Stephen Spaulding

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is meant to be free from politics so they can focus on their mission- keeping Americans safe from everything from lead paint to pool drains. The President is undermining this crucial work - and the Court is letting it happen.

Important Just Security anti-corruption tracker documenting the erosion of oversight and accountability: justsecurity.org/117267/anti-co…

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is urging her colleagues on the bench to be more transparent as they make an increasing number of emergency decisions — including those involving President Trump. At an event in California, Kagan criticized how the court has handled a flood of…

American elections face varied and unpredictable risks, highlighting the need for resilient election infrastructure. In our latest report with @RSI, we outline specific measures state leaders can take to keep our elections safe. brennancenter.org/our-work/polic…

Yesterday Justice Kagan talked about the “most important thing” she had to say about the shadow docket: how it deprives litigants, judges, and the public of the Court’s rationale, using as an example SCOTUS’ order that greenlit the dismantling of the Department of Education.

BREAKING: Supreme Court revives key provision of the Voting Rights Act, allowing North Dakota tribes and voters to bring Section 2 challenge, for now Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch would deny the application @CourthouseNews

MODERNIZATION update in the House: Closed captioning services now available for House Committees - 98% accuracy rate - real-time captions on committee room screens - attendees scan a QR code to access captions on their phones/tablets funded by Modernization Initiatives Acct

The Supreme Court just gave the Trump Administration a green light to dismantle the bipartisan, independent Consumer Product Safety Commission. For decades, this agency worked to put consumer safety above corporate profits & protect children & families.

"There are voters like me who followed the rules, provided all the information election officials asked for when they registered to vote…. Please, do not remove the voices of registered North Carolina voters." - Mary Kay Heling, North Carolina voter testifying before Congress…