All posts by Guy Charles

“Raskin Says Merrick Garland Knows ‘What’s at Stake’”

June 12, 2022, 8:21 amUncategorizedGuy Charles

Taegan Goddard from Politicalwire. From the article: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said he believes Attorney General Merrick Garland knows “what’s at stake here” when it comes to a possible indictment of former President Donald Trump from the Department of… Continue reading

Conservative election attorney Ben Ginsberg to testify to January 6 committee on Monday

June 12, 2022, 8:14 amUncategorizedJanuary 6Guy Charles

Jamie Gangel reports for CNN.

How Journalists Wrestle With Covering Threats to Democracy

June 11, 2022, 6:13 amUncategorizedDemocratic backsliding; JournalsimGuy Charles

Blake Hounshell has this story for the NY Times on a new report by Protect Democracy that provides advice to journalists on how to cover democratic backsliding.

How and Why Justice Breyer (and Other Justices) Should Weigh in on the Independent-State-Legislature Notion Before Breyer Retires

June 11, 2022, 5:51 amUncategorizedIndependent State Legislature DoctrineGuy Charles

Vik Amar has this piece for Verdict. From the article: As I noted last week and major news outlets have also reported, the United States Supreme Court is poised next week to consider taking up the North Carolina partisan-gerrymandering… Continue reading

“Ginni Thomas pressed 29 Ariz. lawmakers to help overturn Trump’s defeat, emails show”

June 11, 2022, 5:44 amUncategorizedJanuary 6Guy Charles

Emma Brown of the Washington Post has this article on Ginni Thomas. From the article: Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, pressed 29 Republican state lawmakers in Arizona — 27 more than previously known —… Continue reading

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