By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press | September 5, 2023
The trial beginning Tuesday is part of a wave of litigation progressing after the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year stood behind its interpretation of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting Alabama's challenge to the law.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | September 5, 2023
In filing his not guilty plea with the court, the former New York mayor and Trump attorney also waived his right to appear at an arraignment hearing set for Sept. 6. He joins the former president and at least 10 others in forgoing a trip to Atlanta to appear before a judge in a packed courtroom with a news camera rolling.
By Christine Fernando | The Associated Press | September 5, 2023
Chad Stark, 55, of Leander, Texas, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of communicating interstate threats after he was accused of posting threatening messages on Craigslist about killing government officials in Georgia. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
By Jim Saunders | September 5, 2023
Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a plan passed by the Legislature and called a special session that ultimately led to a map that helped lead in the November elections to Florida Republicans increasing their number of U.S. House members from 16 to 20.
By Brian Lee | September 5, 2023
Among the cases on the high court's docket is one of national significance, which may reshape New York's congressional redistricting.
By Marianna Wharry | August 31, 2023
In December 2020, Everett attorney Stephen W. Pidgeon filed a complaint on behalf of the Loren Culp campaign in King County Superior Court to contest the results of Washington's 2020 gubernatorial election following Culp's loss to incumbent Gov. Jay Inslee the previous month, who won by a margin of 545,177 votes.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | August 31, 2023
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee had set arraignment hearings for Trump and the 18 others charged in the case for Sept. 6. A court filing waiving arraignment means Trump won't have to show up for that.
By Lindsay Whitehurst and Christina A. Cassidy | The Associated Press | August 31, 2023
Government employees are being bombarded with threats even in normally quiet periods between elections, secretaries of state and experts warn. Some point to former President Donald Trump and his allies repeatedly and falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen and spreading conspiracy theories about election workers.
By Nicholas Riccardi | The Associated Press | August 31, 2023
The 14th Amendment bars from office anyone who once took an oath to uphold the Constitution but then "engaged" in "insurrection or rebellion" against it. A growing number of legal scholars say the post-Civil War clause applies to Trump after his role in trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election and encouraging his backers to storm the U.S. Capitol.
By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press | August 30, 2023
Noting that he had been called before a special grand jury to testify during the investigation, Kemp stated forcefully that Democratic President Joe Biden was the rightful winner of Georgia's 16 electoral votes and said swinging the spotlight to Trump's legal troubles would be a mistake.
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