David Cole analyzes the court’s ruling on voting by mail, and Rashad Robinson comments on the battle to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
The Paramount logo is displayed on a water tower at the Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
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Only two Justices backed Trump in the Court’s ruling blocking his efforts to enlist the postal service in restricting voting by mail in the midterms. David Cole explains why this is a huge victory, but far from the end of Trump’s effforts to undermine Democratic voting.
Also: The blue state attorneys general have succeeded in blocking the efforts of Trump’s allies at Paramount-Skydance from taking over Warners-Discovery, at least for now, but their lawsuit followed months of protests organized by, among others, Jane Fonda’s Committee for the First Amendment. Rashad Robinson has our analysis – his new book is From Presence to Power: How to take on the Fights that Matter – and Win.
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On this episode of Start Making Sense, David Cole analyzes the court’s ruling on voting by mail, and Rashad Robinson comments on the battle to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Only two justices backed Trump in the court’s ruling Monday night blocking his efforts to enlist the postal service in restricting voting by mail in the midterms. David Cole explains why this is a huge victory, but far from the end of Trump’s efforts to undermine Democratic voting.
Also: Blue-state attorneys general have succeeded in blocking the efforts of Trump’s allies at Paramount-Skydance from taking over Warner Bros. Discovery, at least for now, but their lawsuit followed months of protests organized by, among others, Jane Fonda’s Committee for the First Amendment. Rashad Robinson has our analysis—his new book is From Presence to Power: How to take on the Fights that Matter—and Win.
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Trump's efforts to interfere with voting, and with certification of the results, have not been successful. Rick Hasen of the UCLA Law School says “We're doing well on election protection”: the courts have been strong, the blue states have been a bulwark, and—most important—early voting has been big. Rick is also director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project and editor of the Election Law Blog.
Also: If the election goes roughly as the polls say it will, next Tuesday will mark the beginning of the end of the Trump era. Harold Meyerson comments, focusing on getting to 51 in the Senate—or, better yet, 52. Harold is editor-at-large of The American Prospect.
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