Rahul Garabadu
@rgarabadu.bsky.social
litigator w/ a focus on voting
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“Harvard now faces one of the most consequential choices in its history: Submit to extortion and make itself complicit in the most profound assault on academic freedom and constitutional governance of our time—or go to court. The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.” (Fixed link)
Harvard’s moment of truth - The Boston Globe
The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“Harvard now faces one of the most consequential choices in its history: Submit to extortion and make itself complicit in the most profound assault on academic freedom and constitutional governance of our time—or go to court. The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.” (Fixed link)
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Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
March 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
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Georgia law lets judges resign in a way that cancels elections and lets the governor pick their replacement.
Sara Tindall Ghazal, a State Election Board member, wants this changed: “You don’t cancel an election just because you don’t like the outcome.” boltsmag.org/georgia...
Sara Tindall Ghazal, a State Election Board member, wants this changed: “You don’t cancel an election just because you don’t like the outcome.” boltsmag.org/georgia...
After a Judge’s Death, Renewed Scrutiny for a Georgia Loophole That Can Nullify Elections
A judge’s attempt to resign after his election loss last year could have effectively canceled the will of voters. Critics are demanding an end to the loophole.
boltsmag.org
February 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Georgia law lets judges resign in a way that cancels elections and lets the governor pick their replacement.
Sara Tindall Ghazal, a State Election Board member, wants this changed: “You don’t cancel an election just because you don’t like the outcome.” boltsmag.org/georgia...
Sara Tindall Ghazal, a State Election Board member, wants this changed: “You don’t cancel an election just because you don’t like the outcome.” boltsmag.org/georgia...
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Incredibly alarming piece about three Republican justices on the North Carolina Supreme Court who seem committed to nullifying tens of thousands of lawful votes so they can steal a seat for a fellow Republican. Of course they're also gaslighting us about what they're doing. slate.com/news-and-pol...
The North Carolina Supreme Court Is Coming Dangerously Close to Stealing an Election
In this moment of crisis, the courts have become the final guardrail against the forces of authoritarianism that seek to undermine the will of the voters.
slate.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Incredibly alarming piece about three Republican justices on the North Carolina Supreme Court who seem committed to nullifying tens of thousands of lawful votes so they can steal a seat for a fellow Republican. Of course they're also gaslighting us about what they're doing. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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One thing to look out for in state voting legislation in 2025: bills that would require a passport, birth certificate, or other proof of citizenship to register or vote. Unnecessary requirements like these would disenfranchise many Americans.
Voting Laws Roundup: 2024 in Review
2024 was another extremely active year for voting legislation, and early indicators suggest little signs of a slowdown in 2025.
www.brennancenter.org
January 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
One thing to look out for in state voting legislation in 2025: bills that would require a passport, birth certificate, or other proof of citizenship to register or vote. Unnecessary requirements like these would disenfranchise many Americans.
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The federal Voting Rights Act is likely to face more threats during the second Trump administration. I wrote about a renewed push for more state-level protections against racial discrimination in voting, redistricting and other parts of the election process
With the Voting Rights Act facing more threats, advocates renew a push for state laws
With efforts to bolster the federal Voting Rights Act unlikely under Republican control of the new Congress, advocates are refocusing on state protections against racial discrimination in elections.
www.npr.org
December 6, 2024 at 12:19 PM
The federal Voting Rights Act is likely to face more threats during the second Trump administration. I wrote about a renewed push for more state-level protections against racial discrimination in voting, redistricting and other parts of the election process
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4th Cir. will allow a lawsuit to proceed from two individuals with felony convictions who contend that disfranchising them is inconsistent with an 1870 federal law placing conditions on how Virginia was readmitted to the Union.
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/241...
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/241...
December 5, 2024 at 7:55 PM
4th Cir. will allow a lawsuit to proceed from two individuals with felony convictions who contend that disfranchising them is inconsistent with an 1870 federal law placing conditions on how Virginia was readmitted to the Union.
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/241...
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/241...
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Huge development in North Carolina: as counties finish their counts, Democratic Justice Allison Riggs, who was trailing by thousands of vote this am, is now ahead by… *106* votes statewide.
Awaiting final count everywhere.
Awaiting final count everywhere.
November 16, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Huge development in North Carolina: as counties finish their counts, Democratic Justice Allison Riggs, who was trailing by thousands of vote this am, is now ahead by… *106* votes statewide.
Awaiting final count everywhere.
Awaiting final count everywhere.
I think I may like This Place enough to actually start posting here
November 12, 2024 at 4:38 AM
I think I may like This Place enough to actually start posting here