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The Recorder

Former Pence Counsel to Testify Against John Eastman in Disciplinary Case

Greg Jacob is expected to testify about what he called Eastman's "entirely made-up" legal arguments for stopping the Jan. 6, 2021, electoral vote count.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

'A Lot of Love for Trump': Is Miami a Favorable Venue for the Ex-President's Trial?

"The elephant in the room is that we haven't generated a witness list yet," Special Counsel Jack Smith said in arguing bond conditions before US Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman in Miami.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Trump and Debs: Indictments, Felonies and the Presidency

The ingenious framers of the U.S. Constitution covered manifold contingencies when they drafted our founding document, and presumably left some outlier issues to voter common sense. That is why nothing in the Constitution prohibited Eugene Debs, a 1920 presidential candidate running as the standard bearer of the Socialist Party, from seeking the presidency.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

DeSantis Argues He's Top Alternative to Indicted Trump in 2024 Race

Donald Trump's legal drama presents both an opportunity and challenge for Gov. Ron DeSantis and other campaign rivals of the former president.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Young Lawyer Who Helped Write Voting Rights Bill 'Star-Struck' as He Witnessed 1965 Signing Into Law

Joel Finkelstein was a year out of law school at Cornell when he received the call to head to the Capitol for the signing. Now 83, Finkelstein still isn't sure how he ended up witnessing the signing—on his 25th birthday—but figured President Lyndon Johnson wanted people who had worked on the bill to be present.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

'An Awkward Position': Third Dept. Revisits NY Redistricting, Mulling Duration of High Court's 2022 Decision

Presiding Justice Elizabeth Garry noted the court was had the task of "inferring" what the Court of Appeals decision meant by its silence on the lifespan of a remedial plan.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Roberts, Kavanaugh Surprise Court Watchers With Decision on Voting Rights Act

Not even election law experts predicted Thursday's win for Black Alabama voters challenging the state's new congressional map.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Accused of Giving False Testimony in Election Lawsuit to Resign From the Bench 

Ethics attorney Deborah Scalise represented Ugell in the matter and said Ugell will continue practicing law following his resignation.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Supreme Court Tossed Heart of Voting Rights Act a Decade Ago, Prompting Wave of New Voting Rules

The justices are expected to rule in the coming weeks in a new case out of Alabama that could make it much more difficult for minority groups to sue over gerrymandered political maps that dilute their representation.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Lawmakers Win Round in Congressional Redistricting Fight

A coalition of voting-rights groups and individual plaintiffs contends, in part, that the redistricting plan violates the 2010 "Fair Districts" constitutional amendment because it diminishes the voting power of Black residents in North Florida.
3 minute read

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