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Major voting rights trial is unfolding in Texas: What to know

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Last week in Texas, a federal trial opened over whether Senate Bill 1, or S.B. 1, violates the U.S. Constitution Last week in Texas, a federal trial opened over whether a 2021 voting rights law in the state violates the U.S. Constitution. The suit -- brought on behalf of La Union del Pueblo, or LUPE, and other groups -- argues that certain provisions of Texas Senate Bill 1 have made voting more difficult, especially for less-educated, non-English-speaking and disabled populations in need of voting assistance. The trial began on Sept. 11 and is expected to continue for the next few weeks. S.B. 1 further empowers partisan poll watchers and further enhances ID requirements for voting by mail. It also bans balloting methods that places like Harris County, the third most populous county in the U.S. and the largest in Texas, implemented in response to COVID-19, such as drive-through and 24-hour voting . Harris County, home to Houston, has increasingly voted Democratic in the last decade ...

Judge says he is open to moving date of Trump's hush money trial

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The New York judge overseeing former President Trump's hush money case has signaled he is open to moving the date of the trial, currently scheduled for March. The New York judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's criminal prosecution involving hush money paid to adult actress Stormy Daniels signaled he is open to moving the date of the trial , currently scheduled for March, due to "the many recent developments involving Mr. Trump." Judge Juan Merchan, in a letter to defense attorney Todd Blanche, said he would schedule a hearing this coming February to consider whether it makes sense to move the trial . Merchan said he would no longer hold a conference to discuss the schedule in the next week, as had been planned. MORE: Timeline: Manhattan DA's Stormy Daniels hush money case against Donald Trump "In light of the many recent developments involving Mr Trump and his rapidly evolving trial schedule, I do not believe it would be fruitful for us to con...