term.
The Supreme Court has recently become a witting or unwitting facilitator of Project 2025’s dystopian agenda for the future.
Each year, this is the month progressive organizations hold our breaths on certain weekday mornings, wondering which life-altering decisions will drop next.
We cannot survive as a democracy if only one party is willing to accept defeat.
If the question is whether cities like Grants Pass are engaging in “cruel and unusual” behavior, this should be an open-and-shut case.
Donald Trump and his Republican allies have no intention of accepting the outcome of a free and fair election.
Even though Arizona Democrats — and two Republican legislators — succeeded in overturning the 1864 law, there is still cause for concern.
In recent weeks, there have been a series of lawsuits aimed at undoing protections for election workers.
If we want to preserve what we have left we have to acknowledge the very real and present threat and demand champions who will fight back.
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