Congress has the power to fix our gerrymandering problem in Texas and throughout the country. The For the People Act “would have stopped what’s going on right now dead in its tracks,” says Michael Waldman: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Baltimore 1861 vibes WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.

ON THIS DAY: One hundred and five years ago, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing American women’s right to vote, was ratified. abcnews.link/JzAEMqO

Election officials use many checks to ensure that mail voting is secure. Get the facts: brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…

Eight former New York judges, including the former Chief Judge and the Chief Administrative Judge, filed an amicus brief detailing how ICE courthouse arrests are harming New York’s legal system. Read: bit.ly/4m9Z75I

This is the elections clause of the United States Constitution. States set rules for the time, place, and manner of federal elections, but Congress may at any time make or set the rules, too. Note that the President has no such role.

Trump's proposed executive order on elections is flatly illegal & unconstitutional. Presidents have no lawful role in running elections. Only the states and Congress do. Courts have already rejected his prior elections EO on this basis. This claim of authority to take over

Trump, on Fox, cites Putin (“smart guy”) as authority on how to run “an honest election.” His claim that states have to follow his orders on voting rules is upside down. Congress and states set election law. The president has exactly zero lawful role.

Mail-in voting is safe and secure, which is why President Trump and Republicans in Congress have repeatedly endorsed it. Elections are run by the states, not the president. We will stand up to any attempt to undermine our democracy.

The president is threatening to end mail-in voting—a power he lacks. Here’s how many mail-in ballots were cast and counted in your state in the 2024 election, according to indispensable data from the bipartisan Election Asst. Comm..

A reminder that Chief Justice John Roberts is Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution.

Who has the power to set rules for federal elections, according to the U.S. Constitution? States ✅ Congress✅ President ❌ Wendy Weiser explains more, including how vote-by-mail has multiple layers of protection so that only eligible Americans vote. npr.org/2025/08/19/nx-…

Vladimir Putin supposedly told President Trump that we can’t have “honest elections” with mail-in voting. Then Trump announced an executive order purporting to ban the practice. This isn’t just nutty, it’s flatly unconstitutional. Learn more by subscribing to The Briefing, the

After DC, President Trump may have other Democratic-run cities (NYC, Chicago) in his sights. "It just seems like this is a flexing of federal muscle to intimidate jurisdictions across the country," says Elizabeth Goitein: npr.org/2025/08/20/nx-…

Justice Brett Kavanaugh recently defended the Supreme Court’s use of unexplained emergency orders. Here’s why he’s wrong: bit.ly/4mzvX0p

Strong piece by @AmyKlobuchar. AI has gotten ahead of the law. Enormous consequences ahead if left unaddressed. She discusses a deepfake of herself that went viral—viewed more than 1.5M times. (X refused to take it down, or even label it.) nytimes.com/2025/08/20/opi…