Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act of , which required law enforcement officials in free states to return escaped slaves to their enslavers in the South. When slavery was finally abolished in the United States after the Civil War, de jure white supremacy lived on through Black codes and Jim Crow laws. In , Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, an openly racist law halting Chinese immigration and denying naturalization to Chinese nationals already living in the United States.
The Immigration Act of was also explicitly racist, codifying strict national origin quotas to limit Italian, eastern European, and nonwhite immigration. The law barred all immigration from Japan and other Asian countries not already excluded by previous legislation. As the United States expanded westward, government agents enforced policies of violent ethnic cleansing against Native Americans and Mexican Americans.
In the early 20th century, Texas Rangers led lynching parties that targeted Mexican Americans residing in Texas border towns on specious allegations of banditry.
Where the laws were deemed insufficient to dissuade nonwhites and non-Protestants from exercising their civil rights, reactionary groups such as the Ku Klux Klan used terrorist violence to enforce white supremacy.
Law enforcement officials often participated in this violence directly or supported it by refusing to fulfill their duty to protect the peace and hold lawbreakers to account.
By the s, the KKK alone claimed 1 million members nationwide from New England to California, and had fully infiltrated federal, state, and local governments to advance its exclusionist agenda. Into the s, there were an estimated 10, sundown towns across the United States. In , civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner went missing in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer voter registration drive, shortly after being released from a Philadelphia, Mississippi, jail where they had been taken to pay a speeding fine.
Edgar Hoover to send FBI agents to find them. Two current and two former law enforcement officials were among those charged. An all-white jury convicted seven of the Klansman but only one of the law enforcement officers. While the Mississippi Burning case was the most notorious, it was far from the last time white supremacist law enforcement officers engaged in racist violence.
There is an unbroken chain of law enforcement involvement in violent, organized racist activity right up to the present. In a deposition, the officer admitted that he directed a member Klan subgroup called the Confederate Officers Patriot Squad COPS , half of whom were police officers.
Bramer, F. A pending lawsuit accuses the same two officers of beating an unarmed Black man while yelling racial epithets. These deputy gangs pose a threat to their fellow law enforcement officers as well, according to two recently filed lawsuits. In another, a deputy who witnessed the attack alleged he suffered threats and retaliation from deputy gang members after reporting it to an internal affairs tip line. Only rarely do these cases lead to criminal charges.
In , Florida state prosecutors convicted three prison guards of plotting with fellow KKK members to murder an inmate. Federal prosecutions are even rarer. In , the Justice Department charged a New Jersey police chief with a hate crime for assaulting a Black teenager during a trespassing arrest after several of his deputies recorded his numerous racist rants.
This incident marked the first time in more than a decade that federal prosecutors charged a law enforcement official for an on-duty use of force as a hate crime. A jury convicted the police chief of lying to FBI agents but was unable to reach a verdict on the hate crime charge, which prosecutors vowed to retry. More often, police officers with ties to white supremacist groups or overt racist behavior are subjected to internal disciplinary procedures rather than prosecution.
Three police officers in Fruitland Park, Florida, were fired or chose to resign over a five-year period from to after their Klan membership was discovered.
In , a Louisiana police officer was fired after a photograph surfaced showing him giving a Nazi salute at a Klan rally. In , a police officer in Muskegon, Michigan, was fired after prospective homebuyers reported prominently displayed Confederate flags and a framed KKK application in his home.
The investigation uncovered a third, previously unreported shooting in another jurisdiction that was not further described. Although the internal investigation documented the officer citing Black drivers at a higher rate than the demographic population in the district he patrolled, it determined that the officer was not a member of the KKK and had shown no racial bias on the job.
Still, the report concluded that the community had lost faith in the officer as a result of the incident, and the police department fired him. The officer settled a grievance he filed with the Police Officers Labor Council regarding his termination, agreeing to retire in exchange for his full pension and health insurance.
In June , three Wilmington, North Carolina, police officers were fired when a routine audit of car camera recordings uncovered conversations in which the officers used racial epithets, criticized a magistrate and the police chief in frankly racist terms, and talked about shooting Black people, including a Black police officer. In July , four police officers in San Jose, California, were suspended pending investigation into their participation in a Facebook group that regularly posted racist and anti-Muslim content.
In some cases, law enforcement officials who detect white supremacist activity in their ranks take no action unless the matter becomes a public scandal. In the following years the officer was promoted to sergeant and eventually lieutenant.
A second Anniston police lieutenant found to have attended the same League of the South rally was permitted to retire. The fired officer appealed his dismissal. After a three-day hearing, a local civil service board upheld his removal.
The officer then filed a lawsuit alleging that his firing violated his First Amendment free speech and association rights, but a federal court affirmed the termination. The Anniston example demonstrates the need for transparency, public accountability, and compliance with due process to successfully resolve these cases. They then responded correctly, in awareness of the public scrutiny, by dismissing the officer in a manner that provided the due process necessary to withstand judicial review.
These were positive steps to begin rebuilding public trust. But as in many of these cases, during the nine years when avowed white supremacist police officers served in the Anniston Police Department including in leadership positions , there was not a full evaluation or public accounting of their activities.
This decision forfeited another opportunity to restore public confidence in law enforcement. Unfortunately, there is no central database that lists law enforcement officers fired for misconduct. As a result, some police officers dismissed for involvement in racist activity are able to secure other law enforcement jobs.
In , the police chief in Colbert, Oklahoma, resigned after local media reported his decades-long involvement with neo-Nazi skinhead groups and his ownership of neo-Nazi websites. A neighboring Oklahoma police department hired him the following year, claiming he had renounced his previous racist activities and held a clean record as a police officer. In , the Greensboro, Maryland, police chief was charged with falsifying records to hire a police officer who had previously been forced to resign from the Dover, Delaware, police department after he kicked a Black man in the face and broke his jaw.
The same officer was later involved in the death of an unarmed Black teenager, which sparked an investigation that revealed 29 use of force reports at his previous job, including some that found he used unnecessary force. The previous incidents were never reported to the Maryland police certification board. Prosecutors have an important role in protecting the integrity of the criminal justice system from the potential misconduct of explicitly racist officers. The landmark Supreme Court ruling in Brady v.
Maryland requires prosecutors and the police to provide criminal defendants with all exculpatory evidence in their possession. Maryland, U. A later decision in Giglio v.
United States expanded this requirement to include the disclosure of evidence that may impeach a government witness. United States, U. Prosecutors keep a register of law enforcement officers whose previous misconduct could reasonably undermine the reliability of their testimony and therefore would need to be disclosed to defense attorneys.
Georgetown Law Professor Vida B. Prosecutors, therefore, should be required to include these officers on Brady lists to ensure defendants they testify against have access to the potentially exculpating evidence of their explicitly racist behavior. This reform would be an important measure in blunting the impact of racist police officers on the criminal justice system.
In , progressive St. Louis prosecutor Kimberly Gardner placed all 22 of the St. Far more frequently, law enforcement officers express bias in ways that are more difficult for police administrators to navigate. The East Hampton, Connecticut, police department came to a different conclusion about such an affiliation in , however, and determined that an officer who joined the Proud Boys and paid membership fees did not violate department policies and would face no discipline.
The officer claimed to have left the group. Other law enforcement officials do not associate with white supremacist groups, but engage in overtly racist activities in public, on social media, or over law enforcement—only communication channels and internet chat rooms.
In a report, the Plain View Project documented 5, patently bigoted social media posts by 3, accounts identified as belonging to current and former law enforcement officials. The report sparked dozens of investigations across the country. The Philadelphia Police Department, for example, placed 72 officers on administrative duties pending an investigation into their racist social media activity, ultimately suspending 15 with intent to dismiss.
Other officers will face disciplinary action, including suspensions, but will remain on the force. Thirteen of 25 Dallas police officers investigated for objectionable social media postings received disciplinary actions ranging from counseling to suspensions without pay. Only 2 of the 22 current St. Louis police officers identified in the report were terminated. The St. Louis prosecutor placed all 22 of them on a list of police officers that her office would not call as witnesses, however.
The San Francisco Police Department attempted to fire nine officers whose overtly racist, homophobic, and misogynistic text messages were uncovered in a FBI police corruption investigation. As the case was pending, five other San Francisco police officers were found to have engaged in racist and homophobic texting, at times mocking the investigation of the earlier texts.
It is perhaps unsurprising then that in the Justice Department determined that San Francisco police officers stopped, searched, and arrested Black and Hispanic people at greater rates than white people even though they were less likely to be found carrying contraband.
In a positive development, when the texting scandal broke in , the San Francisco district attorney established a task force to review 3, criminal prosecutions that used testimony by the offending officers, dismissing some cases and alerting defense attorneys to potential problems in others.
Police Texting, D. In , an internal U. Biden, alleging inadequate poll watcher access and seeking an inspection of mail in and duplicated ballots. Status: Petition filed November 24, ; Order denying petition and affirming the results of the election issued and notice of appeal December 4, ; Affirmed by Arizona Supreme Court December 8, ; Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion to expedite consideration filed in the U.
Supreme Court filed December 11, ; Motion to expedite consideration denied by U. Supreme Court January 11, ; Certiorari denied by U. Supreme Court February 22, The complaint alleges violations of the 14th Amendment to the U. Constitution, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and of the Arizona constitution, in that the election day receipt deadline deprives plaintiffs of equal protection and denies or abridges their right to vote on account of race, color, or membership in a language minority group.
Status: Complaint filed August 26, ; Emergency motion for preliminary injunction filed September 2, ; Motion to intervene filed by Donald J. Arkansas United and an individual voter sued the Arkansas secretary of state, members of the Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners, and others, challenging a state law that prohibits voters from choosing to receive assistance from anyone who has previously assisted six or more voters during a given election.
Status: Complaint filed November 2, ; Motion for temporary restraining order denied November 3, ; Amended complaint filed December 9, ; Motions to dismiss denied February 5, Baker v. Thurston, 60CV Cir. Pulaski Cnty.
Status: Dismissed on motion July 21, League of Women Voters of Arkansas v. Thurston , No. Constitution, in that the challenged provisions deny voters procedural due process and unduly burden the fundamental right to vote. Status: Amended complaint filed September 28, ; Motion to dismiss filed October 13, ; Motion for preliminary injunction denied October 26, ; Amended complaint filed January 12, ; Motion to dismiss amended complaint filed February 9, Mays v.
Constitution, in that the election day receipt deadline burdens the fundamental right to vote and deprives voters of the right of due process, and a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, in that Black voters have less of an opportunity than white voters to participate in the political process because of the election day receipt deadline.
Status: Emergency motion for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction denied March 30, ; Voluntarily dismissed March 31, Wince v. Two individual voters sued the Arkansas secretary of state, members of the Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners, and others, challenging a state law that prevents election officials from starting to count absentee ballots prior to election day and requires that the counting be completed by the time the polls close at p.
The complaint seeks a declaratory judgment pursuant to the Arkansas Constitution and the 1st and 14th Amendments to the U.
Constitution, in that the challenged law unconstitutionally and arbitrarily burdens voters fundamental right to vote. Status: Complaint , notice of removal to federal court, and motion to dismiss filed October 23, ; Motion for preliminary injunction denied October 28, ; Motion to dismiss granted November 24, California Republican Party v. Newsom , No. Status: Declaratory relief denied ; Request for voluntary dismissal entered May 22, Election Integrity Project California v.
Lunn , No. Status: Complaint filed March 4, ; Motion for temporary restraining order denied March 6, ; Motion for preliminary injunction denied September 15, Election Integrity Project California , Inc.
Padilla , cv C. The complaint alleges violations of the Elections and Guarantee Clauses of and the 14th Amendment to the U. Status: Complaint filed January 4, ; Motion for temporary restraining order denied January 11, ; Motions to dismiss filed February 12, The first amended complaint alleges violations of the 1st and 14th Amendments to the U.
Gallagher v. CVCS Cal. C, C Cal. Issa et al. California residents, backed by Judicial Watch, sued California Gov. Constitution, and substantive due process claims under the 14th Amendment.
Status: Voluntarily dismissed July 9, Pico Neighborhood Association v. City of Santa Monica , No. BC Super. B Ct. S Cal. The Pico Neighborhood Association, an individual voter, and Associates for Malibu Public Schools sued the City of Santa Monica and anonymous individuals or entities, challenging a provision of the Santa Monica City Charter requiring the at-large election of its city council and of the governing board of the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District, which plaintiffs allege prevents non-Anglo Santa Monicans from achieving representation in their local governments.
The first amended complaint which removed the Associates for Malibu Pubic Schools as a plaintiff alleges violations of the California Voting Rights Act and the California Constitution, in that the challenged provision impairs the ability of protected classes to elect candidates of their choice or to influence the outcome of the Santa Monica City Council Elections, and deprives plaintiffs of equal protection.
The complaint alleges violations of 18 U. Status: Complaint filed December 22, ; Motions to dismiss granted April 28, ; Notice of appeal filed by plaintiffs April 29, ; Motion for sanctions filed by Pennsylvania secretary of state and governor May 17, ; Motions for sanctions filed by the Center for Tech and Civic Life and Facebook May 21, ; Motion for sanctions filed by state defendants June 9, Merrill , No.
Status: Complaint filed July 2, ; Notice of voluntary dismissal filed September 25, Four U. Status: Complaint filed July 1, ; Motion to dismiss granted July 20, Fay v. SC Conn. Rapini v. Status: Voluntarily dismissed August 10, League of Women Voters of Delaware v. State of Delaware Department of Elections , C. The League of Women Voters of Delaware and an individual voter sued the state Department of Elections and the state election commissioner, challenging a state law requiring that absentee and vote-by-mail ballots be received by p.
Republican State Committee of Delaware v. State of Delaware , C. Status: Complaint filed August 19, League of Women Voters v. Newby , No. Circuit on September 9, The case was remanded to the district court, which, on February 24, , remanded the decision to the EAC with instructions to determine whether defendant had authority to allow the three states to require proof of citizenship on the federal form.
Circuit June 26, ; Intervention permitted August 31, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization v. Trump , No. NAACP v. Postal Service , No. Richardson v. Individual voters sued the U. President, the Postmaster General and the U. Robinson v. Board of Elections , cv D. Superior Court. State of New York v. Status: Complaint filed August 25, ; Motion for preliminary injunction granted September 27, , enjoining defendants from enforcing postal policy changes and preemptively denying any request to stay pending appeal; Motion for summary judgment filed October 19, ; Motion to enforce and clarify granted in part and denied in part October 22, ; Cross-motion for summary judgment filed by defendants October 26, ; Notice of appeal of order granting in part and denying in part motion to clarify filed by defendants November 27, Vote Forward v.
DeJoy , No. The amended complaint alleges violations of federal Administrative Procedure Act and the 1st and 14th Amendments to the U. House of Representatives, the U. Constitution, in that the challenged statutes 3 U. The complaint alleges that defendants have exceeded their lawful authority and engaged in arbitrary and capricious agency action. Grimes v. Individual Florida residents sued the Florida Department of State, Florida Division of Elections, secretary of state, and others, challenging a state law that provides that a voter may request a vote-by-mail ballot in person or in writing.
The second amended complaint seeks injunctive and declaratory relief, including that the court order the State to automatically send mail-in ballots to all voters with postage prepaid. The Florida NAACP, League of Women Voters of Florida, individual Florida residents, and others sued the Florida secretary of state and the supervisors for elections of various Florida counties, challenging a state law that prohibits restoration of voting rights to persons with felony convictions until they have paid all court-imposed restitution, fees, and fines.
The complaint alleges violations of the 1st, 14th, 15th, and 24th Amendments to the U. Constitution, in that the law violates the guarantees of substantive and procedural due process, discriminates between voters thus denying equal protection , unduly burdens the right to vote, imposes an illegal poll tax, is impermissibly vague, burdens core political speech and associational rights, constitutes retroactive punishment in violation of the Ex Post Facto Clause, and intentionally discriminates on the basis of race.
Jacobson v. Lee formerly Lee v. Dentzner , No. Fla , No. Individual voters, Priorities USA, Democratic National Committee, and others sued the Florida secretary of state and others, challenging a state law that requires that candidates of the same political party as the current Florida governor be listed first on all election ballots. Constitution, in that the law creates an undue burden on the right to vote and treats similarly situated candidates differently without sufficient justification.
The lower court found the ballot order scheme to be unconstitutional. On appeal, the 11th Circuit reversed , finding that plaintiffs had lacked standing. Status: Petition for rehearing en banc October 28, Jones v. DeSantis , No. Consolidated with Gruver v. Barton , No. Lee , No. An individual Florida resident sued the Florida governor, the supervisor of elections of Hillsborough County, the Florida secretary of state, and the State of Florida, challenging a state statute that prohibits restoration of voting rights to persons with felony convictions until they have paid all court-imposed restitution, fees, and fines.
The complaint seeks declaratory and injunctive relief and mandamus, alleging state and federal constitutional and statutory claims, including violations of the 14th and 24th Amendments to the U. Several individuals and organizations, including the Florida State Conference of the NAACP and the League of Women Voters of Florida, intervened and moved for a preliminary injunction , while defendants moved for dismissal.
The district court entered a final order granting declaratory and injunctive relief on May 24, Status: Notice of appeal filed by defendants. Motion for stay pending appeal denied by district court. An individual Florida resident sued the Florida governor, the Supervisor of Elections of Hillsborough County, the Florida secretary of state, and the State of Florida, challenging a state law that prohibits restoration of voting rights to persons with felony convictions until they have paid all court-imposed restitution, fees, and fines.
The complaint seeks declaratory and injunctive relief and mandamus, alleging violations of the 14th and 24th Amendments to the U. Status: Complaint and motion for temporary restraining order filed October 6, ; Order denying temporary restraining order and taking preliminary injunction under advisement issued October 6, ; Order denying preliminary injunction after the secretary of state voluntarily extended the deadline by 24 hours issued October 9, ; Notice of dismissal filed October 9, Florida voters, Alianza for Progress, Inc.
The third amended complaint alleges violations of the 1st and 14th Amendments to the U. Individual Florida residents with prior felony convictions, individually and on behalf of a class, sued the Florida secretary of state, challenging a state law that prohibits restoration of voting rights to persons with felony convictions until they have paid all court-imposed restitution, fees, and fines.
The amended complaint alleges violations of the 1st, 14th, and 24th Amendments to the U. Constitution, in that the law discriminates and disenfranchises on the basis of wealth, constitutes an illegal poll tax, is unconstitutionally vague, and denies the right of due process.
Florida voters and organizations sued the Florida governor, secretary of state, and the Florida Election Canvassing Commission, challenging a host of alleged failures by the State to make necessary voting accommodations in response to the Covid pandemic.
The second amended complaint alleges violations of the 14th Amendment to the U. Status: Consolidated with Nielsen v. DeSantis ; Settled by original plaintiffs July 20, and by intervening plaintiffs August 5, Status: Complaint filed August 6, ; Motion for preliminary injunction filed September 1, ; Motions to dismiss granted and preliminary injunction denied October 13, Black Voters Matter Fund v.
Raffensperger , No. The second amended complaint alleges violations of the 1st, 14th, and 24th Amendments to the U. Constitution, in that the policy imposes an illegal poll tax, denies equal protection, and unjustifiably burdens the right to vote.
Status: TRO denied May 15, ; Motion for preliminary injunction denied ; Motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part August 11, ; Final judgment entered in favor of defendants August 28, ; Notice of appeal filed September 9, Boland v. Constitution, and Georgia statute, in that defendants failed to fulfill their voter list maintenance duties, thus allegedly allowing votes to be cast by or on behalf of out-of-state residents and deceased persons, and usurped legislative authority by changing absentee ballot processing procedures.
Four individual voters sued the Boards of Elections of eight counties where Joseph R. Biden received more votes that Donald J. Status: Complaint filed November 11, ; Amended complaint filed November 12, ; Voluntarily dismissed November 16, Coalition for Good Governance v. Status: Motion to dismiss granted and motion for reconsideration denied by district court; Appeal to 11th Circuit voluntarily dismissed August 17, Curling v.
Raffensperger, No. The third amended complaint alleges violations of the 14th Amendment to the U. Democratic Party of Georgia v.
The amended complaint alleges violations of the 1st and 14th Amendment to the U. Constitution, in that the existing system unduly burdens the fundamental right to vote, arbitrarily treats similarly situated voters differently, thus depriving them of equal protection, and denies due process. Status: Complaint filed November 6, ; Amended complaint filed December 27, ; Motions to dismiss filed January 10, and January 31, ; Settled March 6, The petition seeks an order requiring that the Chatham County Board of Elections segregate all absentee ballots received after p.
Fair Fight Action v. Raffensperger aka Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta v. The amended complaint alleges violations of the 1st, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U. Status: Motion for preliminary injunction denied December 27, ; Motion for summary judgment filed June 29, Fair Fight, Inc. Engelbrecht , No. The complaint alleges violations of the Georgia Constitution, in that defendants failed to ensure that absentee ballots were treated in accordance with state law and in a uniform manner throughout the county and throughout the state, thus depriving plaintiffs of equal protection and due process, and that voters for third party candidates were treated differently than similarly situated voters.
Status: Motion for preliminary injunction denied ; Second amended complaint filed June 8, ; Motions to dismiss granted October 5, ; Notice of appeal filed December 4, Status: Motion for emergency preliminary injunction granted as to the November general election; Third amended complaint filed July 24, ; Stipulation of dismissal of certain plaintiffs approved April 26, Georgia Republican Party v.
The Georgia Republican Party, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Perdue for Senate, and Georgians for Kelly Loeffler sued the Georgia secretary of state and the members of the Georgia State Election Board, challenging new absentee ballot signature verification rules and the access afforded to poll watchers to observe the signature matching process.
Status: Complaint and emergency motion for temporary restraining order filed December 10, ; Motion to intervene filed by Democratic Party of Georgia and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee December 11, ; Dismissed December 17, ; Notice of appeal filed December 18, ; Motion for stay or injunction pending appeal denied by 11th Circuit December 20, ; Emergency motion to stay denied by district court December 21, ; Motion to voluntarily dismiss appeal filed by plaintiffs January 4, The complaint alleges violations of section 11 of the Voting Rights Act and the 1st and 14th Amendments to the U.
Status: Complaint and emergency motion for temporary restraining order filed December 17, ; Motion to intervene filed by Democratic Party of Georgia and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee December 18, ; Case dismissed with prejudice December 18, ; Emergency motion for a stay pending appeal denied by 11th Circuit December 21, ; Appeal voluntarily dismissed January 4, Status: Motion to dismiss denied September 2, The complaint alleges violations of the Elections and Supremacy Clauses of the U.
Status: Complaint filed October 9, ; Motion for temporary restraining order denied October 28, ; Case voluntarily dismissed November 4, An individual voter and ten anonymous individuals sued the Georgia secretary of state, the Chatham County Georgia Board of Elections and others, seeking to void the June 9, , primary election due to alleged fraud and mismanagement.
Status: Complaint filed August 7, ; Notice of voluntary dismissal filed October 9, ; Stipulation of voluntary dismissal filed October 28, Constitution, in that the elimination of early voting opportunities would severely burden the fundamental right to vote, discriminate against Black voters and voters of a lower socioeconomic status.
Majority Forward v. Status: Complaint filed December 23, ; Motion for temporary restraining order granted December 28, ; Amended complaint filed December 29, ; Motion to stay temporary restraining order filed December 29, ; Motion for preliminary injunction granted in part and temporary restraining order dissolved December 30, ; Final order granting in part motion for preliminary injunction issued January 4, ; Stipulation of dismissal filed by plaintiffs January 25, National Defense Committee v.
The National Defense Committee, the Fulton County Republican Party, and an individual poll watcher sued the Fulton County Board of Elections and Registration and its director, challenging the sufficiency of access afforded to poll watchers to observe the processing of absentee ballots, including signature matching. The complaint alleges violations of Georgia statutes, in that ballot processing stations are, among other things, spaced far apart due to comport with Covid social distancing guidelines.
Status: Complaint filed January 4, ; Consent order issued January 5, ; Motion for contempt filed by petitioners January 7, New Georgia Project v. Cooney , No. The complaint alleges violations of Georgia law, which requires that early voting opportunities be made available, among other dates, on Saturday, December 31, and January 4, Status: Complaint and emergency motion for temporary restraining order filed December 16, ; Voluntarily dismissed January 6, Evans , No.
SU20CV Ga. The complaint alleges violations of Georgia law, which requires that early voting opportunities be made available, among other dates, on Saturday, December 19, and January 4, Status: Complaint and emergency motion for temporary restraining order filed December 15, Kaplan , No. The complaint alleges violations of Georgia law, which requires that early voting opportunities be made available, among other dates, on Saturday, December 19, , December 31, and January 4, The New Georgia Project and individual voters sued the secretary of state, State Board of Elections members, and others, challenging five state laws that require that ballots received after 7 p.
The amended complaint alleges violations of the 1st, 14th, 24th, and 26th Amendments to the U. Notice of appeal and filed September 4, ; Motion to expedite briefing granted September 10, ; Motion to stay pending appeal denied September 16, ; Appellate motion to stay injunction granted October 2, Shelton , No. Status: Complaint and emergency motion for temporary restraining order filed December 16, Willis , No.
Pearson v. Kemp , No. Supreme Court December 11, ; Motion to consolidate and expedite consideration of the emergency petition filed December 18, ; Motion to expedite consideration denied by U.
Supreme Court January 11, ; stipulation of dismissal filed by plaintiff in the U. Supreme Court January 19, Republican National Committee v. State Election Board , No. The Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party sued the State Election Board, the Georgia secretary of state, and others, challenging the access afforded to poll watchers, the use of drop boxes for the return of absentee ballots, the hours during which ballots may be deposited in drop boxes, and the availability of drop box surveillance footage.
Schmitz v. The verified petition for a writ of mandamus alleges violations of state statute, in that defendants have failed to hold a hearing in response to written notices filed by plaintiff, challenging the qualifications of multiple registered voters. Florida ; Motions for preliminary injunction and dismissal denied August 13, ; Consent order to stay case granted September 10, Still v.
Status: Petition for emergency injunctive and declaratory relief filed December 17, ; Voluntarily dismissed January 7, Raffensperger, below, and illegally certifying the election results. Status: Complaint and motion for expedited declaratory and injunctive relief filed December 31, ; Motion for expedited declaratory and injunctive relief denied January 5, ; Notice of voluntary dismissal filed January 7, Trump v.
Trump, the Trump campaign, and a Republican presidential elector nominee sued the Georgia secretary of state, the vice chair of the Georgia State Election Board, and others, challenging the results of the presidential election on numerous grounds, including the counting of absentee ballots without performing adequate signature verification or that were requested more than days prior to the election, and alleging that, among other things, deceased persons, those who had moved out of state, and persons with felony convictions had been allowed to vote.
Twelfth Congressional District Republican Committee v. Raffensperger , cv S. The complaint alleges violations of state law, the Georgia Constitution, and of the Elections and Electors Clauses of and the 1st and 14th Amendments to the U.
Wood v. The president of the Georgia Voters Alliance sued the Georgia secretary of state and the State Election Board, challenging the validity of a consent decree entered into by defendants in March , in connection with Democratic Party of Georgia v.
The complaint alleges violations of the Electors and Election Clauses of and the 1st and 14th Amendments to the U. Plaintiff seeks an order prohibiting defendants from certifying the general election results in Georgia on a statewide basis.
Supreme Court December 8, ; Motion to expedite consideration denied by U. Supreme Court January 11, ; Petition for writ of certiorari denied by U. Fulton Cnty. Constitution, in that receipt of private election administration funds resulted in a disparity in the number of drop boxes among counties, the settlement agreement changed the statutorily-prescribed manner of handling absentee ballots thus usurping legislative authority , and defendants failed to enforce state election law.
Status: Complaint filed November 25, ; Case dismissed December 8, An individual voter sued the Georgia secretary of state and the chair, vice chair, and members of the Georgia State Election Board, challenging the consent decree entered in Democratic Party of Georgia v. The complaint alleges violations of the 14th Amendment to and Article 4, Section 4 of the U. Status: Motion for emergency injunction denied and motion to dismiss granted September 28, ; Amended complaint filed October 13, ; Amended complaint dismissed December 8, The complaint alleges violations of the 5th and 14th Amendments to the U.
Constitution, in that the challenged provisions and polices violate the guarantees of equal protection and due process by treating differently former state residents depending on where they now reside outside of the United States. The Cook County Republican Party sued the Illinois governor, members of the Illinois State Board of Elections and others, challenging a newly enacted law that requires that vote-by-mail ballot applications be sent to most registered voters, requires acceptance of mail-in ballots returned with insufficient or no postage, does not prohibit 3rd party voter assistance, does not provide a tracking system for mail-in ballots, allows mail-in ballots to be requested 3 days before the election, gives government employees a paid day off on election day, presumes that signatures on mail-in ballots are authentic, allows year-olds to serve as election judges, and affords voters of 14 days to cure a defective provisional ballot.
Status: Complaint and motion for preliminary injunction filed August 10, ; Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee permitted to intervene August 28, ; Voluntarily dismissed September 23, Status: Complaint filed September 8, ; Voluntarily dismissed November 20, Public Interest Legal Foundation v.
Sandvoss , No. The complaint alleges violations of the National Voter Registration Act, in that the Act preempts the Illinois law restricting access to such information. Status: Complaint filed July 27, ; Motion to dismiss filed October 5, ; Hearing scheduled for January 25, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee v.
Pate , No. Status: Petition for judicial review of agency action filed August 31, ; Motion for temporary injunctive relief granted October 5, ; Stay granted by Iowa Supreme Court October 6, ; Reversed and remanded October 14, Iowa Voters Alliance v. Black Hawk County , No. Status: Complaint filed October 1, ; Motion for temporary restraining order denied October 20, ; Motion to dismiss filed November 25, ; Dismissed with prejudice January 27, Johnson Cnty. Plaintiffs seek an order declaring that Section of HF violates the Iowa Constitution and enjoining the secretary from implementing the challenged provision.
Status: Motion to intervene filed by Donald J. Polk Cnty. Status: Complaint filed September 14, ; Motion for temporary injunction denied October 27, ; Dismissed November 18, Status: Complaint filed September 14, ; Motion for temporary injunction and request for expedited relief filed September 18, ; Motion for stay of administrative action denied October 27, ; Dismissed November 18, Gill , No.
Woodbury Cnty. Status: Motion for temporary injunction granted August 28, ; Interlocutory appeal denied September 16, ; Voluntarily dismissed December 17, Miller , No. Linn Cnty. Status: Motion for temporary injunction granted August 27, ; Interlocutory appeal denied September 16, ; Voluntarily dismissed December 17, Weipert , No. Status: Motion for temporary injunction granted September 12, ; Voluntarily dismissed December 17, Buroff v. Gladieux aka Barnhart v.
Gladieux , No. Status: Motion for partial summary judgment granted; Legal notice of class certification approved September 19, ; Jury trial scheduled to commence April 5, Common Cause Indiana v.
Lawson , cv S. Common Cause Indiana and the Indiana State Conference of the NAACP sued the Indiana secretary of state and members of the Indiana Election Commission, challenging a state law that requires rejection of any voted mail-in ballots that are not received by noon on election day. The complaint alleges violations of Art. VI of the U. Constitution and the 1st and 14th Amendments, in that the challenged amendments unduly burden the fundamental right to vote, deny procedural due process, and run afoul of the Supremacy Clause.
Status: Motion to dismiss denied September 22, ; Motion for preliminary injunction granted September 22, ; Notice of appeal filed September 29, ; Motion to stay pending appeal denied by district court October 9, ; Preliminary injunction summarily reversed by 7th Circuit October 23, ; Dismissed pursuant to stipulation April 30, Lawson , No.
Common Cause Indiana sued the Indiana secretary of state and the co-directors of the Indiana Election Division, challenging amendments to the Indiana Code that allow voters to be removed from the voter registration rolls without providing the requisite notice, response opportunity, and waiting period. Individual voters and Common Cause Indiana, on behalf of a class, sued the Indiana secretary of state, the St.
Joseph County Election Board and others, challenging state laws that require rejection of ballots with perceived signature mismatch issues without affording voters notice and an opportunity to cure. The amended complaint alleges violations of the 14th Amendment to the U.
Constitution, in that the challenged laws infringe upon the fundamental right to vote without affording voters due process and deny equal protection by allowing arbitrary and inconsistent rejection of ballots. Consolidated on appeal with Common Cause Indiana v. Status: Preliminary injunction granted June 8, and upheld on August 27, , by the 7th Circuit, remanding for further proceedings; Motion to dismiss denied and motion summary judgment granted August 20, ; Notice of appeal filed September 21, The amended complaint alleges violations of the 14th and 26th Amendments to the U.
Constitution and Art. Status: Motion for class certification pending; Stipulation of dismissal as to certain plaintiffs filed July 17, ; Motion to consolidate with Common Cause Indiana v.
Lawson No. Supreme Court June 21, Fish v. Kobach , No. Kan ; No. Status: Petition for writ of certiorari denied December 14, Kansas Democratic Party v. Schwab , No. Court Shawnee County, Kansas. Status: Hearing held on motions to dismiss and for summary judgment July 1, ; Case dismissed July 28, Consolidated with Fish v. Wayne , No. The third amended complaint alleges violations of the National Voter Registration Act and Article 4 of and the 14th Amendment to the U.
Status: The District Court struck down the law in , finding that it violated the National Voter Registration Act, and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed on April 29, ; Petition for writ of certiorari denied December 14, Status: Dismissal and preliminary injunction motions filed, respectively, June 19 and July 10, ; Amended complaint filed August 19, ; Joint stipulation of dismissal filed August 27, ; Order of dismissal issued September 1, Individual aspiring voters sued the Governor of Kentucky, challenging state laws and constitutional provisions that criminally prohibit persons convicted of felonies from voting unless and until they successfully petition the governor for restoration of such rights.
The fourth amended complaint alleges violations of the 1st Amendment to the U. Constitution, in that the challenged provisions deny the right of political association and political expression and vest the Governor with unfettered discretion to grant or deny such rights.
Status: Motions to dismiss granted as to certain plaintiffs on August 30, and March 13, ; Fourth amended complaint dismissed, cross-motions for summary judgment denied as moot August 14, Among the stories covered, discussed, explained, warned about, expounded and ranted upon on today's program along with listener calls throughout But even far-right Republican Justice Brett Kavanaugh and, of course, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan was able to put two and two together during today's hearing to realize that if this type of law is allowed to go forward, states could adopt laws that effectively outlawed many other long-settled Constitutional rights, and avoid judicial oversight in the bargain.
So, yes, California could adopt a law similar to S. Are the Justices on the High Court who allowed this law to take effect two months ago, ending almost all abortions for now in TX sure they want the nation to go down this path? One of the other several stories we quickly covered of democracy dying today, referenced the newly gerrymandered maps for the four U. House seats in Iowa. Last week, after Republicans rejected a new map that would have split the state into two districts that voted for Biden last year and two that voted for Trump, they instead approved a second version of a map in which Trump won all four districts.
One expert in redistricting describes the new maps as "a dream Republican map. That is yet another way in which democracy dies Oh, and back in Texas , the book burning appears to be beginning , thanks to Republican Gov. Pretty sure this sorta of thing never ends well for democracies Front Page » Archives » November ». Countless BradCasts! Latest Featured Reports Thursday, November 25, Sunday 'Friendsgiving' Toons PDiddie's latest festive collection!
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