The Hound | June 30

Hi there,

It’s Tuesday. With July 4th on Saturday, a new poll finds drops in Americans’ pride in U.S. history and democracy with fewer prouder to be American. In some good news, the Supreme Court ruled the Fourth Amendment covers your location data, restricting the use of “geofence warrants.”

And the Supreme Court dealt Trump a direct rebuke: a 5-4 ruling — written by Trump's own appointee Amy Coney Barrett and joined by the court's three liberals and Chief Justice John Roberts — affirmed that states can count absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterward.

When a president's voting power grab is so extreme that his own Supreme Court picks are ruling against him, that is not a routine legal story. It is a flashing red light. Courts across the ideological spectrum have now found that Trump's election orders unconstitutionally violate the separation of powers and threaten the voting rights of seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and millions of others who rely on mail-in ballots.

🖊️ Sign the petition to call on the media to cover Trump's assault on voting rights not as a policy dispute, but as an unprecedented and repeatedly rejected power grab — one so extreme that even the Republican-appointed justices he put on the Supreme Court won't go along with it.

The public deserves reporting that makes the stakes clear before November, not after.

Read about this, and more, with today’s stories:

In a Rare Blow to Trump, the Supreme Court Just Saved Mail-In Voting—For Now (Mother Jones)

Supreme Court won't revive Alan Dershowitz's $300 million suit against CNN (PBS)

Supreme Court Rules Fourth Amendment Covers Your Location Data (The New Republic)

Americans’ pride in US history and democracy drops, and fewer are proud to be American, polls find (AP News)

Backlash from centrist Democrats as democratic socialist candidates sweep primaries (The Guardian)

Offshore Oil and Gas Rush Threatens Whale Corridors and Coral Reefs (Inside Climate News)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

P.S. Do you know someone who would appreciate The Hound? If you can, forward this email and encourage them to subscribe! Let’s stay informed, together.