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Courts Handed Trump A Slew of Legal Losses This Week

President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Conservative and liberal judges across the country this week ruled against President Donald Trump…

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April 25, 2025

Judge Halts Trump’s Anti-Voting Executive Order 

Trump walking out of the Oval Office. (Sipa via AP Images) A U.S. judge Thursday blocked federal agencies from carrying…

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April 24, 2025

Court Blocks GOP Bid to Seize Control of North Carolina Elections Board

The power to appoint the North Carolina State Board of Elections will remain with the governor, thanks to a state…

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April 23, 2025

Federal Appeals Court Halts Ballot Curing in North Carolina Supreme Court Election

North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs. A federal appeals court blocked North Carolina from beginning ballot curing as part…

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April 22, 2025

SCOTUS Could Get Chance to Disenfranchise Voters Whose Ballots Arrive After Election Day 

The Supreme Court could have the chance to disenfranchise voters whose ballots arrive after Election Day. (AdobeStock) The U.S. Supreme…

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April 22, 2025

The State of Democracy Requires Us to Expand the Map

Following Donald Trump’s defeat in 2020, we witnessed an explosion of voting and election-related litigation. Sparked by a wave of…

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April 22, 2025

Judge Halts Trump’s Mass Firings at Consumer Finance Watchdog Agency

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters. (G. Edward Johnson) A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from gutting an independent…

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April 18, 2025

Federal Judge Extends Block on DOGE’s Access to Social Security Data

Elon Musk in the Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) A federal judge Thursday extended restrictions on Elon Musk’s Department of…

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April 18, 2025