Domestic relations cases are handled in courts of equity. As such, the court, being obligated to “do what is equitable upon the facts and circumstances of each case,”[1] has some leeway in its judgments, as long as they are just and fair. For this reason, in most domestic relations appeals, the higher court is tasked […]
Access to voter data is not getting any harder
Just last week, we described several lawsuits that the Electronic Information Privacy Center (EIPC), Public Citizen, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) filed against various entities in the Trump Administration, seeking to stop execution of President Trump’s May 11, 2017 Executive Order on the Establishment of […]
Voting access gains new significance in the Trump era
On May 11, 2017, the White House put out a press release announcing its Executive Order on the Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (Commission). The Commission’s stated purpose is to “study the registration and voting processes used in Federal elections.” “[S]oley advisory” in nature, the Commission’s task is to create a report […]
