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@boltsmag.org is out with its 2026 State Supreme Court Elections guide, and everyone needs to learn about the 32 states - and 60 seats - that are up for grabs in either a regular election or a retention election.
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A must-read guide from @taniel.bsky.social about this year's state Supreme Court elections from coast to coast.
A conservative candidate lost in the April 7 election for Anchorage school board.
The big result in Anchorage this month, if you missed it two weeks ago: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
An early-April race for Anchorage's city council has ended in recount territory; liberal candidate up 41 votes over the conservative with all counted.
(In city's other races, liberals defended all the other seats they were already holding to keep council control.) alaskapublic.org/news/anchora...
Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned today, a week after this:
Tremendous resource by @taniel.bsky.social for folks interested in state supreme courts! boltsmag.org/your-state-b...
The 6 are: Former state AG and former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra; San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan; former U.S. Rep Katie Porter; Tom Steyer; Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond; and former LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Betty Yee, California's former controller, dropped out of the California governor's race today, bringing the number of prominent Dems running for the office down to six. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...
STATE SUPREME COURT ROUND UP: <AIRHORN> this is so useful
I sure will!
Fabulous resource!! Find your state and learn what’s at stake:
A comprehensive and really valuable guide by @taniel.bsky.social to the 32 U.S. states with supreme court elections this year:
I decided to write about at each & every one of the 32 states with supreme court elections this year.
Why? On abortion, redistricting, death penalty, & more, these institutions & their elections remain so critical.
So here's everything you need to know. NEW from me:
Let's go!
A different takeaway in this NYT article, focused on a different prism of issues and analysis of Radev’s win, plus: “he has filled his party list with sports personalities and technocrats who are decidedly pro-European in their outlook.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/w...
People who agree to a Fourth Amendment waiver give up protections against unreasonable searches and seizures, allowing police to search a person or their home at any time over years-long periods.
The pro-Russia EU-skeptic party appears to be winning a landslide victory in Bulgaria today.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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It’s a topic we thought Bolts readers may have a lot of questions about, so we turned to Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, a law professor and author of the new book “Your Data Will Be Used Against You.” Ferguson researched how modern policing is tracking personal data, and how digital surveillance technology can be weaponized to threaten personal freedoms. “You are, at best, a warrant away from having your most intimate personal details revealed to a government agent looking to incarcerate, embarrass, or intimidate you,” he writes in his book. Ferguson has agreed to answer questions from Bolts readers—so now we want to hear from you.
All of our personal data is increasingly tracked & surveilled. A new book (“Your Data Will Be Used Against You”) breaks it down.
We asked its author, @profferguson.bsky.social, if he'd answer your questions on the risks & what it means for politics & liberties. He agreed.
So ask him anything!
Something to keep in mind through the fall, I wasn't aware of it until this article — www.courier-journal.com/story/News/p...
Nadia refused a prison kitchen shift in Colorado. So she was locked in solitary for 30 days. Colorado voters banned prison slavery in 2018. But it continued. This year, a judge ordered the state to stop locking people in solitary for refusing to work.
On Tuesday, the Florida city of Coral Gables will decide whether to align local elections with higher-turnout races in November.
It’s one of several votes shaping local voting rights that we’re following this month:
Louisiana now makes it a crime for police to refuse ICE cooperation. Florida created a board to punish officials who don't comply with ICE. Texas forced nearly all sheriffs to become immigration enforcers. And the crackdown on resisting ICE is spreading.
Rest in Power to a major figure in the AIDS treatment activism in the 1980s, a time when many were indifferent or looking away.
The rise of the shadow docket in 2016 was followed in 2017 by another procedural trick from the Roberts Court, known as "Munsingwear vacatur," which they weaponized to wipe out progressive precedent without having to explain why. Profs. Lisa Tucker (my wife) and Michael Risch (he's not) explain. 1/2
This is the final day of early voting in Virginia, in advance of Tuesday's major referendum. Turnout could rival if not top turnout on the final day of early voting last fall, before the governor's race; it'll be interesting to see the numbers tonight/in coming days.
Big investigation about a very secretive institution
We have a serious problem with appellate courts not having district courts' backs on things like fact-intensive injunctions.
The Trump administration literally lied about the need for ballroom construction, and the appeals court is saying we like to be lied to.
This is a terrific article