Year: 2023
DC Judge Denies Trump Request for Subpoenas of J6 Committee Materials
The subpoenas named the NARA archivist, the Jan. 6 select committee, attorneys for the White House and Homeland Security, and others.
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Supreme Court to Review Deportation Hardship Waivers, Double Jeopardy Protections
The Supreme Court is hearing oral argument on Nov. 28 surrounding double jeopardy and how courts may review the Justice Department’s determination that an illegal immigrant shouldn’t be removed due to “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship.” That language comes from the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which allows the U.S. attorney general to make such […]
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Georgia Supreme Court Pauses Commission Created to Check Prosecutors, Stalling Senate Effort to Rein in Fani Willis
The Georgia Supreme Court refused to accept the proposed rules for the state’s new Prosecuting Attorneys Qualification Commission (PAQC) in a ruling made Wednesday, effectively pausing the Republican effort to provide oversight for the state’s attorneys.
Georgia lawmakers passed SB 92 last year, creating the PAQC to provide oversight of elected district attorneys across the state. While independent, the legislation requires the Georgia Supreme Court to accept the PAQC’s draft standards and rules before the committee can enforce its decisions.
The article Georgia Supreme Court Pauses Commission Created to Check Prosecutors, Stalling Senate Effort to Rein in Fani Willis appeared first on Tennessee Star.
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Election Officials in Biden’s Delaware Rarely Investigate Campaign Finance Violations, Investigation Finds
Delaware election officials rarely utilize their basic investigative authorities, only releasing a handful of opinions over the past decade and a half, according to the Delaware News Journal.
The Delaware Department of Elections said it had “no records” of investigative probes carried out using the authority delegated to it to “investigate information coming to the attention of the [election] commissioner that, if true, would constitute a violation” of state campaign finance law, the Delaware News Journal reported. The Department of Elections has only released seven advisory opinions in the past 15 years.
The article Election Officials in Biden’s Delaware Rarely Investigate Campaign Finance Violations, Investigation Finds appeared first on Tennessee Star.
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Election Officials Plan Ways to Count Votes Faster in 2024
Election officials throughout the country are allegedly planning methods for counting the votes faster in 2024 than they did in 2020, where many days of delay led to confusion, chaos, and credible widespread accusations of voter fraud.
According to Politico, several of the handful of key swing states have passed laws to implement methods for quicker counting and tabulation of the votes. Secretaries of state in those same states are also taking a more active role in overseeing the elections.
The article Election Officials Plan Ways to Count Votes Faster in 2024 appeared first on Tennessee Star.
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