JSL – Court Extends PA Mail-In Deadline: 3 Days AFTER Election
Pennsylvania court extends the mail-in ballot deadline until 3 days after Election Day. On today’s Jay Sekulow Live , we discussed a court’s ruling that extends the Pennsylvania deadline for mail-in ballots to three days after the election. That could change the entire outcome of the election. It...
Political Discrimination by Employers Is on the Rise
In the months and days leading up to a presidential election, there is always an increase in political discourse. This year is certainly no different. It would seem that this election cycle is one of the most contentious in our history. In the past, political discourse and the free and respectful...
Radio Recap – Twitter “Fact Checks” President Trump
Twitter decided to, for the first time ever, “fact check” President Trump five months before the presidential election. On today’s Jay Sekulow Live we discussed Twitter’s first ever “ fact check ” of a public figure, President Donald Trump. President Trump had tweeted his very real concern over...
Can States Change Federal Election Voting Rules During A Pandemic?
Numerous questions have arisen regarding whether federal election voting rules could change if the Coronavirus pandemic persists into the fall. Questions have focused on the power of states and judges to unilaterally change either the date or the manner of elections. First, the date of the federal...
President Trump to Joe Biden: We're Not Postponing the Elections
What effect will COVID-19 have on the November 3rd elections? On today’s Jay Sekulow Live we provided exclusive analysis on the 2020 elections and discussed the silly idea that was posited by the Biden campaign that President Trump was considering postponing the November 3rd election. President...
Wisconsin’s Attempt to "Alter[] the Nature of the Election" Blocked
Democrats in Wisconsin sought to change election rules on the eve of its state election, but the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in and shut it down. Earlier this month, the state of Wisconsin made a historic move, of sorts, as the first state to hold an election at the peak of the global health crisis,
The States’ Power to Postpone Presidential Primaries
Given the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many states and localities are taking aggressive measures to combat the spread of the virus. In addition to measures banning large gatherings (we discussed the constitutional implications for churches here ), a number of states and territories have...
A Win for Electoral Integrity
Just ahead of the midterm elections, the Supreme Court has stopped President Obama’s latest attempt to block commonsense measures to ensure voter integrity. This past weekend the Supreme Court weighed in on Texas’s voter ID law refusing to block its implementation before Election Day. The Wall...
Stop UN Monitors & Voter Intimidation
United Nations election monitors are arriving in several states that could determine the outcome of this year’s presidential election. Liberal organizations are encouraging these U.N. monitors to go...
One Person, One Vote, No Exceptions
We would all like to believe that free and fair elections are a goal that those from all political stripes support. It seems to only make sense that all sides would want rules and procedures that prohibit those who are not qualified to vote from doing so. When a non-citizen votes, a citizen is...
Defend Voter ID Laws & Right to Vote
The right to vote is sacred and its integrity must be protected. More than a dozen states have passed voter identification laws – asking citizens to simply present the same kind of ID required when...
Supreme Court Halts Military Vote Law
The Supreme Court has refused to allow a military voting rights law to go into effect ahead of this year’s elections. The Court refused to grant an emergency stay to an appeals court ruling that prevented a series of legislative changes that would have given military personnel three extra days to...
Military Voting Rights Case to SCOTUS
Ohio’s Attorney General has decided to appeal a federal appeals court decision on a military voting rights law to the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision by the lower court could have far-reaching and disastrous affects on the voting rights of the men and women our armed forces. On Friday, the 6th...
Obama Suit Disaster for Military Vote
Why are 15, non-partisan, veterans groups opposing President Obama’s lawsuit against an Ohio law that allows military personnel three extra days to vote before Election Day? The President’s campaign claims he is merely trying to extend voting rights. The reason these military groups - representing...
Obama to Limit Military Voting Rights
President Obama, the Commander-in-Chief, has filed a lawsuit to prevent the men and women of our military from having every opportunity to vote this election. As outrageous as it sounds, this is exactly what has happened. President Obama’s re-election campaign has filed a lawsuit in federal court...
Why is the Commander-in-Chief Putting Up Roadblocks for Military Voters?
Why is President Obama - our nation's Commander-in-Chief - going after our U.S. military? Why is his re-election team putting up roadblocks for members of the armed forces when it comes to the upcoming election? As you may know, the President's re-election team has gone to federal court challenging...