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Judge blocks feds from using immigration database to check voter eligibility Original

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By Natalia Contreras Verified, Brandon Formby Verified
| Texas Tribune Verified
This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletters here. A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration’s overhaul of an immigration verification system to check voter eligibility across the nation, striking down a central pillar of the government’s efforts to exercise more federal control over elections.
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U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sides with Texas man, rules it’s not a crime for marijuana users to have guns

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By Lindsay Whitehurst Verified, Jaden Edison Verified, Sneha Dey Verified, Brandon Formby Verified
| Texas Tribune Verified
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court sided Thursday with a Texas marijuana user who wants to legally own a firearm, the latest in a line of firearm cases from a court that has expanded gun rights. The justices, in a unanimous decision, sided with Ali Danial Hemani, who argued that a law barring guns from anyone who uses drugs illegally violates the Second Amendment. Hemani wasn’t charged with any other crimes or accused of using the weapon under the influence.
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The Texas GOP wants closed primaries. Here’s what that would mean for voters.

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By Natalia Contreras Verified, Brandon Formby Verified
| Texas Tribune Verified
This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletters here. During the Texas Republican Convention last week, Gov. Greg Abbott publicly backed a push to close primaries and require voters to register with a party. “We are going to make clear that in the future, only Republicans vote in Republican primaries,” he said Friday, addressing the convention in Houston.
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