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(ABC News) - Grocery prices in the U.S. soared faster in April than any month in nearly four years ..
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Understanding the U.S. Constitution (with Melissa Murray)
As a host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, on MSNOW, in her classes at NYU School of Law, and in op-eds, Melissa Murray is known for her accessible explanations of constitutional law. In her new book, The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader, Murray brings her signature insights to bear on the document at the heart of U.S. law and legal culture.
Watch as Murray joins The Briefing with Michael Waldman to discuss the history behind the Constitutions articles and amendments, their relevance today, and their ability to protect democratic institutions.
South Carolina GOP Gov. McMaster plans to call special session to redraw South Carolina House map
Clyburn is the sole Democrat in South Carolinas House delegation; the new map would dismantle his district, leaving the state with 7 likely red seats and no Democratic-leaning ones.
McMasters plan confirmed by four people familiar with the decision, who were granted anonymity to share private details is a reversal of his position earlier this month and follows pressure from President Donald Trump and his allies to gerrymander the state.
The looming special session comes after five Republican state senators voted with Democrats to block a measure that would have allowed them to redraw South Carolinas districts this cycle without a call from McMaster.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/mcmaster-special-session-redistricting-south-carolina-00919106
Kemp calls special session to redraw 2028 maps, overhaul voting process
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The move, announced Wednesday, thrusts Kemp and his Republican allies back into the center of two of the most combustible debates in Georgia politics a day after the June 16 primary runoffs cement nominees for every statewide office.
The first is a looming crisis over Georgias voting system. The second is a redistricting fight over congressional and legislative boundaries for the 2028 elections.
Kemp has ruled out changing the maps for this years races, but Republicans are moving to act now while they are certain a GOP governor can sign the new districts into law.
A special session is required to address a statutory July deadline lawmakers left unresolved when they adjourned in April.
Breaking: Gov. Kemp has called state lawmakers for a special session on June 17 to reshape both how Georgians vote and to redraw the stateâs political maps after last monthâs U.S. Supreme Court decision for the 2028 election. #gapol
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein.bsky.social) 2026-05-13T18:44:57.623Z
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Cherfilus-McCormick, who resigned from Congress under cloud, says she's running to regain seat
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Cherfilus-McCormick said she is seeking the Democratic nomination in the reconfigured 20th Congressional District, which is concentrated in central Broward County, after Florida Republicans changed the map of Florida congressional districts.
She said she isnt deterred by four other candidates who are already running or by the prospect that U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz might decide to run in the same district. Wasserman Schultzs Broward district was blown up by the new Republican reconfiguration of the congressional map.
The strongest candidate in the race is me, Cherfilus-McCormick said. I never said I wasnt running.
The former congresswoman made it clear she doesnt care for Wasserman Schultz, the senior Democratic member of Floridas congressional delegation. When she was first elected, in a 2022 special election to fill the vacancy left by the late U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, Cherfilus-McCormick said Wasserman Schultz was dismissive when she arrived in Washington.
The Corrupt Supreme Court Must Be Reformed And Cleansed! (with Prof. Leah Litman) - Wajahat Ali
The Supreme Court is no longer acting like a neutral judicial body.
It has become an ideological weapon.
From gutting the Voting Rights Act to expanding presidential immunity, dismantling abortion rights, empowering dark money, weakening federal protections, and enabling authoritarian power grabs, the conservative supermajority on the Court is radically reshaping American life without the consent of the majority.
Professor Leah Litman constitutional law scholar, legal commentator, and co-host of Strict Scrutiny joins The Left Hook to expose how the modern Supreme Court became captured by billionaire interests, right-wing activists, and partisan operatives masquerading as impartial justices.
Gov. Kemp (R-GA) signs law making elections in the Atlanta area's five big blue counties nonpartisan 😑
This tracks with Republicans switching North Carolina Supreme Court and Ohio Supreme Court elections from nonpartisan to partisan to give Republicans the advantage.
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The law applies to district attorneys, county commissioners and other elected officials in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties beginning in 2028. The law exempts sheriffs. Its unclear if it applies to the DeKalb County Commission.
The measures Republican supporters crafted it to make it harder for Democrats to retain power in the states most populous region, though they framed it as a path to depoliticize local government offices.
Still, they did little to distance the overhaul from their disdain of Willis, the Fulton County district attorney who led the unsuccessful election-interference case against President Donald Trump and his allies. Several co-sponsors referred to her during debate over the measure.
Georgia's governor signs a comically transparent law.
— Taniel (@taniel.bsky.social) 2026-05-13T00:11:30.192Z
It makes local elections in 5 big blue counties nonpartisan, to give GOP candidates a chance to win without a party label in places like Atlanta.
And it doesn't change anything in the rest of the state, for red counties to know who's GOP.
South Carolina Republicans defy Trump's demands for redistricting
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/south-carolina-republicans-defy-trump-redistrictingAs Republicans scramble to redraw key districts after the US supreme court rendered ineffective a major section of the civil rights law that prevented racial discrimination, Shane Massey, the Republican majority leader in South Carolinas senate, argued in an extraordinary address that doing so would be against the interest of his state.
Tennessees Republican-dominated legislature moved last week to eliminate the states one Democratic, Black-majority congressional district. Louisiana has postponed its state primaries, with its Republican governor and attorney general arguing it could no longer use its current districts.
But on Tuesday afternoon, legislators in South Carolina rejected plans to follow suit, with the states senate voting 29-17 two votes short of the two-thirds needed on the proposal. Five Republicans joined all Democrats in the chamber to reject the proposal.
Dems Don't Have to Take the SCOTUS Voting Rights Decision Lying Down (feat. Jamelle Bouie) - What Next Podcast
A redrawn Virginia electoral map looked like it could offset at least some red state gerrymanderinguntil the Virginia Supreme Court stepped in. But if Democratsin the commonwealth or elsewherehave a way to keep Republicans from redistricting themselves into permanent power, nows the time.
Guest: Jamelle Bouie, New York Times opinion columnist.
BREAKING: Three-judge district court in Alabama redistricting sets a one-week schedule for briefing after SCOTUS's Monda
BREAKING: Three-judge district court in Alabama redistricting sets a one-week schedule for briefing after SCOTUS's Monday order, citing an aim "that all Alabamians may timely and efficaciously exercise their constitutional right to vote." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-05-12T18:14:53.793Z
UPDATE 2: The second set of Alabama plaintiffs today filed a motion for an ex parte TRO â arguing that Callais doesn't upset their Section 2 VRA ruling because, again, of the finding of intentional discrimination. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-05-12T16:40:22.266Z
tl;dr: The three-judge district court panel is not done with this.
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-05-12T18:16:22.155Z
From the order:
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-05-12T18:17:35.936Z
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