The Kentucky Capitol building, in Frankfort. | Timothy D. Easley/AP Kentuckyâs Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Republican-drawn boundaries for state House and congressional districts, rejecting Democratic claims that the majority partyâs mapmaking amounted to gerrymandering in violation of the stateâs constitution. The court noted that an alternative proposal would have resulted in nearly the same
Kentucky Supreme Court upholds congressional boundaries passed by GOP-led legislature
Morial: SCOTUS Is Functioning as a ‘Trumpian’ Super Legislature –
National Urban League President Marc Morial said Friday on MSNBCâs âAndrea Mitchell Reportsâ that the Supreme Court was functioning as a âTrumpianâ super legislature which reflects a âright-wing coup.â Morial said, âThese decisions, I feel are a spear through our hearts. This court is a political court. This court is a Trumpian court. These decisions
Florida Legislature Clears Path for Ron DeSantis to Run for President Without ResigningÂ
Florida lawmakers on Friday carved out an exemption to the stateâs âresign-to-runâ law that would allow Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to run for president in 2024 without resigning from his post. The exemption passed Floridaâs Senate by a 28-12 vote earlier this week, and the state House approved it on Friday by a 76-34 margin. Under
North Dakota legislature approves bill allowing teachers to ignore students’ preferred pronouns
A North Dakota bill advanced to Republican Gov. Doug Burgum would allow public school teachers and employees of government entities to ignore the preferred pronouns of their transgender students and colleagues. Senate lawmakers passed the bill 40-6 without debate on Thursday â two days after the House pushed the bill through with a 68-22 vote. […]
Nebraska Legislature finally passes a bill, amidst progressive filibusters
With only 26 days left in the 90-day legislative session, Nebraska lawmakers have finally passed a single bill. Now they have only about 200 left to go. In any other year, the Nebraska Legislature would have passed dozens of bills by now. But it has been hamstrung by progressive lawmakers filibustering every bill before the […]
TN Gov. Bill Lee Caves, Calls for Legislature to Pass Red Flag Law
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) caved on his opposition to gun control just over two weeks after the Nashville Christian school shooting and called for state legislatures to pass a red flag law. Connecticut was the first state in the Union to adopt a red flag law, doing so in 1999. The law did not
Reading of Pastor Joe Wright’s Invocation to the Kansas State Legislature, February 1996
Man, oh, man, they won’t invite Pastor Joe to the Kansas State Legislature again. They invited Pastor Joe Wright of Wichita Central Christian Church to deliver the invocation and he told God on ’em. Now God knows what they’ve been up to. And no sooner has their guest chaplain concluded his prayer and three Democrats […]
Governor Vetoes Funding For Texas Legislature After Showdown Over Voting Reform
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed funding for the stateâs Legislature Friday after Democrats walked out at the last minute to oppose the GOPâs new voting reform law. âFunding should not be provided for those who quit their job early, leaving their state with unfinished business and exposing taxpayers to higher costs for an additional…
Dem Rep. Jackson Lee: Texas Legislature ‘Massacred’ State’s Image, LBJ Legacy of the Voting Rights Act
During an appearance on CNN, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) decried actions taken by the Texas Legislature to shore up election integrity. Jackson Lee called those efforts âoperating under the big lieâ and compared the âTexas imageâ of former President Lyndon Baines Johnson and the Voting Rights Act to the modern-day Texas Legislature. Well, you…
Whitmer: GOP Legislature Hasn’t Deployed Resources Trump Administration Sent Us
Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) claimed Thursday on MSNBCâs âAll Inâ that despite Michiganâs surge of coronavirus case, she couldnot get the Republican-controlled legislature to âjust deploy resources that the Trump administration sent.â Hayes asked, âBoris Johnson, of the UK, of course, who has not been a huge fan of restrictive-public-health measures and also in a…
President Trump Files âPersonalâ Lawsuit In Wisconsin, Requests Legislature Choose New Electors
December 02, 2020 9:57 PM ET President Donald Trump sued the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Wednesday, requesting that a U.S. district court rule in favor of the state legislature appointing new Electoral College delegates to declare him the winner. The lawsuit is the second Trump has filed in the state this week, with his campaign…