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Court declines RNC request to intervene in Pennsylvania voting dispute

The Supreme Court on Friday night left in place a ruling by Pennsylvania’s highest court that requires election boards in the state to count provisional ballots submitted by voters whose mail-in ballots had been deemed invalid.

The brief unsigned order came just four days before election day. Recent polls show former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris tied in Pennsylvania, which both candidates regard as a key part of their hopes of winning the White House. The … Read the rest

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Supreme Court denied RFK Jr.’s request for spot on New York ballot

The Supreme Court on Friday denied a request from the campaign committee for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to reinstate him to New York’s ballot for the 2024 presidential election. Kennedy suspended his campaign in August and endorsed former President Donald Trump. A New York court had ordered the state’s board of elections to strike him from the ballot because Kennedy – who lives in California – had used an address in New York in his filing papers, but Kennedy … Read the rest

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Supreme Court rejects Missouri’s request to block Trump’s New York gag order, sentencing

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a plea from Missouri to block New York from imposing a gag order and sentencing former President Donald Trump in his criminal proceedings there until after the 2024 elections.

After a six-week trial, Trump was convicted in May in a New York state court on 34 counts of falsifying business records. Prosecutors contended that Trump sought to hide a $ 130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election, … Read the rest

Civil Law

Lawmakers Request Comments from Health Stakeholders on Medical Research and Care Delivery Reforms

On June 6, 2024, Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Larry Bucshon, MD (R-IN) released a letter requesting information from stakeholders on their 21st Century Cures initiative, a policy effort focused on medical research and health care transformation and reforms. With this opportunity to comment, the lawmakers have renewed their commitment to developing the initiative with the support of the health community, nearly eight years after the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. 114-255).

Enacted in December 2016, … Read the rest

Circuit Courts

Judicial Branch Updates FY 2024 Funding Request, But Remains Concerned About Budget Shortfall

The Judicial Branch updated its FY 2024 funding request to Congress by nearly $ 184 million as part of the regular budget process. But it continued to voice concerns about proposed appropriation levels that are too low to preserve federal courts’ ability “to administer justice effectively and efficiently.”
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Court turns down request for relief in Arizona leadership’s voting law dispute

The Supreme Court on Monday afternoon denied a request from the leaders of the Arizona legislature to put on hold an order that would require them to be deposed about the legislature’s enactment of voting laws that make it more difficult to register to vote. In a brief unsigned order without any noted dissents, the justices turned down an emergency filing from Ben Toma, the speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, and Warren Petersen, the president of the … Read the rest

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Court denies Alabama’s request to use voting map with only one majority-Black district

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Alabama’s request to allow it to use a congressional map in the 2024 elections that a lower court had concluded likely violates the Voting Rights Act. The brief unsigned order, from which there were no public dissents, came less than four months after a divided Supreme Court agreed that the 2021 iteration of the map violated federal law by weakening the collective voting power of Black voters in the state.

Tuesday’s order from … Read the rest

Circuit Courts

Judiciary Seeks $9.1 Billion in FY 2024 Budget Request

The federal Judiciary is seeking $ 9.1 billion in discretionary funding from Congress for fiscal year (FY) 2024, an increase of 8.0 percent over the FY 2023 appropriation, according to the Judiciary’s FY 2024 budget request, which was released to the public on March 9.
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