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Daily Report Online

Voting Rights Groups, Big Law Firms, File Injunction Motion Over Ga. Election Law

"Our clients used to be able to offer a bottle of water or a snack to voters waiting in long lines at the polls," said Rahul Garabadu, senior voting rights staff attorney at the ACLU of Georgia. "SB 202 largely banned these activities, adding to the burdens that many voters, including voters of color and voters with disabilities, face when casting a ballot."
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Daily Report Online

Dominion Defamation Suit Produced Trove of Carlson Messages

The lawsuit still revealed plenty of what Fox personalities had been saying about the bogus election claims, including Tucker Carlson, the network's top-rated host who was let go Monday.
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Daily Report Online

DA to Decide on Georgia Election Probe Charges in Summer

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wrote in a letter to county Sheriff Pat Labat that she expects to announce the decisions sometime between July 11 and Sept. 1. She said she wanted to give Labat time to coordinate with local, state and federal agencies "to ensure that our law enforcement community is ready to protect the public."
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Law.com

How Not to Write a Brief: Appeals Court Calls Out Arizona Republican Party's 'Muddled Presentation'

"First, rather than summarizing the relevant facts and procedural history in the 'statement of facts' section of its opening brief, ARP includes numerous reasons it believes the court's rulings were improper," Judge Michael J. Brown wrote for the court. "This tactic violates our appellate rules and needlessly injects uncertainty into the briefing process by leaving opposing counsel and this court to sort through a muddled presentation to discern what arguments have been fairly presented."
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New Jersey Law Journal

ELEC Members Should Be Subject to Advice and Consent

We are concerned about the way a vital component of the checks and balances has been waived to make it more convenient to resolve what is clearly a temporary dispute involving one state official.
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The Legal Intelligencer

'Let It Be Known Far and Wide': Pa. Supreme Court Issues Sharp Warning in Election Litigation

The state Supreme Court referred the attorney to the Pennsylvania Attorney Disciplinary Board for bogging down discovery and disobeying an order the justices entered.
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The Legal Intelligencer

School Bus Co. Sues Pa. Legislator, Mayor Alleging Civil Rights Violations During State Senate Race

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Capitol Report

Following is a listing of executive and legislative action from the week of April 10. The Pennsylvania Senate and House of Representatives are both scheduled to return to session April 24.
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New York Law Journal

Small Potatoes? Not at All

Various supporters and detractors of Trump have already opined that this is a weak case, or unprecedented, or that the connection between falsifying business records and campaign finance violations is a stretch. An elections lawyer who is a regular Law Journal contributor thinks they are wrong.
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Daily Report Online

Justice Thomas Says He Didn't Have to Disclose Luxury Trips

Describing Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow and his wife, Kathy, as "among our dearest friends," Thomas said in a statement that he was advised by colleagues on the nation's highest court and others in the federal judiciary that "this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the Court, was not reportable."
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