Brasher currently sits on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, a position hes held for under a year. 'Q*T!G#1lsypb*a+ In a 2-1 ruling, a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit overturned a prior injunction against enforcing the state law which makes it a crime for a person to . December 1, 2012, 9:30 am CST. When adding senior judges to that count, the circuit has 11 GOP-appointed and nine Democratic. ARAnqh+H-$%}7y@gT(M DOJ is appealing an order restricting the review of records seized from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. x _L|MaLz,!;Q7`Oh*96"e]dU ), Trump Appeals Pick Clears Test Vote Despite Rights Opposition, Trump Renominates 11th Circuit Pick as Senate Returns for 2020, Majority of U.S. Appeals Courts Have GOP-Appointed Edge (2), Trump Poised to Flip 11th Cir., Election Law on Tap (Corrected), Andrew Brasher was opposed by Democrats, civil rights groups, Trump flipped the Eleventh Circuit, which is central for voting rights. These 13 courts wield considerable power, usually providing the last word on rulings appealed from lower courts on disputes involving federal law. 1) Democrat = reliable liberal, but Republican doesn't always equal reliable conservative. In a 6-4 decision, the court overturned a lower court's finding that a Florida law violated felons' voting rights by requiring them to pay fines, restitution and legal fees after serving time and before casting ballots. It's surprising that Alabama and Georgia, very conservative states, are ruled by such a leftist circuit court. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985 from the College of William & Mary, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa. If the two vacancies are filled, the court could become evenly split. The breakdown on that bench is now seven Republican-appointed active judges to six Democratic. For the Eleventh Circuit _____ No. The makeup of the 11th Circuit, with its majority of Trump-appointed judges, is among the potential challenges the Justice Department will confront as it responds to Cannon's decision. Does this surprise you? In its filing Thursday, the Justice Department said it planned to "provide its views on those issues" by the Friday deadline. 22-13025 . His appointees and their conservative colleagues made their presence known in a September 2020 opinion that allowed Florida to make it harder for felons to vote. I dont think so. I believe he will be an asset to our judicial branch on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Shelby said. That is more than any other president in the first two years of a presidency, according to Russell Wheeler, a scholar at the Brookings Institution think tank, although he points out that there are more appellate judges now than in the past. Judge Beverly Martin, perhaps the 11th Circuits most liberal member, dissented and called the jails conditions flagrantly unconstitutional. And in recent years, legal experts have pointed to rulings from Kavanaugh and Grant's respective courts the Supreme Court and 11th Circuit as undercutting the premise that federal courts operate apart from politics and partisanship. But it won't be. Circuit Court of Appeals is unhinged radical Biden's nominee for 11th Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, Nancy Abudu, is unhinged radical, conservative groups assert Conservative groups: Biden's nominee for 11th U.S. R. Travis Willingham (Vote Yes) . Shes been a reliable opponent of Trump judicial picks. %PDF-1.6 Republicans dismissed that criticism. Even if Trump fills both, Dems will still have an absolute majority. The 11th Circuit has 12 judges, seven of whom were appointed by Republican presidents after Lagoa's confirmation on Wednesday. [3] She received a hearing before the full panel of the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 13, 2014. One of the Rs was appointed by Donald Trump. Decisions of three-judge panels can be challenged to the entire circuit, but as I said, most cases aren't heard "en banc.". Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. The nine justices heard two cases on Tuesday that challenge the debt relief. In other words, is there a plaintiff that has standing? % Both are expected to cast reliably conservative votes on the court. This case in some ways is about what the role of courts is in our system to decide what the president can do and what the president cant do without Congress, Chris Walker, a law professor at the University of Michigan, told Yahoo News. The two appellate courts closest to shifting to Republican-appointed majorities are the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Nine more have been confirmed this year. Federal Georgia judge denies stay of preliminary injunction blocking federal contractor vaccine mandate after U.S. government withdraws request. Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Additional reporting by Andrew Chung; Editing by Will Dunham and Noeleen Walder. HWKsHWQhdoMMU5{M%%@h)9=lvh<>|x89}W7VVu?\[upn\tt[StWy}^WWo^RZ-nN++M JBidf'U yUVU+/-My&. A circuit court vacancy is created when a judge takes a form of semi-retirement known as senior status.. Usually we dont allow one person to step into anothers shoes and say, I think that that person suffered a harm, even if the harm is very great, she said Tuesday. Beverly Martin In a ceremonial courtroom adorned with statues of Moses and Hammurabi, Kavanaugh praised his 40-year-old former clerk's quick rise through the legal ranks from DC Circuit clerk to associate at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis, to solicitor general of Georgia, to justice on the state's supreme court, to judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. The Ninth Circuit saw an 86 percent reversal rate, with the Eleventh Circuit and D.C. This will be the third federal appeals court to flip control to a majority of Republican-appointed judges under the president. A three-judge panel voted 2-1 to uphold the injunction. For legal experts and reproductive rights advocates, it was a stunning abandonment of longstanding precedent that showed the real-world effect of Trump's judicial appointments, which deepened the high court's conservative majority to 6-3. An 11th Circuit three-judge panel on July 25 revived a civil rights lawsuit challenging the state of Alabamas move to prevent the city of Birmingham from increasing the minimum wage. The Senate confirmed yet another of President Trump's picks to a federal circuit court seat Wednesday in a vote that tilts the balance of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to a GOP-appointed majority. Oops, this content can't be loadedbecause you're having connectivity problems, Stay always informed and up to date with our breaking news alerts, - The Washington Times - Tuesday, November 19, 2019. In August, Biden went even further, authorizing the Department of Education to provide up to $20,000 in debt cancellation to students who qualified for debt forgiveness. William H. Pryor Jr. is the 58-year-old chief judge of the 11th Circuit. Here, then,is a list. This is a solid leftist circuit and will be for some time to come. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. When President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, Democrat-appointed judges held a 20-9 edge in the 9th Circuit, which made it a go-to court for Democrat challenges with a jurisdiction of 60 million Americans. Pryor was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In honor of black history month, let's play a Connecticut legal trivia game. Eleventh Circuit(Ala., Ga., Fla.): This court has four Rs and eight Ds and no vacancies. The Senate Democrats and their left wing allies are attacking one of the presidents judicial nominees for his legal work on behalf of his clients, Mike Davis, the president and founder of the conservative Article III Project. Alex Swoyer can be reached at aswoyer@washingtontimes.com. So far, theyre well on their way.. Nev., Ariz., Alaska, Hawaii): The Ninth Circuit covers a huge area, and there have been many proposals to break up the circuit into two, always resisted by the minority party, who fears that the majority party would pack the new court. endstream What surprised me the most after examining this data is how few courts could shift from Trump appointments. 106 0 obj After Kallons nomination died on the vine, the newly elected Trump nominated Newsom to fill the vacancy. Biden v. Nebraska was brought by six Republican-led states Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina that argue Bidens plan creates a direct injury because it would result in lost tax revenue for each state. Most times, cases are not heard "en banc" that is, by the entire circuit. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aided by fellow Republicans in the Senate, President Donald Trump is rapidly filling vacancies on U.S. appeals courts, moving some that had liberal majorities closer to conservative control in an ideological shift that could benefit his administration. [2] Both of Georgia's senators refused to return the "blue slips" on her nomination, effectively blocking the nomination. ): The First Circuit has four Democrats and two Republicans and no vacancies. On Tuesday, conservative justices seemed to express doubt that the law allows it. President Donald Trumps plan to quickly reshape the nations federal appeals courts has taken hold in Atlanta, with the infusion of two conservative jurists and another one on the way. 91 0 obj I dont think we got any great answers on that today about where the justices are at. Beverly Martin Ideology Scales from Conservative to Liberal of All Active Judges 1. William Pryor 2. Circuit Court of Appeals, with the years of their appointments and the presidents who nominated them. United States Court of Appeals . Adalberto Jordan 8. Its my opinion that this agenda is designed with a clear intention to keep communities of color, young people, and returning citizens from voting, Gillum said on a call with reporters. 2) Circuits with Democratic or Republican majorities can issue contrarian decisions. A Look at 11th Circuit Court Judges The Associated Press November 17, 2000 The federal appeals court considering George W. Bush's constitutional challenge to vote recounts in Florida's disputed presidential election includes four judges selected by Bush's father when the elder Bush was president. Tjoflat was appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1975, six years before the court split into two separate circuits. In that role, for example, Brasher signed Alabamas amicus brief to support a conservative position in the landmark Supreme Court case Shelby County v. Holder. Or do we let a president use a really narrow part of a statute we dont think Congress wouldve ever intended to be used this way to do something different?, The Biden administration is using a statute [the HEROES Act of 2003] that was designed to provide relief from student loan requirements for military or other national emergencies. This out-of-the-mainstream legal organization represents a sliver of America's legal profession - just four percent - yet over 80 percent of Trump's circuit court nominees, and a significant number of his district court nominees, have been Federalist Society members. While political affiliation isnt an indicator alone of how a judge might rule, it reflects what a president wants in an appointment. By the way, "four Democrats and two Republicans" is shorthand for four judgesappointedby Democrats and two judgesappointedby Republicans. You have to have a wave of Democratic-appointed judges taking senior status for Trump to have any hope of flipping the 9th Circuit, University of Pittsburgh School of Law professor Arthur Hellman said. For the first time in more than three decades, Republican-appointed judges will soon occupy nearly half the seats on the left-leaning 9th Circuit Court of Appeals -- dealing a setback to . Circuit Court of Appeals concluded was so broad and so vague that it could prohibit anti-abortion or anti-immigration advocacy. This table contains a listing of current judicial vacancies by court. But in its appeal Thursday, the Justice Department said the national security assessment could not be "readily segregated" from the criminal investigation. Why such high rates? Don't mess with Texas. Ninth Circuit(Calif., Wash., Ore., Idaho, Mt. Sept. 11, 2016 5 AM PT The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, has long been the court conservatives love to hate. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. If confirmed, Kallon, a federal judge in Birmingham, would have been the first African-American from Alabama to sit on the Atlanta appeals court. With the addition of Judge Luck, the circuit now has six active Republican-appointed judges and six Democratic-appointed ones. Alabama has asked for a rehearing, which would be heard by the entire 12-judge 11th Circuit if the request is granted. With a Republican House, Republican Senate, and Republican president, such a bill can be passed. Amid uncertainty about the ruling, intelligence agencies have temporarily paused the "critically important work" of assessing the national security threat posed by Trump's handling of government materials, the Justice Department added. Trump has filled two vacancies on the 11th Circuit withformer Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Elizabeth Branch and former Alabama solicitor general Kevin Newsom. These are really complicated cases and unless the court all agrees there isnt standing and even then theres going to be at least some members of the court that would dissent on that. Brasher is the first Trump nominee in 2020 to win circuit court confirmation and the 51st overall of his presidency. Obviously the three more progressive justices [Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor] have no interest in that. And this potential flip could be crucial to religious freedom. Trumps Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, appointed 55 in eight years as president. Still, she said, "I really think that, in most cases, judges aren't creatures of the party that puts them on the bench. [8] She took the oath of office on October 6, 2014. It surprises me. In the 12 months leading up to March, 31, 2015, just under 12,000 cases were filed in the 9th Circuit more than 4,000 more than the next-largest circuit, the 5th Circuit. R. Lanier Anderson 13. Edward Carnes 3. The Supreme Court, with its conservative majority restored by Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch last year, in June upheld the travel ban policy. Ninth District Court of Appeals, Place 2, General Election . Phyllis Kravitch 16. The district court found that it had diversity jurisdiction un-der 28 U.S.C. The realignment on the Eleventh Circuit may be important for election law cases, which frequently arise in the three states it covers: Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. They say his work on cases involving voting and LGBT rights in his role as Alabamas solicitor general make him unfit for the role. Federal judges commonly reject the notion that they're politically aligned with the president responsible for their lifetime appointments. BREAKING: 11th Cir upholds but narrows injunction against Biden COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractor workforce. Leonard Leo, who took leave from his role as executive vice president of the Federalist Society to advise the White House on judicial nominations, said there is tremendous desirability to flipping circuits that are majority liberal activists. But Leo said that every White House is subject to the vagaries of when a judge decides to retire.. We take very seriously the idea of separation of powers and that power should be divided to prevent its abuse, Chief Justice John Roberts said. Following 11th Circuit precedent, lower court judges dismiss most sexual harassment claims before they go to trial. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit temporarily blocked Senator Lindsey Graham from testifying before a special grand jury investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the. In recent days, senior department officials reportedly considered a number of less risky moves, such as asking Cannon to reconsider part or all of her ruling or requesting limits on the time and scope of the special master review. But the high courts liberal justices indicated skepticism about whether states had standing to file a lawsuit against the federal government in the first place. In a process resembling a Powerball drawing, a dozen ping pong balls,. endstream We hope they follow the 11th Circuit's lead. Luck cleared the Senate Tuesday by a 64 to 31 vote. One active federal judge, Carmen Consuelo Cerezo of the District of Puerto Rico, was appointed by Carter. endstream I feel very good about how its gone so far., AS COURT CHANGES, ONE THING STAYS THE SAME. With the opinion, Cannon effectively paused a key facet of the Justice Department's criminal inquiry into whether the former president violated the Espionage Act and other federal laws that bar the concealment, alteration, and destruction of government records. Frank Hull 5. The fate of President Bidens $400 billion student debt relief program is now in the hands of the Supreme Court, whose decision as to whether Biden overstepped his executive power could significantly impact the lives of over 40 million U.S. student loan borrowers. As pro-business as the 11th Circuit is, sexual harassment cases are on life support, Atlanta lawyer Lee Parks said. The second case, Department of Education v. Brown, was filed by the Job Creators Network Foundation on behalf of two Texas student loan borrowers who dont qualify for student debt forgiveness under Bidens plan. The 11th Circuit, which presides over Georgia, Alabama and Florida, often takes on some of the most hotly contested issues of the day:abortion, police brutality, gun control, immigration,the death penalty, gay rights, and discrimination and harassment in the workplace. [4] On June 19, 2014 her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. Last year,for example, the 11th Circuit ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not prohibit employers from discriminating against workers because they are lesbian or gay. Theyre trying to remake the courts for generations, if they can, University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias, who closely tracks judicial nominations, said. Most circuit courts are already so far left or right, and there are so few vacancies, that Trump can really affect the balance only on the Third Circuit. The reality is that the balance of the circuit courts will not be changed for some time to come, but the good news is that a surprising number of the circuits are already conservative. Some responses have been edited for length and clarity. Additionally, Pryor was formerly a member of the Lawyers Advisory Committee of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit as well as a member of the Executive Committee of the American Bar Association's Council of Appellate Lawyers.[2]. Long considered the most liberal court in America, the 9th U.S. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals is a perfect example of Trump's effect on the courts. Of course it would allow a huge, massive $400 billion program to go forward.. Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice, a liberal judicial advocacy group, expressed concern about Trumps appointments on the Atlanta appeals court. The countrys focus on the judiciary is now fixed on the U.S. Supreme Court, with Trump set to announce on Monday his nominee to replace outgoing Justice Anthony Kennedy. Circuit Court of Appeals has seven vacancies and Trump has already filled one. A screenshot of an en banc panel of the 9th U.S. The Richmond-based 4th Circuit is one of 13 appeals courts in the U.S. where virtually all federal cases are decided, except for the handful taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court. All of the dissenting judges were Democratic appointees. With the Republican-led Senate rapidly considering and confirming many of his judicial nominees, Trump already has appointed 26 appeals court judges. This button displays the currently selected search type. And now, Trump is replacing conservative judges on the 11th Circuit with even more conservative judges, he said. Biden's nominee for 11th U.S. <>stream Since taking office, Mr. Trump has confirmed two Supreme Court justices, 47 federal appeals court judges, and 112 federal district court judges. It will be the third federal appeals court to be turned to a GOP-majority under the presidents promise to remake the federal judiciary with a conservative bent. Senate Republicans confirmed one of President Trump's judicial nominees to the 11th U.S. The Supreme Court's shutdown of the 9th Circuit comes in the wake of dashed Republican hopes that former President Donald Trump would swing it in a more conservative direction. Justice Elena Kagan pressed Nebraska Solicitor General James Campbell on the connection between MOHELA and the state of Missouri. Pryor wrote "The majority today deprives the plaintiffs and countless others like them of opportunity and equality in voting through its denial of the plaintiffs due process, Twenty-Fourth Amendment, and equal protection claims. Obviously, this can change over time as vacancies appear, but the partisan balance of the circuit courts aren't going to change dramatically any time soon. But it won't be the last. A federal court in Ohio on Tuesday allowed a Michigan state law that bans paid transportation to the ballot booth to take effect in an order. The repayment of federal student loans has been paused since March 2020, during the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and Biden extended the pause for a sixth time, through June 2023. Among them were fifth circuit rulings upholding a . 102 0 obj Circuit close behind at 83 percent and 80 percent, respectively. 133 (b). (He) is nominating individuals who have troubling records on issues ranging from workers rights, to womens rights, to being on the side of big corporations rather than consumers and everyday people, she said. Vacant seats on the Court are filled by Judges appointed by the President of the United States of America. With lawmakers in Georgia, Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan considering similar bills, it's likely more courts will be called on to decide whether platforms have a First Amendment right to moderate content on their sites. It was a point Kavanaugh made at the August 2018 swearing-in ceremony for Grant. [9], In Jones et al. Trump and conservative allies have criticized the 9th Circuit for high-profile rulings against his administration including over the legality of the presidents ban on people entering the United States from certain Muslim-majority countries. 4 Opinion of the Court 21-13542 . The fate of President Biden's $400 billion student debt relief program is now in the hands of the Supreme Court, whose decision as to whether Biden overstepped his executive power could significantly impact the lives of over 40 million U.S. student loan borrowers. 2018 Florida Amendment 4 permitted former felons to vote, however Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law that required former felons to pay all legal fees before being eligible to vote again, despite some of them not knowing how much they owed. Stay up to date with what you want to know. Their rulings can be challenged before the U.S. Supreme Court, but most such appeals are turned away because the top court typically hears fewer than 100 cases annually. In an order widely criticized for its dubious claims about executive privilege and unusual solicitude to Trump's demands, Judge Aileen Cannon blocked federal prosecutors from further examining the materials until an outside arbiter known as a "special master" completed an independent review. The change took place when Judges Robert Luck and Barbara Lagoa received commission. On the bench, Tjoflat can be a formidable force during oral arguments, hurling one hypothetical question after another at backpedaling attorneys. The Justice Department asked Cannon to exclude all documents with classification markings from any special master review while its appeal is pending before the 11th Circuit. Anthony Anthony Alito Jr., the son of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, was enlisted in the U.S. Army Signal . The Ninth Circuit has a reputation for being a hard-left court, and that reputation is well deserved, with seven Rs and 18 Ds and four vacancies. Fifth Circuit. Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. But some pointed to practical considerations, including the current composition of the appellate court, as potentially weighing in favor of taking a path of less resistance to avoid a full-scale appeal that could further hinder the criminal investigation. Eleven of the courts handle cases from specific multi-state regions, one handles cases from Washington, D.C., while another specializes in patent cases. Sixth Circuit(Mich., Ohio, Ky., Tenn.): This circuit has eleven Rs and five Ds, and three of the judges were appointed by Donald Trump. Judge Robert J. Jill A. Pryor Lawyer Profile on Martindale.com", "President Obama Nominates Jill A. Pryor to Serve on the US Court of Appeals", "President Obama Re-nominates Thirty-Three to Federal Judgeships", "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Jill A. Pryor, of Georgia, to be U.S. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary hold in October, and there are . Opinions like this have a way of growing legs," she said ahead of the Justice Department's filing Thursday. Judge Lagoa is expected to be confirmed later this week, flipping the active amount of judges to seven GOP appointed and six Democratic. President of the United States since 2021, US Supreme Court justice since 2010 (born 1960). The name of the incumbent, the reason for the vacancy, the vacancy date, the nominee (if applicable), and the nomination date. Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have made packing the courts with conservative judges a top priority. "But if you're in the 11th Circuit, you're maybe not too happy having this opinion sitting out there. Grants nomination has been opposed by civil rights and anti-abortion groups. ): The Third Circuit has five Rs and seven Ds and two vacancies. endobj If you experience technical problems, please write to, Socialism is crushing and killing Venezuela's poor. Flipping courts that have solid Democratic-appointee majorities will be difficult for Trump. By general law, the district courts have been granted the power to review final actions taken by state agencies in carrying out the duties of the executive branch of government. 11. Trump's first flip was of the Third Circuit, which gained a Republican-appointed majority in July. Circuit Courts of Appeals. A close split, but no opportunity to improve at present. Issued Date: 02-27-2023 Case#: 21-13232 Docket#: 1:18-cv-25474-RAR Type: NEW MSP Recovery Claims, Series LLC v. United Automobile Insurance Company "There's some sense that progressives, who have a different view of how the judiciary should operate, have been ascendant." Question: Of the Connecticut based law firms with more than 50 lawyers, name the One of the core issues in both cases is whether Biden can use a 2003 law in order to create the debt forgiveness program,and whether a national emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic is sufficient grounds for a president to issue a blanket cancellation of federal student loan debt. President Joe Biden speaks about the authorization of the Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11, in the South Court Auditorium . The higher court reversed six of seven decisions by the fifth circuit in the 2019-2020 term and five of seven decisions in the 2020-2021 term. Courthouse in Cincinatti is the home of the often-reversed 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. But he said it will be up to those same clerks and his wife, Marcia, to give him honest appraisals of his mental fitness.When I start to slip, Tjoflat said, itll be time to hang it up., When asked about his appointment to the bench more than four decades ago, Tjoflat replied, It still seems like yesterday.. Brasher also clerked on the Eleventh Circuit and argued before the Supreme Court three times as Alabama solicitor general. The population in the two circuits, which include Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, is around one-fifth Black. She has served as President of the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers and as Chair of the State Bar of Georgia's Appellate Practice Section. <>stream The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals is made up of Active Judges and judges who retired to Senior Status but remain on the bench. For the position in NY-E, Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf has been appointed as Director of the . And the high court ultimately ruled 5-4 that a key section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act was unlawful. The swearing-in ceremony was a celebration of just one of the six judges former President Donald Trump would appoint by the end of his term to the 11th Circuit, an appeals court where his. Like the Fifth Circuit, it's an oasis of conservatism. Larry Klayman appeals the district court's orders denying his . The 11th Circuit has also made it extremely difficult for plaintiffs to prevail in hostile work environment claims. He has been a judge in lower Florida courts since 2013. Each year, the Court receives roughly 7,000 to 8,000 petitions for certiorari, but only about 80 are granted and set for argument. The law is viewed by Democrats as a voter suppression measure.. As you see President Trump flip these critically important federal circuit courts and transform the judiciary, it reminds Republicans and conservatives why elections matter, Mr. Davis said. 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