Sherrilyn Ifill on a Trump win: ‘We will cease to be a democracy’
The timing is right for a 14th amendment renaissance, says Sherrilyn Ifill.
Political news from state Maine
GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik won't commit to certifying the 2024 election results
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., on Sunday, wouldn’t commit to certifying the 2024 election results during an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
New gun law has blocked over 500 firearms from being bought by young people, attorney general says
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 500 gun purchases have been blocked since a new gun law requiring stricter background checks for young people went into effect in 2022, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Friday, the day after a school shooting in Iowa left a sixth-grader dead.
US supreme court to hear appeal of Colorado ruling removing Trump from state ballot
The US supreme court will hear Donald Trump’s appeal of the Colorado ruling that said he should be removed from the state ballot under the 14th amendment to the US constitution, for inciting an insurrection.
Kavanaugh will ‘step up’ to keep Trump on ballots, ex-president’s lawyer says
Brett Kavanaugh, the US supreme court justice, will “step up” for Donald Trump and help defeat attempts to remove the former president from the ballot in Colorado and Maine for inciting an insurrection, a Trump lawyer said.
US House majority whip Tom Emmer endorses Trump for president
Donald Trump secured the endorsement of Tom Emmer on Wednesday, completing a full House of Republican leaders backing the former US president even though Trump dynamited the majority whip’s own bid for speaker just two months ago.
Illinois voters file petition to remove Trump from Republican primary ballot
Voters in Illinois have filed a petition to remove Donald Trump from the state’s Republican primary ballot, echoing efforts in other states to bar the former president from returning to the White House over his role in the 6 January Capitol attack.
Voters file an objection to Trump’s name on the Illinois ballot
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A petition filed by five voters on Thursday seeks to bar former President Donald Trump from the Illinois Republican primary election ballot in March, claiming he is ineligible to hold office because he encouraged and did little to stop the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.