5/31/23 In Hans von Spakovsky's article Election Integrity 2022 in Review: More Improvements Than Damage he shows how across the nation voter integrity has mostly improved; although there were a few states such as Maryland, Rhode Island, and Wyoming that weakened their voter integrity laws.
Quick stats:
- The states that improved voter integrity laws brought the score up by 50 and the states that decided to weaken voter integrity laws brought the score down by 5 leaving a net improvement of 45.
- National Score: 3,005/5,100
- Highest Score: Tennessee 84/100
- Lowest score: Hawaii 26/100
- Iowa: 70/100
- Illinois: 49/100
This illustrates that conservatives often do better than they think they are doing. It is believed that many, if not all of the recently enacted voter integrity laws were made as a result of the 2020 election that many believe was stolen and Dinesh D'Souza in his documentary 2000 Mules proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was stolen from Donald Trump.
Update 3/23/23: The Heritage Election Scorecard was recently updated with Ohio making a huge leap of 10 points in its score to 76/100. news ref In 2000 Mules there were 5 swing states discussed Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, Arizona, and Pennsylvania. As of today, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Wisconsin have all gone up slightly in their voter integrity scores since 2021.
Update 5/31/23: The Heritage Election Scorecard was updated. The score is now + 76/ -6 with a net improvement of +70 since 2021.
Articles and Links
- Daily Signal 1/5/23: Election Integrity 2022 in Review: More Improvements Than Damage
- Daily Signal: Election Scorecard: Interactive Charts
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Cathy Miller wins in California Superior Court
10/23/22 On Friday, 10/21/22, California Superior Court Judge Eric Bradshaw ruled that DFEH was prohibited from compelling Cathy Miller to violate the 1st Amendment by forcing her to support something which she does not agree.
Worded differently, the law cannot be used to compel someone to say something that they do not want to say as this violates the 1st Amendment. ref, pdf
See also: Hot cases to watch part 3
Updates in three First Amendment cases
10/20/22 OREGON: Sweet Cakes by Melissa
COLORADO: Phillip's Masterpiece Cakeshop Autumn Scardina vs. Masterpiece Cakeshop and Jack Phillips
This is an update on the status of the third and ongoing case against Jack Phillips who has been active . . . [more]
Recent developments in three same sex marriage cases
2/5/22 OREGON: Sweet Cakes by Melissa
This is bad news for the Kleins and upsetting to hear. The persecution against the Kleins for their Christian faith for the past 9 years needs . . . [more]
Colorado District Court rules against Jack Phillips
6/16/21
6/15/21: Colorado District Court rules that Jack Phillips violated Colorado's Anti Discrimination Act when he declined to make a custom cake that celebrated a gender transition. ref
ADF has said they will appeal the decision. ref ADF says the Barronelle Stutzman is still pending appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court.
see also: Hot cases to watch part 3
Jack Phillips in court again for refusing to create cake celebrating gender transition
3/24/21
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Voter Integrity Improves Significantly since 2021
5/31/23 In Hans von Spakovsky's article Election Integrity 2022 in Review: More Improvements Than Damage he shows how across the nation voter integrity has mostly improved; although there were a few states such as Maryland, Rhode Island, and Wyoming that weakened their voter integrity laws.
Quick stats:
Huge movement to protect parental rights across the U.S.
4/23/23 Legislation of all sorts that protects parents rights to protect and shield their children from radical gender ideology has passed or is pending in all but three states in the U.S. ref.
To see recent pro-family legislation in your state go to https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights
Texas Border Wall as of January 2023
1/30/23 Texas is at the forefront of states protecting its border from the invasion at our Southern Border with Mexico. Florida is a close second. Texas is the state to watch for innovations and determination to secure its border whether by declaring an invasion and activating the National Guard on 11/14/22, negotiating with the governors of Mexico in April 2022 for increased security to deter illegal migration ref or erecting 130 miles of border barrier (72 miles of eight foot tall fencing with razor . . . [more]
Colorado Court of Appeals Rules Against Jack Phillips
1/28/23 01/26/23: Colorado Court of Appeals rules Jack Phillips discriminated against Autumn Scardina. ref This decision was made by Justices Dunn, Schutz, and Grove. ADF says they will appeal.
The last time this case was heard before the Colorado Court of Appeals was on 07/07/15 and it took the court just over a month to issue a ruling. The Decision was authored by justices Taubman, Loeb, and Berger. The case was finally resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court nearly 3 years later. This time it took . . . [more]
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