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Trump’s DACA Plan Grounded in Dubious Legal Claims
President Trump’s threat to deport about 800,000 young immigrants, many attending U.S. schools, holding jobs, and paying taxes, is based on legally dubious claims that an Obama-era executive order granting them “lawful presence” in the U.S. exceeded the then-president’s authority.
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Common Cause Presses FEC, Justice Department to Act on Facebook Ads
Citing evidence that Russian internet “trolls” placed political ads on Facebook last year, Common Cause today urged the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission to investigate and take legal action against those responsible for the messages.
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Trump’s ‘Election Integrity’ Panel “Flawed From the Start”
A report released today by Common Cause makes a powerful case that President Trump’s “election integrity” commission is a sham, rigged to exploit public fears about a voter fraud epidemic that exists only in the minds of the president and his hardcore supporters.
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Common Cause Sues New York State to End Voter Purges
New York State has improperly deactivated the voter registrations of tens of thousands of qualified voters simply because for several years they’ve chosen not to cast ballots, Common Cause New York charges in a lawsuit filed today.
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Blockbuster Coalition Looks to Bust Partisan Gerrymandering
An unprecedented cadre of political leaders and good government groups, including Common Cause, has joined forces to ask the Supreme Court to outlaw partisan gerrymandering.
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Indiana’s Largest County Clamps Down on Early Voting
While early voting expands in mostly white, Republican suburbs, voting gets more difficult in Democrat-dominated, largely black Indianapolis.
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An Ounce of Prevention – Missed
Fearful they would be accused of attempting to sway the presidential election, Obama administration officials last year shut down plans to share a list of cybersecurity precautions with state election officials responsible for protecting voting machines and databases.
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Breaking News: Common Cause Challenge to Partisan Gerrymandering Headed to Trial
Isang panel ng mga pederal na hukom ang nagpasya noong Martes ng hapon na ang kaso ng Common Cause v. Rucho ay maaaring magpatuloy sa paglilitis, na tinatanggihan ang kahilingan ng mga abogado para sa lehislatura ng estado na ipagpaliban ang demanda. Hinahamon ng kaso ang partisan gerrymandering sa North Carolina.
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Trump Slaps Minorities With Plan to Give Police Military Gear
His pardon last week of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio gave police across America a new license to lock up Latinos; now President Trump wants to arm the cops with weapons and equipment designed to make war rather than keep the peace.
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Florida Congressman Naghahanap na Isara ang Mueller Probe
Nais ni US Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-FL, na putulin ng Kongreso ang pagpopondo para sa imbestigasyon ni Special Counsel Robert Mueller sa posibleng pagkakasangkot ng kampanyang Trump sa pakikialam ng Russia sa halalan noong 2016.
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‘Our Boy Can Become President’
President Trump has made a point of declaring that he and his companies have no business in Russia, but news stories today indicate that it's not for lack of effort.
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Automatic Registration Comes to Illinois
There’s good news today from Illinois, where Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a bill to provide automatic voter registration (AVR) to qualified residents when they do business with state agencies.