Category: Election Law

Court Opinion Blocking More of Trump’s Executive Order on Elections Also Demands the Administration Follow Federal Citizen Data Privacy Statutes

Court Opinion Blocking More of Trump’s Executive Order on Elections Also Demands the Administration Follow Federal Citizen Data Privacy Statutes

A section in President Trump’s March 2025 executive order on elections authorized what became a battle between states and the Department of Justice over access to voter data and election records. A January 30th court ruling put a shot across the Trump administration’s bow on strictly observing federal privacy statutes.
Polls Show Most Utah Voters Want to Protect Their Fair Redistricting Amendment, But Another GOP-Backed Ballot Initiative Aims to Repeal It

Polls Show Most Utah Voters Want to Protect Their Fair Redistricting Amendment, But Another GOP-Backed Ballot Initiative Aims to Repeal It

As you’ll recall, the Utah state courts struck down multiple GOP efforts to neutralize a constitutional amendment creating an independent redistricting commission and a ban on gerrymandering. Despite wide bipartisan support for the fair redistricting amendment, a new Trump-endorsed ballot measure aims to repeal it.
Trump DOJ Joins California GOP in Attempt to Block Proposition 50 Congressional Maps in the U.S. Supreme Court

Trump DOJ Joins California GOP in Attempt to Block Proposition 50 Congressional Maps in the U.S. Supreme Court

As expected, the California GOP filed an emergency U.S. Supreme Court appeal of the Proposition 50 congressional districts, claiming racial gerrymandering. Also unsurprisingly, the Trump Department of Justice filed a brief supporting the appeal, saying that while the map was done for partisan reasons, it was accomplished using racial gerrymandering.