All posts by Guy Charles

The Other Cause of January 6

June 10, 2022, 8:23 amUncategorizedJanuary 6, The Electoral CollegeGuy Charles

Cardozo Law Professor Kate Shaw in the Atlantic on the Electoral College. From the article: John Eastman. Rudy Giuliani. Donald Trump himself. These people all bear some responsibility for the events of January 6, 2021. But there is another… Continue reading

“U.S. Senate confirms Michigan’s Bagenstos to be Health and Human Services lawyer”

June 10, 2022, 7:44 amUncategorizedGuy Charles

Congrats Sam! Coverage of Sam’s latest accomplishment here.

Center for Political Accountability Issues Report on Corporations, Political Spending, and Democracy

June 10, 2022, 7:41 amUncategorizedCenter for Political Accountability; Corporations; Money & PoliticsGuy Charles

Bruce F. Freed and Karl J. Sandstrom have this post on the Center For Political Accountability’s report on corporations and democratic crisis. From the post: “Companies today face a moment of reckoning for their political spending. The crisis that confronts… Continue reading

“‘Trump Was at the Center’: Jan. 6 Hearing Lays Out Case in Vivid Detail”

June 10, 2022, 7:29 amUncategorizedJanuary 6Guy Charles

Luke Broadwater has this story for the NY Times. From the article: The House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the United States Capitol opened a landmark set of hearings on Thursday by showing video of aide… Continue reading

“Order To Redo Louisiana Maps Temporarily Halted By Circuit Court”

June 10, 2022, 7:23 amUncategorizedRedistricting; Louisiana, Voting Rights Act; Section 2Guy Charles

The Fifth Circuit has issued a temporary stay of the district court opinion in Robinson v. Ardoin. Here is a short story by Bloomberg reporter Meghashyam Mali. This development is not surprising. The question for me is whether the plaintiffs… Continue reading

“Dems meddle in Senate primary to advance hardline MAGA Republican”

June 9, 2022, 12:19 pmUncategorizedGuy Charles

Natalie Allison for Politico. From the article: “Colorado isn’t viewed as a prime Republican Senate pickup opportunity this fall — not yet at least.In the hopes of keeping it that way, Democrats are aggressively advancing the campaign of a… Continue reading

“Ten years later, California’s ‘top two’ primary isn’t always what it seems”

June 9, 2022, 12:10 pmUncategorizedCalifornia; Top-two primary; political partiesGuy Charles

John Myers has this piece in the LA Times. From the article: “The promises made by supporters of the top-two primary largely fell into one of three categories: increased participation by the state’s growing number of independent voters, a decrease… Continue reading

America’s Redistricting Process Is Breaking Democracy

June 9, 2022, 9:12 amUncategorizedredistrictingGuy Charles

This is a few days old but worth highlighting. In the New Yorker by Sue Halpern (@suehalpernvt). From the piece: “The redistricting process may seem arcane and academic, even negligible, but it is a foundation of representative… Continue reading

“The Law of Democratic Disqualification”

June 9, 2022, 9:03 amUncategorizedGuy Charles

A new law review article forthcoming in the California Law Review by Tom Ginsburg (University of Chicago), Aziz Huq (University of Chicago), and David Landau (Florida State University). From the abstract: Almost all constitutions, including our own, contain one or… Continue reading

“The Supreme Court Is Not Supposed to Have This Much Power”

June 9, 2022, 8:58 amUncategorizedJudicial Review; Judicial Supremacy; CongressGuy Charles

Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan for The Atlantic. From the piece: “Contrary to what many people have come to believe, judicial supremacy is not in the Constitution, and does not date from the founding era. It took hold of… Continue reading

“How South Dakota Voters Won a Power Struggle With G.O.P. Legislators”

June 8, 2022, 4:49 pmUncategorizedBallot InitiativesGuy Charles

Blake Hounshell wrote this piece for the NY Times. From the article: “Coming on the same night that voters in San Francisco ousted their lightning rod of a district attorney, Chesa Boudin — in what was widely interpreted as a… Continue reading

“Ill-fated DHS disinformation board pursued partnership with social-media platforms to censor content”

June 8, 2022, 4:38 pmUncategorizedDisinformation BoardGuy Charles

Stephen Dinan in the Washington Times. From the article: “The Department of Homeland Security’s ill-fated disinformation board would have been part of an effort to work with private social-media platforms to police their content, two senators revealed Wednesday, citing… Continue reading

The Supreme Court may take territories off the map of the US

June 8, 2022, 4:33 pmUncategorizedCitizenship; Territories; Insular CasesGuy Charles

Stephen Kinzer wrote this commentary the Boston Globe on the issues raised by Fitisemanu v. United States and the Petitioners’ request that the Court overrule the Insular Cases. From the piece: “May the United States rule foreign territories without granting… Continue reading

“Troy councilwoman pleads to federal criminal charge in ballot-fraud case”

June 8, 2022, 4:15 pmUncategorizedBallot FraudGuy Charles

Brendan Lyons for the Times Union. From the article: “A Troy councilwoman on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a felony criminal charge in U.S. District Court, becoming the first person snared in a federal grand jury investigation examining widespread ballot-fraud… Continue reading