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Mark Joseph Stern @mjs_DC
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Breaking: A federal judge has DENIED a lawsuit filed by Native Americans disenfranchised by North Dakota's voter ID law.

This decision ensures that hundreds, perhaps thousands of Native Americans will not be able to vote in the upcoming election.
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I wrote about this lawsuit yesterday. The flagrant voter suppression on display here is just maddening. slate.com/news-and-polit…
North Dakota Republicans designed their voter ID law to disenfranchise Native Americans. It worked as intended. And the courts have permitted this flagrant voter suppression. Today is a terrible day for voting rights. slate.com/news-and-polit… @Slate
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Wow. Chief Justice Roberts joins the liberals in a 5–4 order keeping Trump's new asylum rule on hold.

The era of Kavanaugh's ostensible centrism seems to be over.
I'm glad Chief Justice John Roberts voted to maintain the block on Trump's blatantly unlawful new asylum restrictions. But I'm deeply disturbed that Kavanaugh voted to let them take effect. slate.com/news-and-polit… @Slate
This @imillhiser headline really captures it all thinkprogress.org/four-republica…
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New Jersey Democrats' gerrymandering proposal is dead, killed by intense opposition from the left. politico.com/states/new-jer…

Progressives stood up to machine Democrats to defend voting rights—and won.
Here's a partial list of grassroots activists, union leaders, and civil rights advocates in New Jersey who opposed the measure.

The state's progressive community stood almost universally united against gerrymandering.

scribd.com/document/39570…
To be quite explicit about this proposal: It was NOT simply designed to ensure that a Democratic state had a Democratic legislature, as some claimed. It was crafted by machine Democrats to protect their incumbents and pad out their huge majority with a few extra seats.
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Gorsuch fans are going to enjoy today’s SCOTUS arguments over civil asset forfeiture. When the Indiana Solicitor General said the Excessive Fines Clause doesn’t apply to the states, Gorsuch looked incredulous and said: “Come on, General. Really?!”
Gorsuch then told the Indiana SG that he was going to lose, and if he kept arguing the merits, he’d lose even worse. Then he and Sotomayor teamed up to say he was defending a “star chamber.”
So, yeah, SCOTUS is going to apply the Excessive Fines Clause to the states, and probably do so in a way that limits civil asset forfeiture. Gorsuch was smiling like the cat that caught the canary.
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The bus taking Standing Rock natives to the polls. First stop: Cannon Ball #ElectionDay
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Thread: 2018 election most important midterms for voting rights in my lifetime. Election could be tainted by voter suppression or historic opportunity to expand voting rights for millions of people. Here's what's at stake npr.org/2018/10/23/659…
24 states have passed new restrictions on voting since 2010, such as strict voter ID laws, cutting early voting, making it harder to register to vote. These could swing key races [map via @BrennanCenter] nytimes.com/2018/10/27/opi…
The number of voters who could be disenfranchised by GOP voter suppression is larger than margin of close elections in key states like GA, ND, FL, KS & WI nyti.ms/2OagqmE
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#BREAKING: @NewYorkStateAG Underwood just filed suit against Exxon for defrauding investors regarding the financial risk posed to the company by climate change regs. An extensive investigation found an alleged fraudulent scheme that reached the highest levels of the company.
@NewYorkStateAG Details: ag.ny.gov/press-release/…

Read the full complaint: ag.ny.gov/sites/default/…
Seems like a good time to remind everyone that multiple courts rejected Exxon's attempts to block @NewYorkStateAG's investigation as "political." A federal judge called Exxon's efforts "legal jiu jitsu," "implausible," "a wild stretch of logic," and a "huge waste" of time and $.
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A federal judge just granted @NewYorkStateAG Underwood's motion to depose Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. This is part of the AG's lawsuit over the Trump administration's decision to demand citizenship info on the #Census.
In granting @NewYorkStateAG Underwood’s motion to depose Ross, the federal judge writes, “the question is not a close one: Secretary Ross must sit for a deposition because, among other things, his intent and credibility are directly at issue in these cases.” #2020census
Here’s a link to the full decision granting @NewYorkStateAG Underwood’s motion to depose Wilbur Ross over the #2020Census: ag.ny.gov/sites/default/…
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#Breaking: A federal judge is allowing a lawsuit accusing President Trump of violating the Constitution's emoluments clause to continue, rejecting a Justice Department motion to dismiss the case.
It’s the first ruling in federal court to define “emolument,” which goes undefined in the Constitution’s two emoluments clauses.
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