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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed whether Idaho and West Virginia laws banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams are constitutional. The outcomes from the nation’s highest court expected later this year could have sweeping implications for transgender rights more broadly as President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to roll […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed whether Idaho and West Virginia laws banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams are constitutional. The outcomes from the nation’s highest court expected later this year could have sweeping implications for transgender rights more broadly as President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to roll […]
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Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest. A federal judge on Friday became the third one to block key provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at revising election rules nationwide, ruling that the Constitution gives states and Congress —not the president— the authority to exercise power over elections. The administration signaled it is likely to appeal the decision, the latest blow to Trump’s agenda on elections. His March executive order sought to require proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration form, mostly ban the use of machine-readable codes when tallying ballots, and prohibit the counting of ballots postmarked Election Day but received afterwards. The administration has appealed two earlier rulings in other cases against the executive order. The cases could ultimately reach the U.S. Supreme Court, but election law experts told Votebeat the president faces long odds. The White House has said the president is planning a second executive order on elections, though it’s unclear what will be in it, and federal court rulings so far show the approach has limitations. “The court is very clear that the Constitution gives no authority to the president to do any of these things, and that federal law doesn’t either,” said Derek Clinger, a senior staff attorney with the University of Wisconsin Law School’s State Democracy Research Initiative. The president has also pushed for congressional action to change federal election laws, though federal legislation so far has stalled. He’s called on state lawmakers to advance his policy goals and some states, including Ohio, have repealed grace periods for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day but not received until afterwards. In rulings in the two related elections executive order cases last year, federal judges struck down provisions of the order requiring those who registered to vote using the federal voter registration form to provide documentary proof of citizenship and requiring federal voter registration agencies to “assess” the citizenship of individuals who receive public assistance before providing them a voter registration form. “It keeps getting worse for him,” David Becker, an election lawyer who worked in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and now leads the nonprofit Center for Election Innovation & Research, said about Trump. “The more courts look at this executive order, the more they come to the conclusion that the president vastly exceeded his constitutional authority.” Court ruling meant to ‘restore the proper balance of power’ In his Friday ruling, U.S. District Judge John Chun sided with the states of Oregon and Washington in his ruling against provisions of Trump’s order. He ruled against aspects of the order that require documented proof of citizenship on a federal voter form, call on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to revise certification guidelines to prohibit certain voting machines, and stop absentee ballots arriving after Election Day from being tallied, even if they are postmarked by Election Day. He also struck down provisions of the executive order tying federal election funding to complying with the proof-of-citizenship provisions and the one banning ballots arriving after Election Day from being processed. Chun, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, cited a long history of federal authorities — courts, politicians, and the Founding Fathers — recognizing the potential dangers in giving the president unilateral presidential powers of elections. The intent of his decision, he said, was to “restore the proper balance of power among the Executive Branch, the states, and Congress envisioned by the Framers.” Chun specified that his rulings blocking provisions denying election funding and banning ballots arriving after Election Day would apply only to Oregon and Washington, states that primarily rely on mail voting and which brought the lawsuit. But he barred the U.S. EAC from altering the federal voter registration form to require proof of citizenship and altering the agency’s Voluntary Voting System Guidelines to exclude machines that tally ballots using barcodes or quick-response codes. The Department of Justice didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Executive order fails in court but inspires some action elsewhere There are just two available constitutional paths for people in the federal government to change election policy in the states, Becker said: an act of Congress or persuading a state Legislature to change state election law. Outside of some Republican-majority states banning mail-voting grace periods, he added, Trump’s desire to change state-level voting policy has been largely ineffective — states have hardly changed their practices. Clinger said that the executive order is having a more tangible impact within the federal government. For example, he said, the order instructed the U.S. Department of Justice to prioritize violations of election laws. The agency has filed 23 lawsuits so far against states unwilling to provide unredacted voter data to the government, which the Justice Department said it needs to make sure federal election laws are properly followed, and many of those lawsuits cited Trump’s executive order. “Even if the executive order isn’t accomplishing its goals, it does come off as marching orders to the rest of the federal government to pursue related goals,” he said. Justin Levitt, an election law professor at Loyola Marymount University who advised President Joe Biden’s administration on democracy and voting rights, said Trump’s election agenda boils down to “project power that he doesn’t have,” in hopes that the public will lose confidence in election results “even if the rules don’t change one bit.” Levitt said doesn’t think the public will buy the hype, mostly because Trump and his allies don’t appear to have an actual plan for advancing their agenda. As he has in the past, he likened it to a South Park episode in which gnomes steal underpants as part of a three-step scheme — except they can’t explain the step between collecting the underpants and turning a profit. A strategy missing the middle, Levitt said, “encapsulates quite a bit of the Trump administration’s approach to elections.” Alexander Shur is a reporter for Votebeat based in Wisconsin. Contact Alexander at ashur@votebeat.org.
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest. A federal judge on Friday became the third one to block key provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at revising election rules nationwide, ruling that the Constitution gives states and Congress —not the president— the authority to exercise power over elections. The administration signaled it is likely to appeal the decision, the latest blow to Trump’s agenda on elections. His March executive order sought to require proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration form, mostly ban the use of machine-readable codes when tallying ballots, and prohibit the counting of ballots postmarked Election Day but received afterwards. The administration has appealed two earlier rulings in other cases against the executive order. The cases could ultimately reach the U.S. Supreme Court, but election law experts told Votebeat the president faces long odds. The White House has said the president is planning a second executive order on elections, though it’s unclear what will be in it, and federal court rulings so far show the approach has limitations. “The court is very clear that the Constitution gives no authority to the president to do any of these things, and that federal law doesn’t either,” said Derek Clinger, a senior staff attorney with the University of Wisconsin Law School’s State Democracy Research Initiative. The president has also pushed for congressional action to change federal election laws, though federal legislation so far has stalled. He’s called on state lawmakers to advance his policy goals and some states, including Ohio, have repealed grace periods for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day but not received until afterwards. In rulings in the two related elections executive order cases last year, federal judges struck down provisions of the order requiring those who registered to vote using the federal voter registration form to provide documentary proof of citizenship and requiring federal voter registration agencies to “assess” the citizenship of individuals who receive public assistance before providing them a voter registration form. “It keeps getting worse for him,” David Becker, an election lawyer who worked in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and now leads the nonprofit Center for Election Innovation & Research, said about Trump. “The more courts look at this executive order, the more they come to the conclusion that the president vastly exceeded his constitutional authority.” Court ruling meant to ‘restore the proper balance of power’ In his Friday ruling, U.S. District Judge John Chun sided with the states of Oregon and Washington in his ruling against provisions of Trump’s order. He ruled against aspects of the order that require documented proof of citizenship on a federal voter form, call on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to revise certification guidelines to prohibit certain voting machines, and stop absentee ballots arriving after Election Day from being tallied, even if they are postmarked by Election Day. He also struck down provisions of the executive order tying federal election funding to complying with the proof-of-citizenship provisions and the one banning ballots arriving after Election Day from being processed. Chun, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, cited a long history of federal authorities — courts, politicians, and the Founding Fathers — recognizing the potential dangers in giving the president unilateral presidential powers of elections. The intent of his decision, he said, was to “restore the proper balance of power among the Executive Branch, the states, and Congress envisioned by the Framers.” Chun specified that his rulings blocking provisions denying election funding and banning ballots arriving after Election Day would apply only to Oregon and Washington, states that primarily rely on mail voting and which brought the lawsuit. But he barred the U.S. EAC from altering the federal voter registration form to require proof of citizenship and altering the agency’s Voluntary Voting System Guidelines to exclude machines that tally ballots using barcodes or quick-response codes. The Department of Justice didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Executive order fails in court but inspires some action elsewhere There are just two available constitutional paths for people in the federal government to change election policy in the states, Becker said: an act of Congress or persuading a state Legislature to change state election law. Outside of some Republican-majority states banning mail-voting grace periods, he added, Trump’s desire to change state-level voting policy has been largely ineffective — states have hardly changed their practices. Clinger said that the executive order is having a more tangible impact within the federal government. For example, he said, the order instructed the U.S. Department of Justice to prioritize violations of election laws. The agency has filed 23 lawsuits so far against states unwilling to provide unredacted voter data to the government, which the Justice Department said it needs to make sure federal election laws are properly followed, and many of those lawsuits cited Trump’s executive order. “Even if the executive order isn’t accomplishing its goals, it does come off as marching orders to the rest of the federal government to pursue related goals,” he said. Justin Levitt, an election law professor at Loyola Marymount University who advised President Joe Biden’s administration on democracy and voting rights, said Trump’s election agenda boils down to “project power that he doesn’t have,” in hopes that the public will lose confidence in election results “even if the rules don’t change one bit.” Levitt said doesn’t think the public will buy the hype, mostly because Trump and his allies don’t appear to have an actual plan for advancing their agenda. As he has in the past, he likened it to a South Park episode in which gnomes steal underpants as part of a three-step scheme — except they can’t explain the step between collecting the underpants and turning a profit. A strategy missing the middle, Levitt said, “encapsulates quite a bit of the Trump administration’s approach to elections.” Alexander Shur is a reporter for Votebeat based in Wisconsin. Contact Alexander at ashur@votebeat.org.
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WASHINGTON — A federal judge gave a temporary greenlight Monday to a mostly constructed $5 billion Revolution Wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island, reversing a late December order from the Trump administration that halted work. Judge Royce C. Lamberth rejected the Trump administration’s national security arguments, finding they didn’t provide “a sufficient explanation” […]
WASHINGTON — A federal judge gave a temporary greenlight Monday to a mostly constructed $5 billion Revolution Wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island, reversing a late December order from the Trump administration that halted work. Judge Royce C. Lamberth rejected the Trump administration’s national security arguments, finding they didn’t provide “a sufficient explanation” […]
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Eles são demonstração de poder sobre o espaço público. Provocam poluição química, queimadas, trauma acústico e sofrimento de animais. Por que insistir num hábito ultrapassado se já existem alternativas que produzem beleza sem violações, como drones luminosos? The post Fogos e rojões: Há limite ético para a alegria? appeared first on Outras Palavras.
Eles são demonstração de poder sobre o espaço público. Provocam poluição química, queimadas, trauma acústico e sofrimento de animais. Por que insistir num hábito ultrapassado se já existem alternativas que produzem beleza sem violações, como drones luminosos? The post Fogos e rojões: Há limite ético para a alegria? appeared first on Outras Palavras.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed whether Idaho and West Virginia laws banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams are constitutional. The outcomes from the nation’s highest court expected later this year could have sweeping implications for transgender rights more broadly as President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to roll […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed whether Idaho and West Virginia laws banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams are constitutional. The outcomes from the nation’s highest court expected later this year could have sweeping implications for transgender rights more broadly as President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to roll […]
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The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board unanimously voted to reduce Tony Mann’s life-without-parole sentence after his younger brother — now free — told members Mann didn’t participate in the murder that sent them both to prison.
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board unanimously voted to reduce Tony Mann’s life-without-parole sentence after his younger brother — now free — told members Mann didn’t participate in the murder that sent them both to prison.
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Details of the agreement between Drake University and Des Moines Area Community College to end a court battle over similar branding designs have been released, with rules of how the letter “D” can be used by DMACC and other stipulations. Signed by Drake University President Earl “Marty” Martin on Jan. 7 and DMACC Foundation President […]
Details of the agreement between Drake University and Des Moines Area Community College to end a court battle over similar branding designs have been released, with rules of how the letter “D” can be used by DMACC and other stipulations. Signed by Drake University President Earl “Marty” Martin on Jan. 7 and DMACC Foundation President […]
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A Fundação Ecarta, em Porto Alegre (RS), abriu edital para cinco exposições individuais na sala do Projeto Potência. Podem participar artistas residentes no Rio Grande do Sul, com produção em arte contemporânea. As inscrições vão até 8 de fevereiro e são gratuitas. Com propostas que valorizem e fortaleçam a diversidade cultural, as novas linguagens e […] Fundação Ecarta está com edital aberto até 8 de fevereiro para cinco exposições em Porto Alegre apareceu primeiro no Brasil de Fato.
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A Fundação Ecarta, em Porto Alegre (RS), abriu edital para cinco exposições individuais na sala do Projeto Potência. Podem participar artistas residentes no Rio Grande do Sul, com produção em arte contemporânea. As inscrições vão até 8 de fevereiro e são gratuitas. Com propostas que valorizem e fortaleçam a diversidade cultural, as novas linguagens e […] Fundação Ecarta está com edital aberto até 8 de fevereiro para cinco exposições em Porto Alegre apareceu primeiro no Brasil de Fato.
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Stephen Spencer Pittman, the suspect in a Saturday arson attack at a historic Mississippi synagogue, targeted Beth Israel Congregation because of its “Jewish ties,” according to the FBI. In an interview, he called the shul the “synagogue of Satan,” and his recent social media posts included an antisemitic cartoon. But on a Christian fitness site... The post The Mississippi synagogue arson suspect has a Christian fitness site. Here’s what that tell us appeared first on The Forward.
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Stephen Spencer Pittman, the suspect in a Saturday arson attack at a historic Mississippi synagogue, targeted Beth Israel Congregation because of its “Jewish ties,” according to the FBI. In an interview, he called the shul the “synagogue of Satan,” and his recent social media posts included an antisemitic cartoon. But on a Christian fitness site... The post The Mississippi synagogue arson suspect has a Christian fitness site. Here’s what that tell us appeared first on The Forward.
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The program is designed for educators who will work with deaf children and families. The post Butler University launches online master’s degree in Deaf education appeared first on Mirror Indy.
The program is designed for educators who will work with deaf children and families. The post Butler University launches online master’s degree in Deaf education appeared first on Mirror Indy.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed whether Idaho and West Virginia laws banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams are constitutional. The outcomes from the nation’s highest court expected later this year could have sweeping implications for transgender rights more broadly as President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to roll […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed whether Idaho and West Virginia laws banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams are constitutional. The outcomes from the nation’s highest court expected later this year could have sweeping implications for transgender rights more broadly as President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to roll […]
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Сили РФ атакували 15 об’єктів критичної інфраструктури, в тому числі енергетики, зокрема ТЕС та ТЕЦ в різних регіонах України
Сили РФ атакували 15 об’єктів критичної інфраструктури, в тому числі енергетики, зокрема ТЕС та ТЕЦ в різних регіонах України
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed whether Idaho and West Virginia laws banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams are constitutional. The outcomes from the nation’s highest court expected later this year could have sweeping implications for transgender rights more broadly as President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to roll […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed whether Idaho and West Virginia laws banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams are constitutional. The outcomes from the nation’s highest court expected later this year could have sweeping implications for transgender rights more broadly as President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to roll […]
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Cette édition est présentée par Alexandrine Holognon // John Lyndon // Jacques Aristide. Du lundi au vendredi à 19h30 TU sur YouTube et sur son site, VOA Afrique vous propose Le Monde Aujourd'hui, un journal télévisé d'une demi-heure centré sur l'actualité africaine, américaine et internationale.
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Cette édition est présentée par Alexandrine Holognon // John Lyndon // Jacques Aristide. Du lundi au vendredi à 19h30 TU sur YouTube et sur son site, VOA Afrique vous propose Le Monde Aujourd'hui, un journal télévisé d'une demi-heure centré sur l'actualité africaine, américaine et internationale.
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Virginia experienced a surge in flu in the last weeks of 2025 and at the start of this year, hitting areas of Central Virginia and Northern Virginia especially hard, as noted by local hospital systems and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Central Virginia hospitals on Tuesday announced guidance for masking when […]
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Virginia experienced a surge in flu in the last weeks of 2025 and at the start of this year, hitting areas of Central Virginia and Northern Virginia especially hard, as noted by local hospital systems and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Central Virginia hospitals on Tuesday announced guidance for masking when […]
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O cerne da profunda crise que a democracia atravessa é o abismo entre o palácio e o barraco. Sem atacá-lo, centros de decisão continuarão espaços abstratos, blindados por instituições que domesticam anseios populares para, depois, destruí-los The post Desigualdade, sintoma do fracasso da democracia? appeared first on Outras Palavras.
O cerne da profunda crise que a democracia atravessa é o abismo entre o palácio e o barraco. Sem atacá-lo, centros de decisão continuarão espaços abstratos, blindados por instituições que domesticam anseios populares para, depois, destruí-los The post Desigualdade, sintoma do fracasso da democracia? appeared first on Outras Palavras.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed whether Idaho and West Virginia laws banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams are constitutional. The outcomes from the nation’s highest court expected later this year could have sweeping implications for transgender rights more broadly as President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to roll […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed whether Idaho and West Virginia laws banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams are constitutional. The outcomes from the nation’s highest court expected later this year could have sweeping implications for transgender rights more broadly as President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to roll […]
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U-M President-elect Syverud to earn nearly $3 million in total compensation, with his $2 million base pay potentially setting a record for public university presidents, an expert said.
U-M President-elect Syverud to earn nearly $3 million in total compensation, with his $2 million base pay potentially setting a record for public university presidents, an expert said.
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Um artigo de César Bolaño convida o país a enxergar-se diante dos perigos de uma captura. Mostra por que a metáfora dos dados como o “novo petróleo” é perigosa. E como o Estado brasileiro perde controle sobre suas próprias estatísticas e capacidade de planejamento The post Big techs: onde estão as fronteiras da soberania? appeared first on Outras Palavras.
Um artigo de César Bolaño convida o país a enxergar-se diante dos perigos de uma captura. Mostra por que a metáfora dos dados como o “novo petróleo” é perigosa. E como o Estado brasileiro perde controle sobre suas próprias estatísticas e capacidade de planejamento The post Big techs: onde estão as fronteiras da soberania? appeared first on Outras Palavras.