Voting laws trial begins by zeroing in on how new regs affect Native Americans
Much of Monday’s testimony focused on election security and fraud in Montana, with both sides offering a different perspective on the issue.
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Much of Monday’s testimony focused on election security and fraud in Montana, with both sides offering a different perspective on the issue.
A trial is underway in Yellowstone County over three new Montana election laws. Plaintiffs focused their first arguments on barriers to voting in Indian Country.
Federal district court will decide if the South Dakota county must apply the new plan in this year’s general election or may delay its rollout
Flickr John Wesley Powell is famous for his explorations of the Colorado River in the late 19th century. Scholars today are discussing what he would think about the river and its use. Renegotiations around the use of the Colorado River are on the horizon for seven western states, including Utah. On Thursday, scholars in the state held a panel to discuss how explorer John Wesley Powell would think about water and land policies today. Powell is seen as a utilitarian, according to Robert Keiter, a law professor at the University of Utah. He along with U professors Robert Adler and Daniel McCool...
The Washington, D.C., siege has Western roots and consequences History and the growing power of right-wing extremism point to a volatile future for the West during the Biden presidency. Image credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images Analysis Jan. 8, 2021 From the print edition Five years and four days after armed militiamen took over the Malheur Wildlife Refuge, a remote federal wildlife preserve in eastern Oregon, for 41 days, supporters of President Donald Trump stormed and briefly occupied the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. It’s not hard...