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Illinois law banning concealed carry on public transit is unconstitutional, judge rules

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A federal judge has ruled that an Illinois law banning the concealed carry of firearms on public transit is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston in Rockford ruled last Friday with four gun owners who filed a lawsuit in 2022 contending that their inability to carry weapons on buses and trains violated their Second Amendment right …

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The members of the Georgia State Election Board could not have been clearer. “You run counter to both the federal and the state law,” said Ed Lindsey, a Republican board member and attorney who practices election law, to the woman who proposed the rule. “I went and I talked to the lawmakers,” she said, “and they didn’t see anything wrong …

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Several Democratic Georgia lawmakers, religious and civil rights leaders implored Gov. Brian Kemp Monday to remove three Donald Trump loyalist State Election Board members accused of holding an illegal meeting and enacting illegal election rules over the last several weeks. The fallout from a July Georgia State Election Board meeting continues to play out with the recent filing of a …

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A trio of conservative members of the Georgia State Election Board agreed Wednesday to further investigate Fulton County’s 2020 presidential election law violations despite warnings from fellow board members that their decision was illegal. In a 3-2 vote Wednesday, right-wing GOP Georgia election board members Rick Jeffares, Janice Johnston and Janelle King voted to report findings from the Fulton investigation …

ATLANTA — The Georgia State Election Board, which once toiled in relative obscurity, now hosts raucous meetings where public comment spans several hours and attendees regularly heckle its members. Months after Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger defended the 2020 election results, lawmakers from his own party removed him as chair of the State Election Board in a move …

Watchdog sues Georgia election board charging Republican faction violated laws

A government watchdog organization is accusing the Georgia State Election Board of violating the Georgia Open Meetings Act by holding a meeting on short notice to advance election rule changes ahead of the Nov. 5 election. American Oversight filed a lawsuit Friday in Fulton County Superior Court accusing conservative appointed election board members Rick Jeffares, Janice Johnston, and Janelle King …

With nepo-daughter-in-law Lara Trump taking over the GOP, Donald Trump has essentially declared the “old Republican Party” — the party of Reagan and Bill Barr — dead, arguing that it no longer exists in the form it’s taken since the 1970s. Bush’s involvement in Reagan’s scheme to steal the 1980 election through what the media euphemistically called “Iron-Contra.” On Christmas …

Ruling in judicial review of gender laws block could take some time, says judge

Claiming gender law block was due to policy row is a red herring, court told

US judge blocks new Illinois law allowing state to penalize anti-abortion counseling centers

ROCKFORD, Ill. — A federal judge has blocked a new Illinois law that allows the state to penalize anti-abortion counseling centers if they use deception to interfere with patients seeking the procedure. J.B. Pritzker last week bans anti-abortion counseling centers, often referred to as “crisis pregnancy centers,” from using “misinformation, deceptive practices, or misrepresentation” to interfere with access to abortion …

A man who gained fame when a dress worn by his mother-in-law at his wedding went viral due to its optical illusion-like properties has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of his wife. The allegations against Johnston span from April 2019 to March 2022 which include repeated physical assaults, such as pushing his wife against a wall and …