Daily Update | March 12, 2019
Kyle Skinner // 3/12/19 //
Trump has sent a record-breaking $4.75 trillion budget to Congress, which includes $8.6 billion for border wall construction. The DOJ will ask SCOTUS to bypass the 9th Circuit and hear argument on the second census question. The new Georgia Secretary of State intends to continue with a plan to use electronic voting machines that many think are susceptible to hacking. A campaign finance group urges Democrats to disavow and shut down Super PACs in advance of the 2020 election. The transgender military service ban will soon be implemented.
IMMIGRATION
Trump has sent a record-breaking $4.75 trillion budget to Congress, which includes $8.6 billion for border wall construction (NYT).
DEMOCRACY
The DOJ will ask SCOTUS to bypass the 9th Circuit and hear argument on the second census question directly (Election Law Blog, Bloomberg).
The new Georgia Secretary of State intends to continue with a plan to use electronic voting machines that many think are susceptible to hacking (Politico).
A campaign finance group urges Democrats to disavow and shut down Super PACs in advance of the 2020 election (Daily Beast).
Pam Fessler argues that while voter fraud stories may rile up a Republican base, it also undermines democracy (NPR).
James Forman argues that 2020 Democratic candidates should announce now who they would nominate to the Supreme Court, and commit to dismantling mass incarceration (NYT).
CIVIL RIGHTS
The transgender military service ban will soon be implemented (Lawfare).