Protect Democracy

Oct 7, 2024 | protectdemocracy.org | Joe Allen

The terms refer to a phenomenon where the proportion of votes counted for Democratic candidates increases as votes continue to be tabulated.

Jul 24, 2024 | protectdemocracy.org | Micah Sifry |Cyrena Kokolis

In July 2024, a group of Kansas voters filed litigation alleging that the Kansas Constitution prohibits the state from excluding their party’s nomination from the general election ballot simply because their nominee also has the support of a second political party. The state’s exclusion of the nomination would prevent voters, their party, and their nominee from engaging in protected political speech and freely associating in the political process.

Feb 3, 2023 | protectdemocracy.org | Jon Steinman

Protect Democracy has filed amicus briefs in two cases at the Supreme Court concerning uses of emergency powers purportedly related to the Covid-19 pandemic. One is Biden v. Nebraska, involving the Biden administration’s student loan relief program. The other is Arizona v. Mayorkas, concerning the administration’s effort to terminate the use of emergency powers as the basis for sidestepping asylum laws and otherwise limiting immigration at the Southern border.

Aug 26, 2022 | protectdemocracy.org | Soren Dayton

Jul 20, 2022 | protectdemocracy.org | Lee Drutman