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Sam Levine

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Voting rights reporter @guardianus. Formerly @huffpost. [email protected]. @samrlevine.bsky.social

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BREAKING: NCSBE now has 3-2 GOP majority. Within hours of new law taking effect, GOP Auditor Dave Boliek tapped former Civitas Institute president Francis De Luca and former GOP Sen. Bob Rucho to join NCSBE. GOP NCSBE member Stacy Eggers term is renewed. Story to come. #ncpol

BREAKING: NCSBE now has 3-2 GOP majority. Within hours of new law taking effect, GOP Auditor Dave Boliek tapped former Civitas Institute president Francis De Luca and former GOP Sen. Bob Rucho to join NCSBE. GOP NCSBE member Stacy Eggers term is renewed. Story to come. #ncpol
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CBS just released promotional listings for this Sunday's 60 Minutes. One of the stories is titled "The Rule of Law" – it's a Scott Pelley report "on the law firms picked out by the President and the different ways they're responding to White House pressure."

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"The two-sentence ruling offered no explanation for why the judges were overruling the trial court; it also didn't name the judges who made the decision. And it came despite the judges hearing no oral arguments on the case." wral.com/story/court-of…

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An “SOS” sign seen from the Morgantown, WV office window of NIOSH epidemiologist Scott Laney who studied black lung in coal miners, facing termination — along with hundreds of his colleagues — by the Trump administration.

An “SOS” sign seen from the Morgantown, WV office window of NIOSH epidemiologist Scott Laney who studied black lung in coal miners, facing termination — along with hundreds of his colleagues — by the Trump administration.
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JUST IN: Attorney Mark Zaid has filed a lawsuit against the White House, saying the suspension of his security clearance, which has disrupted his clients' legal representation, is unconstitutional retaliation by Trump. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

JUST IN: Attorney Mark Zaid has filed a lawsuit against the White House, saying the suspension of his security clearance, which has disrupted his clients' legal representation, is unconstitutional retaliation by Trump.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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A few things happening this month on the redistricting front: 1. Some time in the next few days, a 3-judge panel in Mississippi will decide on a new state senate map, which will be used in special elections this year.

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New: A federal judge in Florida used a routine filing to lament attorneys leaving DOJ theguardian.com/us-news/live/2…

New: A federal judge in Florida used a routine filing to lament attorneys leaving DOJ theguardian.com/us-news/live/2…
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Federal felony charge filed against Hannah Dugan only used twice before in state since 1970 jsonline.com/story/news/loc… via Journal Sentinel

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three former Memphis police officers acquitted on all charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in 2023.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three former Memphis police officers acquitted on all charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in 2023.
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🚨NEW: A 3-judge panel in Alabama has ruled that the 2023 congressional map adopted by the legislature both violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and is intentionally discriminatory in violation of the 14th Amendment.

🚨NEW: A 3-judge panel in Alabama has ruled that the 2023  congressional map adopted by the legislature both violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and is intentionally discriminatory in violation of the 14th Amendment.
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That latter finding is important because it sets the stage for a request by the Black plaintiffs that Alabama be bailed back into preclearance coverage using Section 3(c) of the Voting Rights Act.

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Judge Sessions in case of Rumeysa Ozturk, Tufts student who was detained by ICE in March: “There has been no evidence that has been introduced by the government other than the op-ed. that literally is the case”

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Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan has filed a motion to dismiss her indictment, saying judicial acts are immune from prosecution storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

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Top officials at the Social Security Administration are asking employees to work harder to clear a backlog of claims just weeks after DOGE slashed its workforce huffpost.com/entry/social-s… via Arthur Delaney 🇺🇸

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New: As Donald Trump wages an attack on the legal profession, lawyers are setting up their own firms to defend those targeted by the administration theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…