Elias Law Group

The Supreme Court struck down a law limiting coordinated spending by political parties in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission, a decision criticized by Democrats and left-leaning groups as favoring donors and special interests. The author argues the ruling could strengthen political parties, reduce reliance on super PACs, and improve transparency in campaign finance.

A Maine Superior Court judge upheld the Secretary of State's decision to invalidate an anti-transgender ballot referendum due to improper signature collection by out-of-state petition circulators. The referendum, which sought to limit trans students' access to school sports teams, bathrooms, and locker rooms, fell about 500 signatures short of the legal threshold.

The Florida Supreme Court rejected an emergency petition to stop Gov. Ron DeSantis’ redistricted congressional map from taking effect. The Equal Ground Education Fund filed the petition, arguing the map violates Florida’s 2010 Fair Districts Amendments, but the court declined to intervene, allowing the map to remain in place for upcoming elections.

North Carolina's Republican National Committee secured a legal victory requiring the state to remove noncitizens from voter rolls based on jury duty records where individuals acknowledged not being U.S. citizens. Superior Court Judge Jennifer Bedford approved the consent judgment, establishing a process through 2028 for county clerks to report such cases to the elections board, though some Democratic-aligned groups objected to publishing the information online over privacy concerns.

The Republican National Committee secured a legal victory requiring North Carolina to remove noncitizens from voter rolls by using jury duty records. The state's elections board must review information from county clerks about people who claimed noncitizen status to be excused from jury service and remove those individuals from voter registration lists.