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Read Replies (2) | Respond to Democracy DocketThis is one of our free weekly newsletters. If you were forwarded this email, you can subscribe to our newsletters here . For questions or help with your subscription, please visit our Help Center . Trump administration to monitor voting in California and New Jersey The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that it will send election monitors to polling sites in California and New Jersey — a move that Democrats and democracy advocates warned may be a potential step toward the Trump administration seizing control of voting. Read the full story >>> Virginia judge looks set to weaken felony disenfranchisement law In a major win for voters, a judge signaled he will likely rule to weaken Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement law, which would restore voting rights to those with certain felony convictions. “A victory…would strike down a lingering relic of Jim Crow in Virginia,” a lawyer for pro-voting plaintiffs said. Read the full story >>> NY AG pleads not guilty in Trump-driven political prosecution New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) pleaded not guilty to bank fraud and false statements charges brought by the DOJ at President Donald Trump’s request. The plea comes shortly after her lawyers said they would challenge the conduct of the federal prosecutor leading the case against her. Read the full story >>> Voters challenge North Carolina GOP’s mid-decade gerrymander North Carolina voters are once again asking a federal court to step in after Republican lawmakers, they say, pushed through an “unnecessary, mid-decade redistricting” that dismantles long-standing Black opportunity districts. Read the full story >>> Federal court tosses another GOP lawsuit against California’s redistricting plan A Trump-appointed judge in Texas just threw out a GOP lawsuit that attempted to block California’s new congressional redistricting plan — ruling the Texas Congressman had no standing to sue over another state’s election laws. Read the full story >>> Why smart people keep getting Trump’s DOJ scandal wrong Trump has corrupted the DOJ into a weapon against his political opponents — and too many legal experts are falling into a dangerous trap by pretending it’s still a normal institution. Marc breaks down how authoritarians use “rule by law” to punish enemies, why the DOJ can no longer be trusted under Trump, and how doctrines like the “presumption of regularity” enable abuse of power. Watch the video >>> Coming up Monday The 5th Circuit will hear Black and Latino Texas voters’ appeal of an order denying their motion to block the new Tarrant County commissioner map. Learn more about the case >>> AND NOW FOR THIS WEEK’S GOOD NEWS Virginia Democrats move to redraw congressional map to counter GOP gerrymander Virginia Democratic lawmakers announced a special session that will be used to advance a constitutional amendment for a mid-decade redistricting — a plan aimed at countering Republican gerrymanders in states such as Texas, North Carolina and Missouri. Read the full story >>> Federal court extends order blocking National Guard deployment in Chicago A federal judge in Illinois indefinitely extended her order barring Trump’s attempt to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago. That means the block will remain until the appeals court rules on the underlying case, or the Supreme Court of the United States grants Trump's request to pause the district court's order. Learn more about the case >>> Indiana GOPers say they lack votes to pass Trump-backed mid-decade gerrymander Indiana Senate Republicans confirmed they do not currently have enough votes to pass a mid-cycle congressional map revision requested by Trump. The shortfall prevents GOP lawmakers, for now, from redrawing district lines to net more U.S. House seats at the cost of fair representation, as other GOP-led states have done.
