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Trump, Election Theft, and the Courts

It looks like the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, are unsympathetic to Trump’s schemes to steal the election.

Republican state leaders are working frantically to skim off as much of voters’ democratic powers as they can this election season.

This fall, several states will vote to enshrine abortion access, while one asks voters to weigh in on the issue a second time.

State legislators have embraced norm-shattering techniques to boldly crack one House district. Voters may have the final say about that.

State lawmakers used classic anti-democratic tactics to override their constituents’ clear preference.

Measures introduced in 13 states this year would impose criminal penalties on people who obtain an abortion.

The legislature could spend early 2025 debating how to upend the constitutional amendment on reproductive rights that voters just passed.

Seven states passed constitutional amendments protecting abortion this year, but the backlash from anti-abortion forces has only just begun.

by Emma Janssen July 30, 2024

Cori Bush faces off against Wesley Bell—and millions in super PAC money. But the story isn’t that simple.

Republicans have tipped their hand again.