Judge Stays Inside the Election Lane Boston-based U.S. District Judge Denise Casper, an Obama appointee, permanently barred the Trump administration from carrying out most of the president’s election executive order, including the part that would have required documentary proof of citizenship when people register to vote. Casper said the Constitution leaves election rules to states and Congress, not the White House. That is not a minor footnote. It is the sort of separation-of-powers fight that sends lawyers rushing to printers and everyone else to the coffee pot. The Justice Department said it will appeal, so the case now gets the familiar federal-court road trip. https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/2069828104206377204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw What Trump Tried to Change Trump signed Executive Order 14248 in March 2025, calling for what he described as free, fair, and honest elections and saying federal rules were not being enforced strongly enough against fraud, illegal voting, and late ballots. The order argued that states should safeguard elections and that noncitizens must not be able to register. It also pushed a proof-of-citizenship standard for voter registration, a step supporters see as basic paperwork and opponents treat as a national emergency. Bureaucracies do love a good crisis, especially one that keeps their power intact. The…

Manfred Says MLB Is Just Enforcing the RuleMajor League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred told Sen. Josh Hawley that the league is not singling out Christian players. He said MLB is simply enforcing a rule against writing on uniforms and equipment. That is the sort of tidy explanation corporations adore, right up until someone points out the league has been very creative about turning game gear into a billboard when the message suits the moment. In his letter, Manfred said the policy is meant to keep players from acting as messengers for political or social causes while they are in uniform. He also said the rule has long been part of the league's collective bargaining setup, which is a fancy way of saying the paperwork has been sitting there while the arguments catch up.https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/2069180415668326784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The Bible Verse That Triggered the FightThe dispute started when Giants pitcher Landen Roupp and relievers JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker wore hats marked with Genesis 9:12-16 during a Pride-themed game. Roupp said he wore the verse to share God's covenant, faithfulness, and mercy. Genesis 9 describes the rainbow as a sign of God's promise never to flood the earth again, so the symbolism was hardly subtle.…