| Georgia and Arizona judges dismiss lawsuits filed by GOP election officials In a win for voters, a Georgia judge dismissed a lawsuit from a Republican Fulton County election board member — who refused to certify the county’s May primary — asking the court to rule she has the legal right to refuse to certify. An Arizona judge dismissed a lawsuit from a Mohave County official asking whether he could hand count ballots, ruling the issue is not yet relevant. Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) said hand counting is illegal in Arizona, but the issue may be revived closer to the election. |
| Following lawsuit, Michigan official swears he’ll certify election results After being sued for saying he won’t certify the 2024 election if it’s “stolen” from former President Donald Trump, a Republican member of the Kalamazoo, Michigan canvassing board signed a sworn affidavit pledging to certify the results this November. North Carolina has to remove RFK Jr. from ballots, delaying voting The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the ballot, forcing local election boards to bear the cost of reprinting upwards of 2 million ballots and further delaying the start of absentee voting in the Tar Heel State. Liberal Justice Allison Riggs dissented: “Elections—the cornerstone of our democracy—are not games or exercises in ego-stroking. With a disturbing disregard for the impact on millions of North Carolina voters [RFK Jr.] seeks to have his cake and eat it, too.” |
It won’t go anywhere, but it’s a good brushback pitch:
And then we have this:
“Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been accused of not disclosing a yacht trip to Russia and a private helicopter flight to a palace in President Vladimir Putin’s hometown, among a slew of other gifts and loans from businessman Harlan Crow.
“Buried on page 14 of a letter that two Democratic senators sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday, in which they urged Garland to appoint a special counsel to probe Thomas, was an astonishing list of dozens of “likely undisclosed gifts and income” from Crow, Crow’s affiliated companies, and “other donors.”
“In the letter, Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) said Thomas, one of the court’s staunchly conservative justices, even may have committed tax fraud and violated other federal laws by “secretly” accepting the gifts and income potentially worth millions.”
