Democracy
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The Supreme Court left Section 2 standing in Callais and changed what plaintiffs have to prove
Louisiana v. Callais, decided 6 to 3 on 29 April 2026, struck down the SB8 map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Justice Alito's majority dec
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Mississippi can still count mail ballots that arrive five days late, with Barrett writing and Alito dissenting
In Watson v. Republican National Committee, decided 5 to 4 on 29 June 2026, the Supreme Court reversed the Fifth Circuit and held that the federal ele
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Party committees can now spend without limit alongside their own candidates after a 2001 precedent fell
On 30 June 2026 the Supreme Court held 6 to 3 in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. FEC that the coordinated party expenditure limits at 52 U
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The Supreme Court buried Humphrey's Executor on 29 June 2026 and exempted the Federal Reserve the same day
Trump v. Slaughter, No. 25-332, overruled the 1935 precedent by 6 to 3. Hours later, in Trump v. Cook, No. 25A312, the same Court refused by 5 to 4 to
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Prop 50's map beat a Republican and a Justice Department challenge, then a one sentence Supreme Court order
A three judge panel denied preliminary injunctions on 14 January 2026 by 2 to 1, finding the evidence of partisan motive overwhelming and the evidence
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Australia's biggest electoral funding overhaul in 40 years slipped to 1 January 2027 over one by-election
The Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 2025 got Royal Assent on 20 February 2025, and its funding and disclosure reforms were to s
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The EU's first Digital Services Act fine was about a blue tick, an ad archive and researcher access
On 5 December 2025 the European Commission fined X 120 million euros in the first non compliance decision under the Digital Services Act, citing Artic
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Two years after Snyder, federal corruption law covers bribes but not rewards, and the states have been left to fill the gap
The Supreme Court held in June 2024 that the statute barring state and local officials from accepting anything of value reaches bribes but not gratuit
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