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Ernest A. Canning is a retired attorney, author, and Vietnam Veteran (4th Infantry, Central Highlands 1968). He previously served as a Senior Advisor to Veterans For Bernie. Canning has been a member of the California state bar since 1977. In addition to a juris doctor, he has received both undergraduate and graduate degrees in political science. Follow him on Twitter and Bluesky.
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Another Dark Day For Democracy: SCOTUS Allows Racially-Motivated Disenfranchisement Of 600k+ Texas Voters in This Year’s Midterm Elections

Despite uncontested findings of purposeful discrimination in the GOP law, strict new Photo ID restrictions allowed to take effect...

Emergency Petitions to SCOTUS Seek To Prevent Intentional Disenfranchisement Of 600,000 Disproportionately Minority Texas Voters

Case against GOP Photo ID voting law in Lone Star State is very different than recent cases before the Court, plaintiffs argue

UPDATE: Texas responds, blames 'emergency' on plaintiffs' rush to have case tried before the election...

SCOTUS BLOCKS WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS’ PHOTO ID VOTING RESTRICTION IN 6-3 RULING

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ACLU Seeks Emergency U.S. Supreme Court Order to Block WI’s Photo ID Voting Restriction

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4th Circuit Blocks NC’s Elimination of Same-Day Registration, Counting of Out-of-Precinct Ballots

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UPDATE: North Carolina requests stay at U.S. Supreme Court...

Evenly Divided 7th Circuit Appeals Court Denies Emergency Rehearing in WI Photo ID Case

Vacant seat on court since 2010 likely made the difference; Ruling, unless overturned, could result in re-election victory for Walker; Emergency petition to U.S. Supreme Court likely...

6th Circuit Upholds Ruling That Overturned Latest Ohio GOP Effort To Limit Early Voting

Repubs file 'Emergency Petition for Rehearing' before full court...

ACLU Seeks Emergency Appellate Ruling to Halt Photo ID ‘Chaos’ in WI Before 2014 Election

'It is not only unreasonable, but also mathematically, logically, and physically impossible that by November 4, hundreds of thousands of voters will learn about the need for ID'...

U.S. Senate Votes to Advance ‘Citizens United’ Amendment, But GOP Members Set to Oppose It

Vote against ending debate underscores importance of 2014 elections; Rand Paul, Koch Brothers cut from same cloth...

Bi-Partisan U.S. House Vote Directs President to Remove U.S. Forces From Iraq in 30 Days

370 to 40 vote a rebuke to GOP war hawks like McCain, Graham...

CA Voters Afforded Opportunity This November To Weigh-In on ‘Corporate Personhood’

State legislature, governor add proposition to general election ballot calling for amendment to overturn 'Citizens United'...

UPDATE: 'Overturn Citizens United Act' will appear as 'Prop 49' on November ballot | LATER UPDATE: No, it won't...

Kansas Republicans Reject Koch Brothers’ Radical Libertarian Economics, Endorse Democrat

Over 100 top state GOPers endorse Gov. Sam Brownback's Democratic opponent after tax cuts for wealthy devastate state...

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