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On a personal note, tomorrow I begin a parental leave that will last through the summer. My son was born last fall, and it worked out to take leave now. I'm very grateful for this time and looking forward to working on crawling, feeding ourself & taking in the sights and sounds of summer together.

🧵TODAY is my one-year anniversary on the democracy beat for @statesnewsroom.com I can’t think of a beat I’d rather be on right now, and States Newsroom is a great place to do it. Here are some recent highlights, beginning with a story from yesterday www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Trump’s sharpened focus on investigating elections raises fears of midterm meddlingPresident Donald Trump was speaking to supporters at a Pennsylvania rally June 23 when he made an extraordinary admission about an election a continent away.Trump and his allies had spent several days...www.newsfromthestates.com

NEW - US Supreme Court says cellphone location history data is covered by the 4th Amendment, but declines to give guidance to police on when searches for the data are reasonable www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

US Supreme Court in Virginia case says police need warrants for cellphone location dataThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that law enforcement searches for the location history of cellphones near crime scenes are covered by the Fourth Amendment, requiring warrants to obtain the data.Bu...www.newsfromthestates.com

NEW: Trump’s boast that he asked a US attorney in California to "do me a favor" and investigate its election is triggering alarm among former federal prosecutors & voting rights advocates about the prospect of White House interference in the midterms www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Trump’s sharpened focus on investigating elections raises fears of midterm meddlingPresident Donald Trump was speaking to supporters at a Pennsylvania rally June 23 when he made an extraordinary admission about an election a continent away.Trump and his allies had spent several days...www.newsfromthestates.com

NEW: States may accept mailed ballots after Election Day, US Supreme Court rules First pass on this story for @statesnewsroom.com, updates to come... www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

US Supreme Court deals blow to Trump, ruling states can accept ballots after Election DayThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, a blow to the Trump administration and some Republican states that had urged the justices to r...www.newsfromthestates.com

NEW - The Supreme Court has decided to hear a case next term on Arizona's proof of citizenship voter registration law I previewed this possible case back in May www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stat...

States could purge voter rolls close to elections if Supreme Court takes Trump's side in Arizona caseThe Trump administration wants the U.S. Supreme Court to empower states to review their voter rolls for noncitizens just days before elections, a change that voting rights advocates say would risk dis...www.newsfromthestates.com

Surprising no one, DOJ is appealing the federal district court decision blocking use of Homeland Security’s SAVE system

NEW: A federal judge has blocked major portions of Trump's executive order that attempts to restrict voting by mail www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Trump order limiting voting by mail halted by federal courtA federal judge blocked major portions of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail on Thursday, finding he had exceeded his constitutional authority.www.newsfromthestates.com

BREAKING: A judge has blocked federal officials from implementing Trump's executive order restricting voting by mail Decision - storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Memorandum & Order – #191 in State of California v. Trump (D. Mass., 1:26-cv-11581) – CourtListener.comJudge Indira Talwani: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER entered. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED and DECLARED that Sections 2 and 3 of the EO are legally void as they are ultra vires and unconstitutionally viola...storage.courtlistener.com