Crystal Hill
Senior Staff Writer at Democracy Docket
South Editor at Axios. Long-suffering Journalist. Lifelong Hoosier. GOE
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Nov 21, 2024 |
democracydocket.com | Crystal Hill
A group of disenfranchised Mississippians are asking the nation’s highest court to determine whether the state’s lifetime ban on voting for individuals with certain felony convictions violates the U.S. Constitution. Last week, attorneys for the plaintiffs filed a cert petition with the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Nov 20, 2024 |
democracydocket.com | Courtney Cohn |Crystal Hill
Today the North Carolina Supreme Court issued an extended version of its order blocking the certification of a race for a seat on its own bench, which included extended, scathing dissents from Democratic Justice Anita Earls and Republican Justice Richard Dietz. “At bottom, the timing of [Jefferson] Griffin’s claims speaks volumes about their substance,” Earls wrote.
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Nov 15, 2024 |
democracydocket.com | Crystal Hill
Special counsel Jack Smith filed a motion Monday to dismiss the election subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump, citing the longstanding policy of the Department of Justice (DOJ) against prosecuting sitting presidents. Trump was first indicted last year while he wasn’t in office.
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Sep 17, 2024 |
democracydocket.com | Crystal Hill
As Donald Trump and his campaign embark on their “Agenda 47” tour, in which the former president and his supporters lay out his official policy, many aspects of Trump’s plan are already playing out across the country. In September, Trump’s campaign kicked off the “Team Trump Agenda 47 Policy Tour,” sending surrogates to various U.S. cities to discuss specific issues related to Trump’s plan for a second term. This past weekend, South Dakota Gov.
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Jul 25, 2024 |
democracydocket.com | Crystal Hill
In a legal challenge against Mississippi’s voting ban for people with certain felony convictions, even after they’ve completed their sentences, state officials in support of the law stressed that stripping away the voting rights of tens of thousands of Mississippians indefinitely was not a “punishment.”But for some residents, the ban is an extension of the debt they feel they’ve already paid to society. “They convict us for the smallest things,” said Kynoa Trotter, 29, of Pike County.
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