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Supreme Court Urged to Hear Case Over Public Access to State Voter Rolls
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Just The News, Approved, National

Supreme Court Urged to Hear Case Over Public Access to State Voter Rolls

By Tate Rosentreter | Just the News Executive director of Honest Elections Project Jason Snead told The Center Square that “the Ninth Circuit absurdly ruled that voter rolls are not a record related to list maintenance, but the result of list maintenance activity, and therefore can be kept secret.” Honest Elections Project filed an amicus brief on behalf of the petitioner in Public Interest Legal Foundation v. Nago, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the case, with an attorney arguing that voter rolls being available for public view are vital to election integrity. Executive director of Honest Elections Project Jason Snead told The Center Square that “the Ninth Circuit absurdly ruled that voter rolls are not a record related to list maintenance, but the result o...
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Appeals court backs Trump’s right to use National Guard amid Portland chaos
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The Post Millennial, Approved, National

Appeals court backs Trump’s right to use National Guard amid Portland chaos

By Hannah Nightingale | The Post Millennial A divided three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit agreed to lift the lower court’s order blocking the use of the Oregon National Guard. A US appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration can deploy Oregon Natioanl Guard troops to Portland. This comes after a district court judge blocked the administration from deploying both Oregon and other states’ National Guards to Portland to help protect the ICE facility there that has seen nightly unrest since June.  A divided three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit agreed to lift the lower court’s order blocking the use of the Oregon National Guard, per CBS News.  The judges wrote in their descision, "After considering the...
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