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Cockpit Lights Flash Emoluments Clause Danger, as Qatar Government Apparently Gifts $400M 747 to Trump for Air Force One

May 12, 2025May 12, 2025

President Donald Trump appears poised to accept a gift of a $400 million dollar super luxury Boeing 747 from the Qatar royal family for use as Trump’s Air Force One. The potential gift is raising questions of potential corruption under the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause, and a potential security risk.

Fallout Continues from 2023 SCOTUS ‘Milligan’ Decision, as the Alabama Legislature Faces Possible Return of Preclearance Requirements

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision in Allen vs. Milligan in 2023, finding Alabama must provide an additional majority-Black Congressional District. Defiant, the legislature created new maps - again with only one real majority-minority district. That action could return Alabama to “preclearance” status by the federal government.

CO Election Official Tina Peters Got 9 Years for Tampering with Election Machines to Prove the Big Lie. Trump is Trying to Set Her Free.

May 8, 2025May 11, 2025

In August 2024, a jury convicted Mesa County, Colorado election official Tina Peters for tampering with her county’s voting machines in 2020, and allowing election deniers access to them. Disregarding the breach of “election integrity”, President Donald Trump is now trying to set her free.

Federal Court Settles North Carolina Supreme Court Race, Heading Off a Dangerous Precedent of Retroactively Questioning Election Rules

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025

The November 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court race contested by the Republican candidate Judge Jefferson Griffin has finally been settled in federal district court. Associate Justice Allison Riggs was declared the winner on May 5th.

Tennessee Enacts Voting Rights Restoration for Citizens Returning from Incarceration for Common Felonies

May 6, 2025May 6, 2025

Returning Tennessee citizens convicted of most felonies can now have their voting rights returned by a court order, rather than a pardon from the governor, under a law enacted May 2nd. It also removed the requirement that all fees be paid prior to those rights being restored.