Caren E. Short #RestoretheVRA 🍉
@carenshort.bsky.social
she/her | voting rights attorney | proud @howardlawschool grad | @splcenter, @NAACP_LDF, & @adv_project alum | currently legal director @lwv | thoughts are mine alone
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The League of Women Voters of the United States, the League of Women Voters of North Carolina, and the League of Women Voters of Charlotte–Mecklenburg respond to reports of Border Patrol activity in Charlotte this weekend: www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The League of Women Voters of the United States, the League of Women Voters of North Carolina, and the League of Women Voters of Charlotte–Mecklenburg respond to reports of Border Patrol activity in Charlotte this weekend: www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
We are so proud to bring this case alongside our partners @campaignlegal.org. The League is a fixture at administrative naturalization ceremonies. Blocking us from registering new Americans to vote is a direct attack on our rights and the rights of new citizens. We won’t stand by! @lwvus.bsky.social
BREAKING: We're suing to block a new Trump admin policy that bans nonpartisan civic engagement groups like @lwvus.bsky.social from registering new American citizens to vote at naturalization ceremonies. This is a clear violation of the First Amendment and federal law.
November 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We are so proud to bring this case alongside our partners @campaignlegal.org. The League is a fixture at administrative naturalization ceremonies. Blocking us from registering new Americans to vote is a direct attack on our rights and the rights of new citizens. We won’t stand by! @lwvus.bsky.social
This is a powerful win for voters and democracy and reaffirms that politicians must work for their constituents when redistricting. The League proudly filed an amicus brief in this case with the support of our counsel @legaldefensefund.bsky.social @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvtexas.bsky.social
Federal court blocks new Texas congressional map for 2026
The decision is a major blow for Republicans, in Texas and nationally, who pushed through the mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump. Attorney General Ken Paxton said he woul...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is a powerful win for voters and democracy and reaffirms that politicians must work for their constituents when redistricting. The League proudly filed an amicus brief in this case with the support of our counsel @legaldefensefund.bsky.social @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvtexas.bsky.social
Yes, this is a win, but this woman and anyone who agrees with her (including those sitting on this Court) should be too ashamed to even make this argument in public.
Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down a request from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, to reconsider its 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex […]
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November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Yes, this is a win, but this woman and anyone who agrees with her (including those sitting on this Court) should be too ashamed to even make this argument in public.
We’re so proud to be part of this case that has now permanently blocked the Trump Admin’s unlawful attempt to add DPOC to the federal registration form. DPOC is racist, xenophobic, and harms women. There’s no place for it in a multi-racial democracy.
A huge win for @lwvus.bsky.social!!
A huge win for @lwvus.bsky.social!!
November 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We’re so proud to be part of this case that has now permanently blocked the Trump Admin’s unlawful attempt to add DPOC to the federal registration form. DPOC is racist, xenophobic, and harms women. There’s no place for it in a multi-racial democracy.
A huge win for @lwvus.bsky.social!!
A huge win for @lwvus.bsky.social!!
We should all be paying close attention to this case. Many states have passed bans on the dangerous practice of conversion therapy to protect children. Shame on any member of this Court who would allow these practices to go back into practice. #LGBTQIA+ #loveislove
Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar, a challenge to Colorado's ban on conversion therapy. In our recent blog, LWV of Colorado explains the dangers of conversion therapy. Learn more:
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Is Conversion Therapy Protected by Free Speech? | League of Women Voters
The Colorado State Legislature defines conversion therapy as the effort to change an individual’s sexual orientation, including efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or…
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October 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
We should all be paying close attention to this case. Many states have passed bans on the dangerous practice of conversion therapy to protect children. Shame on any member of this Court who would allow these practices to go back into practice. #LGBTQIA+ #loveislove
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BREAKING: Judge Immergut has GRANTED a 2nd TRO blocking National Guard from ANY state be sent to Oregon. She was very annoyed the DOJ circumvented her order from yesterday. I'll be joining Adam Klasfeld on Substack live to discuss in a few minutes...
JUDGE: Again, this is an emergency hearing with limited briefing. No new information has been provided about issues in Portland, so for all of the reasons stated in my prior opinion, I GRANT plaintiffs second motion for a TRO. 16/
October 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
BREAKING: Judge Immergut has GRANTED a 2nd TRO blocking National Guard from ANY state be sent to Oregon. She was very annoyed the DOJ circumvented her order from yesterday. I'll be joining Adam Klasfeld on Substack live to discuss in a few minutes...
Went ahead and called into this hearing to listen because why not. Our constitution is hanging on by a thread and this judge is keeping it together.
Judge Immergut isn’t playing around and I suspect will slam the Trump Administration for trying to end-run her order from yesterday blocking Trump’s call-up of Oregon’s National Guard in Portland.
October 6, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Went ahead and called into this hearing to listen because why not. Our constitution is hanging on by a thread and this judge is keeping it together.
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BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.
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October 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.
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I am so proud team of advocates who secured this long-awaited victory for Mississippians. Thank you @splcenter.org @aclu.org ACLU-MS, plaintiffs, and experts! Section 2 of the VRA is a critical tool we need to ensure that every voter has a voice in our government, including our justice system.
🏆 VICTORY in Mississippi! The SPLC won its challenge against the Mississippi Supreme Court's redistricting map.
This victory is a great leap forward for protecting the most fundamental right in this nation, voting. #VotingRights #Mississippi
This victory is a great leap forward for protecting the most fundamental right in this nation, voting. #VotingRights #Mississippi
August 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I am so proud team of advocates who secured this long-awaited victory for Mississippians. Thank you @splcenter.org @aclu.org ACLU-MS, plaintiffs, and experts! Section 2 of the VRA is a critical tool we need to ensure that every voter has a voice in our government, including our justice system.
Last week, LWV of Tarrant County, TX sued to challenge racial discrimination in redistricting. These courageous voters are seeking to put an end to a cowardly power grab made at the expense of voters. Thanks to our counsel TCRP! link.txcivilrights.org/TarrantRedistricting
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August 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Last week, LWV of Tarrant County, TX sued to challenge racial discrimination in redistricting. These courageous voters are seeking to put an end to a cowardly power grab made at the expense of voters. Thanks to our counsel TCRP! link.txcivilrights.org/TarrantRedistricting
@txcivilrights.bsky.social
@txcivilrights.bsky.social
Make no mistake, democracy is on the line. What matters is voters, not politicians and their political interests. www.lwv.org/blog/redistr... @lwvus.bsky.social
Redistricting is at a Crossroads: How Voters Can Achieve Fair Representation | League of Women Voters
Let’s be honest: We’re only talking about mid-cycle redistricting now because politicians fear losing power. And they’re willing to rewrite the rules to keep it.
www.lwv.org
August 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Make no mistake, democracy is on the line. What matters is voters, not politicians and their political interests. www.lwv.org/blog/redistr... @lwvus.bsky.social
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This may seem procedural and not as easy to understand as the Dobbs ruling, but this is one of the most dangerous Supreme Court rulings of our lifetimes.
🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court rules that universal injunctions likely exceed federal courts' authority and rolls back the injunctions protecting birthright citizenship from Trump's attack. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This may seem procedural and not as easy to understand as the Dobbs ruling, but this is one of the most dangerous Supreme Court rulings of our lifetimes.
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This Supreme Court has paved the path to Trumpian autocracy.
I'm extra angry today at every single person who told me in 2015 and 2016 that I was fear-mongering when I warned that the single most important issue in the 2016 election was the Supreme Court.
I'm extra angry today at every single person who told me in 2015 and 2016 that I was fear-mongering when I warned that the single most important issue in the 2016 election was the Supreme Court.
🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court rules that universal injunctions likely exceed federal courts' authority and rolls back the injunctions protecting birthright citizenship from Trump's attack. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This Supreme Court has paved the path to Trumpian autocracy.
I'm extra angry today at every single person who told me in 2015 and 2016 that I was fear-mongering when I warned that the single most important issue in the 2016 election was the Supreme Court.
I'm extra angry today at every single person who told me in 2015 and 2016 that I was fear-mongering when I warned that the single most important issue in the 2016 election was the Supreme Court.
Absolutely horrible decision that is inconsistent with all our precedent. SCOTUS is preventing federal courts from doing their jobs to allow the Trump Administration to overstep his authority and trample on our constitution.
This is ridiculous and completely inconsistent. How can someone be recognized as a citizen in one state, but not in another? This decision is an attack on the rule of law and prevents our federal courts from performing their constitutionally required duty. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US supreme court limits judges’ power on nationwide injunctions in apparent win for Trump
Court ruling leaves fate of the US president’s order to overturn birthright citizenship rights unclear
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June 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Absolutely horrible decision that is inconsistent with all our precedent. SCOTUS is preventing federal courts from doing their jobs to allow the Trump Administration to overstep his authority and trample on our constitution.
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Let’s get real: SCOTUS is allowing a state to defund Planned Parenthood without any way for our most vulnerable to access the court system to fight for lifesaving healthcare. Shame on them, and shame on any legislator who seeks to deny their constituents care. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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June 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Let’s get real: SCOTUS is allowing a state to defund Planned Parenthood without any way for our most vulnerable to access the court system to fight for lifesaving healthcare. Shame on them, and shame on any legislator who seeks to deny their constituents care. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
Do you know how proud I am of my best friend, Ebony Howard, and her work at the Wallace Center? Please go support them for Juneteenth.
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New exhibit portrays Black Alabama families after emancipation
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to museum director Ebony Howard about a new exhibit in Harpersville, Ala., that explores the lives of several Black families after emancipation.
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June 20, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Do you know how proud I am of my best friend, Ebony Howard, and her work at the Wallace Center? Please go support them for Juneteenth.
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This decision is devastating. Trans children should be celebrated, not legislated. We must oppose this on every level--local, state, and nationally. Shame on SCOTUS and everyone who supports these types of laws.
Today's Skrmetti decision ignores that everyone has a right to bodily autonomy. Parents and their children know what's best for their health—not the government. SCOTUS got it horribly wrong and the consequences will be dire.
LWV stands with the transgender community. www.lwv.org/blog/trans-r...
LWV stands with the transgender community. www.lwv.org/blog/trans-r...
Trans Rights Are Essential to a Healthy Democracy | League of Women Voters
Over the past few years, the League has tracked a surge in legislative and administrative attacks chipping away at the rights of LGBTQIA+ community members, particularly transgender individuals. This ...
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June 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This decision is devastating. Trans children should be celebrated, not legislated. We must oppose this on every level--local, state, and nationally. Shame on SCOTUS and everyone who supports these types of laws.
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Cops are the violence. ICE is the violence. Prisons are the violence.
They don’t protect people, they protect property and a political order.
If the last 6 months have shown us anything, it’s that we need to get rid of them and build a better world.
Abolition was always the answer.
They don’t protect people, they protect property and a political order.
If the last 6 months have shown us anything, it’s that we need to get rid of them and build a better world.
Abolition was always the answer.
June 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Cops are the violence. ICE is the violence. Prisons are the violence.
They don’t protect people, they protect property and a political order.
If the last 6 months have shown us anything, it’s that we need to get rid of them and build a better world.
Abolition was always the answer.
They don’t protect people, they protect property and a political order.
If the last 6 months have shown us anything, it’s that we need to get rid of them and build a better world.
Abolition was always the answer.
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ICYMI: SCOTUS heard a rare May case in Trump v. CASA – to consider whether fed courts have power to issue nationwide injunctions.
Of course they can!
It is wild the US Solicitor General wants circuit splits, where someone could be a citizen in one state but not in another.
Of course they can!
It is wild the US Solicitor General wants circuit splits, where someone could be a citizen in one state but not in another.
I am cautiously optimistic, but will be listening to oral arguments at 10:00 with bated breath anyway.
Of all of the cases that could be brought against nationwide injunction, this is one of the worst set of facts for opponents of the concept. Citizenship shouldn’t vary by judicial district.
Of all of the cases that could be brought against nationwide injunction, this is one of the worst set of facts for opponents of the concept. Citizenship shouldn’t vary by judicial district.
This morning SCOTUS takes up Trump’s executive order rescinding birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants. Here’s my quick @economist.com preview…
May 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
ICYMI: SCOTUS heard a rare May case in Trump v. CASA – to consider whether fed courts have power to issue nationwide injunctions.
Of course they can!
It is wild the US Solicitor General wants circuit splits, where someone could be a citizen in one state but not in another.
Of course they can!
It is wild the US Solicitor General wants circuit splits, where someone could be a citizen in one state but not in another.
Just finished the Untold doc on Brett Favre & the welfare fraud he & others committee against Mississippians, and I’m reminded how grateful I am for @ashtonpittman.bsky.social and why I’m proud to support @mississippifreepress.org. Go watch it and then support your local, independent press!
May 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Just finished the Untold doc on Brett Favre & the welfare fraud he & others committee against Mississippians, and I’m reminded how grateful I am for @ashtonpittman.bsky.social and why I’m proud to support @mississippifreepress.org. Go watch it and then support your local, independent press!
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Here is the order, which — as was noted elsewhere — is a final judgement, so, not “likely unconstitutional” but *is* unconstitutional. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
JENNER & BLOCK LLP,
Plaintiff,
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 25-916 (JDB)
ORDER
Upon consideration of [19] Jenner & Block's motion for summary judgment, [201 the defendants' motion to dismiss, and the entire record herein, and for the reasons set forth in the
memorandum opinion issued on this date, it is hereby
ORDERED that [19) Jenner's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED; it is further ORDERED that [20] the defendants' motion to dismiss is DENIED; it is further DECLARED that Executive Order 14246, Addressing Risks from Jenner & Block, 90 Fed.
Reg. 13997 (Mar. 28, 2025), is unlawful because it violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution; it is further
DECLARED that Executive Order 14246 is therefore null and void; it is further](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreihtgpbupuzvgs2kbi43n3xysiesrmmj4fupqbx4ux6jvnzllfi3jm@jpeg)
May 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Here is the order, which — as was noted elsewhere — is a final judgement, so, not “likely unconstitutional” but *is* unconstitutional. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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BREAKING: Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, holds that Trump's executive order targeting Jenner & Block is likely unconstitutional — "doubly" — and will be blocked in full. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
BREAKING: Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, holds that Trump's executive order targeting Jenner & Block is likely unconstitutional — "doubly" — and will be blocked in full. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Section 2 of the VRA must be enforceable by private plaintiffs and organizations for it to have any meaning to remedy racial discrimination in voting. Courts must stop this and we must restore the VRA. Thank you @nativerights.bsky.social for keeping up the fight!
Voters in 7 states are now unable to sue to enforce Voting Rights Act’s ban on racial discrimination after a decision out of the Eight Circuit.
This is a loss for Native voters in ND and sets dangerous precedent for other voters across the country. buff.ly/iJM5ySb
This is a loss for Native voters in ND and sets dangerous precedent for other voters across the country. buff.ly/iJM5ySb
May 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Section 2 of the VRA must be enforceable by private plaintiffs and organizations for it to have any meaning to remedy racial discrimination in voting. Courts must stop this and we must restore the VRA. Thank you @nativerights.bsky.social for keeping up the fight!