Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Tuesday, June 17

ICE agents arrest NYC official and mayoral candidate outside immigration court

ICE agents arrested New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander outside an immigration court after he tried to escort someone out, making him the latest Democratic official to be detained by the Trump administration.

Jeffrey Clark, a key architect of the plot to subvert the 2020 election, addressed anti-voting activists from the White House complex last weekend in a Flag Day video for a MAGA podcaster's followers.

Brad Lander is one of many recent political arrests that raise critical questions about the future of our democracy. Have questions?

On June 24 at 7 p.m. ET, Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias will host an exclusive Q&A — live on Zoom. Join a community of like-minded members and get the clear, no-nonsense answers you’re looking for.

The Fulton County, Georgia Republican Party filed a lawsuit against the county’s Board of Commissioners Friday to force them to appoint two prominent election deniers to the board of elections. The GOP claims that the Board of Commissioners violated state law by rejecting the GOP’s nominations of Julie Adams and Jason Frazier.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) today filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit by the Trump DOJ challenging North Carolina's voter registration process. The DOJ claims the state violated federal law by using a registration form that doesn't require a driver's license or part of a Social Security number, and must do more to fix the problem. The DNC argues that North Carolina has followed legal procedures for such cases and that the DOJ’s requested remedy lacks legal basis.

Kurt Goldschmidt is 102 years old. He was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1923. He survived the Nazis and the Holocaust. He minces no words, Democracy Docket guest author Tom Watson shared in a new piece.
“I’m here today because this is something I can do against Trump,” Goldschmidt said in an interview at a No Kings protest Saturday. “I lived during the Nazi time in Germany and they put me in a concentration camp. Trump is trying to imitate Hitler. That’s what I’m afraid of.”

Tomorrow is an opinion day for SCOTUS, along with Friday. We're watching for rulings on Louisiana redistricting and nationwide injunctions.

The Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement case. Pro-voting groups are using the Virginia Readmission Act of 1870 to challenge the state constitution's felony disenfranchisement provision. State election officials have taken the case to SCOTUS arguing that only Congress can enforce the Readmission Acts, not the courts.
There's a hearing in Judicial Watch's lawsuit challenging Oregon's voter roll maintenance procedures. The DOJ recently submitted a statement of interest in this case.