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Fourth Circuit Sets Expedited Briefing Schedule in North Carolina Supreme Court Election Dispute, But Does Not Issue Any Orders for Now
As things stand on the question of removing this case to federal court, the case for now remains before the North Carolina Supreme Court, which would be deciding an issue relating to the … Continue ...
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“Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era”
NYT: Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a handful of top policy and communications executives and ...
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“Trump Inauguration, Awash in Cash, Runs Out of Perks for Big Donors”
NYT: President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inaugural committee is no longer selling tickets for major donors to attend his swearing-in and accompanying private events in Washington, according to five ...
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“Rudy Giuliani held in contempt for second time this week”
Politico: A federal judge has held Rudy Giuliani in contempt for continuing to falsely accuse two Georgia women of election fraud in 2020, breaching a court order against further attacking them after ...
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“Fox Corp must face Smartmatic $2.7 billion defamation claim”
Reuters: Fox Corp (FOXA.O), opens new tab, the parent of Fox News Network, failed to convince a New York state appeals court to dismiss a defamation claim in electronic voting systems company ...
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“Appeals Court Declines to Block Release of Special Counsel Report on Trump Cases”
NYT: A federal appeals court said on Thursday that it would not block the Justice Department from releasing a report by the special counsel Jack Smith about the two now-closed investigations he ...
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North Carolina: “Attorney went around opposing counsel for order blocking certification of a disputed state Supreme Court election”
WUNC: n attorney representing the Republican candidate in a tight race for the North Carolina Supreme Court went before a Wake County judge this week without notifying opposing counsel to seek an ...
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“How a Phone Call Drew Alito Into a Trump Loyalty Squabble”
Justice Alito was being drawn into a highly personalized effort by some Trump aides to blackball Republicans deemed insufficiently loyal to Mr. Trump from entering the administration, according to six ...
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“Trump sentenced to penalty-free ‘unconditional discharge’ in hush money case”
The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money case on Friday sentenced the president-elect to an “unconditional discharge,” meaning he is now a convicted felon in the eyes of New York ...
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Supreme Court, on 5-4 Vote, Will Not Stop Sentencing of Donald Trump Tomorrow (on Charges for Which the Judge Will Not Impose Jail Time)
A666 TRUMP, DONALD J. V. NEW YORK, ET AL. The application for stay presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is denied for, inter alia, the following reasons. First, the … ...
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“Watchdog group seeks investigation into RFK Jr. for voting from a ‘sham’ address”
AP: New York election officials are being urged to investigate whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. committed voter fraud by casting his November ballot from a discredited address, as the former independent ...
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“Lessons from the 2024 elections for election reformers”
The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law, 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming 2025), draft available: Reckoning with the Undead Irreparable Injury Rule ...