Jacob is a reporter at Democracy Docket and covers anti-Trump accountability litigation. He is from South Dakota and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism, English and political science from Augustana University. Before joining Democracy Docket, he covered breaking news at Axios.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted the court’s conservative majority Tuesday for a ruling that “debases the democratic process” by allowing Alabama to use a congressional map that the justices had previously found intentionally discriminated against Black voters.
President Trump tapped loyalist Bill Pulte, a top housing official, to serve as acting director of national intelligence, a cabinet position tasked with overseeing the U.S. intelligence community.
The U.S. Postal Service said in a yet-to-be-published proposed rule Friday that it’s drawing up plans to radically crack down on mail voting by sending ballots only to voters who are registered with the federal government.
A federal judge Friday temporarily barred the Department of Justice (DOJ) from moving forward with a massive $1.8 billion slush fund for President Donald Trump’s allies. Trump has claimed that the fund, which the DOJ abruptly created to resolve a bizarre lawsuit he filed against his own administration, will be used to compensate people who […]
New Hampshire Republicans’ attempt to prevent voters from using signed affidavits to comply with the state’s proof-of-citizenship requirement is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
As they aggressively weaponize federal law enforcement, President Donald Trump’s attorneys general are quickly amassing ethics complaints — and they don’t appear poised to stop anytime soon. Both acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and his predecessor, Pam Bondi, received a fresh round of formal accusations this week. Lawyers and advocacy organizations believe they violated the […]
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to move faster to fulfill an information request from Democrats seeking documents detailing possible plans to deploy immigration agents or military personnel to the polls this fall.
The Southern Poverty Law Center asked a federal judge to toss out criminal fraud charges filed against it by the Justice Department, arguing that the case is part of a “top-down, retributive campaign” by President Trump.
Texans are returning to the polls Tuesday to vote in several key statewide and congressional primary runoffs that will have major implications for voting rights and elections both in the state and nationally.
President Trump’s judicial nominees won’t state the simple fact: Former President Joe Biden won, and, by extension, Trump lost.
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