The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 11, 2026

With Time Running Short, All Eyes on SCOTUS Rulings for Trump USPS Mail-In Ballot Cases; MO Blocked - Again - From Using 2025 Congressional Map
With more states poised to distribute mail-in ballots, all eyes are on the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on President Trump’s USPS order for mail-in voting eligibility. September 10th the high court again blocked Missouri from using a gerrymandered 2025 map in November. 

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

U.S. Supreme Court - Filing by 23 States and League of UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE v. CALIFORNIA, et al., and DONALD J. TRUMP, et al.,  v. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, et. al. 
U.S. Supreme Court -  (US Supreme Court's decision not posted as of filing time.  Check AmericanDemocracyMinute.org later on Sept. 10th. ) 
SCOTUSBlog- States, civic groups urge Supreme Court to leave order in place prohibiting Trump administration from implementing parts of mail-in ballot rule
U.S. Supreme Court - Docket with submitted briefs on Trump v. CA and USPS v League of Women Voters

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - Court Battles Rage Over Trump USPS Mail-In Ballot Order As First Midterm Absentee Ballots are Sent Out in NC

American Democracy Minute - U.S. Supreme Court Denies MO Secretary of State’s Appeal on Redistricting Ballot Measure, But a New Federal District Court Ruling Conflicts

Groups Taking Action:

League of Women Voters, Association of Americans Resident Overseas, US Vote Foundation, OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates

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#News #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #USPS #Missouri #RedistrictingReferendum #MailInVoting #LWV
#USPostalService #SCOTUS #USSupremeCourt

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 10, 2026

U.S. Supreme Court Denies MO Secretary of State’s Appeal on Redistricting Ballot Measure, But a New Federal District Court Ruling Conflicts
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh September 8th refused the Missouri Secretary of State’s appeal of a state supreme court ruling. It allows a redistricting ballot measure to go forward and a fairer congressional map used in November.  But it may not be over.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:
SCOTUSBlog - Justice Kavanaugh turns down request from Missouri to use congressional map expected to aid Republicans
US District Court for Eastern Missouri - Restraining Order Requiring Use of 2025, Not 2022 Map
Missouri Supreme Court – Decision in Richard von Glahn v. Denny Hoskins, in His Official Capacity,
Missouri Independent – Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote
U.S. Supreme Court – Emergency Stay Request in  Denny Hoskins v. Richard von Glahn

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - Missouri Supreme Court Rules Pro-Voter Redistricting Ballot Measure Must Be Added to the Ballot;  Secretary of State Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court

American Democracy Minute - (May) Missouri SOS Still Apparently Scheming to Derail November Ballot Initiative to Overturn New Gerrymandered Congressional Map Splitting Kansas City

Groups Taking Action:

People Not Politicians, Campaign Legal Center

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#News #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #Missouri #PeopleNotPoliticiansMO #DennyHoskins #USSupremeCourt #TrumpGerrymandering

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 9, 2026
Brian is out "doing democracy" today.  This is a rebroadcast of February 24, 2026.

‘These are The Times that Try Men’s Souls’ About Which the Founders’ Warned, Former Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig Says in Speech 

In a February 17th speech before the New York City Bar Association, retired 4th Circuit Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig cited several of America’s founders, who anticipated demagogues who might try to dismantle the republic.  But he also spoke of the country’s resilience in the face of such attacks.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

New York City Bar Association - Speech by Judge J. Michael Luttig
New York City Bar Association - Transcript of Remarks of Hon. J. Michael Luttig on Receiving Honorary Membership (Includes footnotes for quotations of America's founders)

Groups Taking Action:

New York City Bar, American Bar Association, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State 

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 8, 2026

Missouri Supreme Court Rules Pro-Voter Redistricting Ballot Measure Must Be Added to the Ballot;  Secretary of State Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court
In a unanimous vote, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled September 3rd that a ballot measure rolling back a gerrymandered 2025 congressional district map must be placed on the Nov. ballot.  It directed that the 2022 maps be used in November, which the state has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

Missouri Supreme Court - Decision in Richard von Glahn v. Denny Hoskins, in His Official Capacity,
Missouri Independent - Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote
U.S. Supreme Court - Emergency Stay Request in  Denny Hoskins v. Richard von Glahn
Missouri Independent - Looming ballot deadline complicates GOP appeal of Missouri redistricting decision 

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - Missouri SOS Still Apparently Scheming to Derail November Ballot Initiative to Overturn New Gerrymandered Congressional Map Splitting Kansas City

American Democracy Minute - Does the Missouri Constitution Allow Ballot Initiatives to Change Voting Districts? Updates on Epic Battle Over Racially Gerrymandered KC Map

Groups Taking Action:

People Not Politicians MO, Campaign Legal Center, ACLU MO

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#News #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #Missouri #DennyHoskins #MOSupremeCourt #USSupremeCourt

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 7, 2026

Court Battles Rage Over Trump USPS Mail-In Ballot Order As First Midterm Absentee Ballots are Sent Out in North Carolina
Lawyers labored over Labor Day weekend to submit responses to the U.S. Supreme Court, after a Federal district judge blocked two more parts of President Donald Trump’s USPS mail-in voting order.  Briefs for an appeal to the high court are due September 8th.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

U.S. District Court for Massachusetts - LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MA, et al. v. DONALD J. TRUMP
SCOTUSBlog - Trump administration asks Supreme Court to clear the way for it to implement new mail-in voting rule

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - USPS Whistleblower Warns Portal to Verify Citizenship of Mail-In Voters Risks ‘Catastrophic Failure’ and Could ‘Derail the Midterms’

American Democracy Minute - Trump USPS Mail-In Ballot Order Now Faces 2nd Appeal, Now That ‘State Citizenship List Rules’ are Finalized.  The Clock is Ticking.
NPR - What to know about the mail-in voting fight at the Supreme Court

Newsweek - What the Supreme Court Justices Have Said About Mail-In Voting 

Groups Taking Action:

League of Women Voters, Association of Americans Resident Overseas, US Vote Foundation, OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State 

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#News #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #TrumpExecutiveOrder #MailInVoting #USPS #USSupremeCourt 

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 4, 2026

Tarrant County, TX Commissioners Close 92 Polling Places; Convicted CO County Clerk Tina Peters Withdraws from Shasta County, CA Job Offer

Just eight weeks from the midterm election, Tarrant County, Texas commissioners voted to close one third of the growing county’s polling places.   And in California, after Shasta County announced it hired felony-convicted Mesa County Colorado Clerk Tina Peters to help run its elections, Peters now says she didn’t accept the job. 

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:
Texas Tribune - Tarrant County removes 92 polling sites ahead of November election
KNVN - Shasta County ROV says he wants to hire Tina Peters next month
Gov. Gavin Newsom -  Post on 'X' regarding Tina Peters
Shasta Scout - Shasta elections official says Tina Peters won’t be working in Shasta

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - Tarrant County, TX Proposes Eliminating 93 Polling Places Just Before the 2026 Election for Financial Reasons.  Voters Aren’t Buying It.

American Democracy Minute - (2024) Colorado Election Official Who Allowed 2020 Conspiracy Theory Activists Access to County Voting Machine Data Found Guilty
American Democracy Minute - Five Years After the 2020 Election, More Election Denier Turmoil in Shasta County, CA

Groups Taking Action:

Common Cause California,  League of Women Voters Redding, Common Cause CO, States United Democracy Center, Issue One

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#News #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #TarrantCounty #Texas #ShastaCounty #California #TinaPeters #ElectionDeniers #VoterSuppression

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 3, 2026

USPS Whistleblower Claims Portal to Verify Citizenship of Mail-In Voters Risks ‘Catastrophic Failure’ and Could ‘Derail the Midterms’
A U.S. Postal Service whistleblower is warning that the new portal to be used to verify citizenship for mail-in voters, risks “catastrophic failure” and could “derail the midterms.”  The accusations were brought forward August 31st by U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal - Whistleblower Disclosure & Letter to Postmaster General
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal - Following New Whistleblower Disclosure, Blumenthal Demands USPS Provide Documents, Answers About "Shit Show" Process to Screen Ballots & Potentially Catastrophic Impact on Mail-In Voting
U.S. Postal Service - USPS Statement on Development of U.S. Federal Ballot Mail Portal 

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - (June 29)  Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration from Implementing Key Parts of Executive Order on Elections as Unconstitutional Overreach 
American Democracy Minute - (Aug. 26) In 6 to 3 Decision, Supreme Court Majority Stops Lower Court’s Ruling Blocking U.S. Postal Service Plans for Mail-In Voter Citizenship Verification   

Groups Taking Action:

League of Women Voters US, Democracy Defenders Fund, Common Cause

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#News #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #USPSWhistleblower #USPostalService #SenBlumenthal #TrumpExecutiveOrder #MailInBallots

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 2, 2026

Tarrant County, TX Proposes Eliminating 93 Polling Places Just Before the 2026 Election for Financial Reasons.  Voters Aren’t Buying It.
The Tarrant County, Texas Commissioners meet September 1st to vote on reducing polling places for the Nov. 3rd election by 93 locations.  In the last two years, the county serving Dallas and Fort Worth has been accused of racially gerrymandering its voting districts, and trying to suppress student voters.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

PBS NewsHour/AP - Plan to cut polling sites in major Texas county draws protests as Senate battle looms
Texas Tribune/Votebeat - (Aug. 6, 2026) Fracas over Tarrant County voting sites highlights public distrust over how elections are run
Spectrum News -  Tarrant County to vote on whether to close 140 Election Day polling locations
KDFW Fox 4 News – (2025)  SMU researcher says proposed Tarrant County redistricting ‘diminishes’ voting power 

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - (June 2025)  Apparent Racial Gerrymandering in Tarrant County, TX Draws Condemnation and a VRA Lawsuit.  The County’s Reply?  It’s OK. It was for Political Reasons.

American Democracy Minute - Tarrant County, TX, Already Embroiled in VRA Racial Gerrymandering Litigation, Cuts Election Day and Early Voting Precincts

Groups Taking Action:

Texas Civil Rights Project, Legal Defense Fund, League of Women Voters Tarant County

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#News #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #VoterSuppression #TarrantCounty #Texas 

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 1, 2026

Trump USPS Mail-In Ballot Order Now Faces 2nd Appeal, Now That ‘State Citizenship List Rules’ are Finalized.  The Clock is Ticking.
The U.S. Supreme Court lifted an injunction August 24th, blocking the U.S. Postal Service from checking citizenship of mail-in voters, because the rules had not yet been finalized, and states were not yet hurt. Now the rules are final, and the League of Women Voters filed another appeal in the First Circuit.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

League of Women Voters - Voting Rights Groups Move to Block Newly-Finalized Mail Ballot Rule
U.S. District Court for Massachusetts - Notice of Appeal
Votebeat - Trump’s mail voting restrictions would create logistical nightmare for midterm elections 

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - In 6 to 3 Decision, Supreme Court Majority Stops Lower Court’s Ruling Blocking U.S. Postal Service Plans for Mail-In Voter Citizenship Verification
American Democracy Minute - Making Sense of Latest Conflicting Appeals Court Rulings on Trump’s March Executive Order on Elections. Has Harm Been Done–Yet?

Groups Taking Action:

League of Women Voters, Association of Americans Resident Overseas, US Vote Foundation, OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State 

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Aug. 31, 2026

On the 63rd Anniversary of the March on Washington, ‘Defend the Vote’ Decries Erosion of Voting Rights and Gutting of the Voting Rights Act
On the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, civil rights and pro-democracy leaders spoke to supporters gathered for ‘Defend the Vote” at the Lincoln Memorial.  Speakers decried the erosion of voting rights by the Trump administration and the U.S. Supreme Court’s majority. 

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:
CSPAN - Video Recording of The March on Washington - Defend the Vote
March on Washington:  Defend the Vote - We Carry The Unfinished Work Forward

States Newsroom - Voting rights struggle continues, advocates say at March on Washington anniversary
The Hill - Civil rights groups make urgent plea for voting rights in DC, ahead of midterm elections 

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - With SCOTUS Appearing Ready to Strike Down More of the Voting Rights Act in 2026, MLK’s 1957 ‘Give Us the Ballot’ Speech is Still Relevant

American Democracy Minute - Louisiana v. Callais Didn’t Just Affect VRA Section 2 Protections for Black Americans; Hispanic, Native, and Asian-American Districts are Impacted, Too.

Groups Taking Action:

National Action Network, Drum Major Institute, Defend the Vote Supporting Organizations

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State 

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#News #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #VotingRights #VRA #DefendtheVote #MarchonWashington