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National election litigator; Founder of Democracy Docket. Active commentary on litigation strategy, courts, and legal operations of large‑scale impact cases.
NEW EPISODE: Donald Trump fired Pam Bondi and her replacement could be someone even more hostile to voting rights. Ashley Cleaves and I analyze Bondi's legacy and discuss the implications of this move for the 2026 elections. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N6ghJsRUxo
Marc Elias, the powerful Democratic lawyer who has taken a personal interest in Ms. McIver’s case, has called the prosecution “an absolute travesty” and “a misuse of the law enforcement system to target their political enemies.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/politics/lamonica-mciver-immigration-congress-trump.html
There is no aspect of voting or the 2026 elections that Republicans are not attacking. This is an all out assault on democracy. My law firm and I are litigating in nearly 90 places to stop it with more to...
Democrats sued to block President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting mail-in voting Wednesday, calling it “unconstitutional” and designed to rig elections ahead of the 2026 midterms. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/democrats-sue-trump-unlawful-order-mail-voting/
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Idaho Wednesday after the state refused to hand over sensitive voter registration data — the latest example of resistance to the Trump administration’s voter roll crusade extending into strongly Republican states. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-sues-idaho/
Shortly after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed Florida’s version of the SAVE America Act into law, pro-voting groups moved swiftly to challenge the severe new voting restrictions, asking a federal court to block the state from requiring voters to prove...
I have a long night in front of me. But for those asking how to stay informed about Trump's latest attack on voting and the legal cases that will follow, my advice is to subscribe to Democracy Docket. I started...
The Trump Justice Department may have put its foot in it on social media — again. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/civil-rights-chiefs-social-media-post-fulton-county-ballot-seizure/
Legacy media is failing democracy. Rather than complain, I did something about it. Six years ago, I started Democracy Docket from scratch. Now, it has more than 425,000 subscribers. The work has never mattered more. Help it grow by subscribing...
With two legal challenges moving through California courts, a sheriff and Republican candidate for governor who seized 650,000 ballots cast in last year’s redistricting referendum has conceded that his mission to recount the votes is temporarily on pause. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/california-sheriff-who-seized-ballots-says-his-recount-plan-is-on-hold-but-has-grabbed-even-more-election-records/
My latest: It is often said that Trump’s strategy is to overwhelm us by flooding the zone. I think it is more accurate to say his strategy is to grind it out and wear us down. https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trump-isnt-flooding-the-zone-hes-trying-to-wear-us-down/
As we start another week, here is what Democracy Docket is tracking: Active Voting Rights Cases: 162 Active Redistricting Cases: 51 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 90 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 68 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 31 Sign up to stay informed: https://bit.ly/4r9A45t
NEW EPISODE: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joins me to expose the SAVE America Act — a Republican voter suppression bill that would hand disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of American citizens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TVaZYRF6f8
The Trump administration’s sweeping campaign to force states to hand over sensitive voter registration data is colliding with a new revelation that could undermine its cases — and raise serious questions about whether DOJ was fully candid in federal court....
We focus a lot on what DOJ is trying to force on blue states but what about the red states? What about red counties who are willing to collaborate with Trump's voter suppression schemes? We need to protect their voters...
