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Michigan Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Trump Ballot Qualification Appeal Based on State Statute, Allowing Trump to Remain in State Primary

December 28, 2023December 28, 2023

The Michigan Supreme Court decided December 27th not to hear an appeal, keeping Donald Trump on Michigan’s primary ballot. But unlike Colorado’s recent decision, it didn’t consider the U.S. Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Puts State Legislature’s Maps on Naughty List, Orders Legislature to Draw Constitutional Voting Districts

December 24, 2023December 24, 2023

Citing over 50 violations of the Wisconsin constitution, the newly-configured Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled December 22nd that the state’s legislative maps must be replaced before the 2024 election.

A Kansas Law Stopped Voter Registration Groups from Doing Their Work. A Kansas Supreme Court Ruling May Help them Fight Back.

December 21, 2023December 24, 2023

A 2021 Kansas law, H.B. 2183, made impersonating an election official a felony. But its vague language unintentionally or intentionally swept up voter registration groups like the League of Women Voters, stopping registration efforts. A Kansas Supreme Court ruling December 15th gives standing to the democracy groups challenging the law.

Encouraging New Decisions for North Dakota and Louisiana Push Back on the U.S. Eighth Circuit’s “No Right of Private Action” Voting Rights Act Ruling

December 17, 2023December 17, 2023

Last week we reported on the aftershocks of an Arkansas racial gerrymandering case, where the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided voters and groups had “No private right of action” under the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Two rulings issued Friday, December 15th pushed back on that radical decision.

Ripple Effects After Radical Federal 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling Restricting Who Can Bring Voting Rights Act Suits; Red State AGs Pile On

December 14, 2023December 17, 2023

We reported in November on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decision restricting lawsuits based on the 1965 Voting Rights Act to be filed ONLY by the U.S. Attorney General, seen by most court watchers as radical and ignoring precedent. But it’s already having ripple effects across the nation.