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President Donald Trump named Alina Habba, one of his former personal attorneys and campaign spokespeople, as interim U.S. attorney for…
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Over the past few months, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has sent letters and emails to nearly 20 states…
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The Voting Rights Act, the watershed Civil Rights era law that has prevented attempts to dilute minority votes through racially…
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I have been the subject of many spurious accusations and politically motivated attacks, but this one is in a class…
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Explainer: Can DOJ Access States’ Voter Data? It’s Complicated
Reports of the unusual requests from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) first started to trickle out in May. It…
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Donald Trump is a man obsessed with voter suppression and election conspiracies. He makes no secret of his willingness to…
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The GOP’s New Voter Suppression Architect
When Republicans were desperate to win the 2014 Senate election in North Carolina, they selected Thom Tillis as their nominee.…
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