As regular ELB readers know, I’ve characterized the problem of Trump’s “Big Lie” about a “stolen” 2020 election as an electoral version of the kind of “paranoid” strain of American politics that Hofstadter classified the Red Scare version of McCarthyism… Continue reading
Politico has a story on a new federal lawsuit raising a constitutional challenge to the procedures that California uses for its gubernatorial recall. The lawsuit follows upon a NY Times op-ed from last week by Erwin Chemerinsky and Aaron Edlin,… Continue reading
I’m circling back to a post that Rick Pildes did on the role of competitiveness in the drawing of new congressional maps for Colorado. Here’s one more point along the same lines, based on the numerical analysis that Election Law… Continue reading
This Washington Post column builds on a numerical comparison of 2020 House and Senate elections that the Election Law at Ohio State team has developed. In addition to the example of Georgia discussed in the column, it’s worth considering the… Continue reading
As much as I’m concerned about the risk that on January 6, 2025 there will a successful subversion of the popular vote caused by an abuse of the procedures set forth in the Electoral Count Act, I’m concerned about other… Continue reading
Not exactly like an Olympic relay, but a couple of weeks ago I received the hand-off from Dan Tokaji and now I’m passing it on to Derek Muller. Please send any tips to him. I’m looking forward to his posts.
The Hill reports on Manchin’s conversation on CNN. I haven’t had a chance to watch the video yet, but when I do I’ll look to see if the separate idea of a “talking filibuster” came up.
Balz observes that new details on the period leading up to January 6 will be crucial to developing a full picture of Trump’s efforts to deny Biden his victory: “The new information is a reminder … that not everything he… Continue reading
Politico reports on latest developments concerning revisions to the Voting Rights Act, but as with the broader HR1/S1 For the People Act it all depends on filibuster reform.
So argue Dave Daley and Mike Parsons: “Whatever else Democrats decide to do with election reform before the recess, they should put partisan gerrymandering to a vote ASAP.”
I agree wholeheartedly that Congress needs to act now to ban… Continue reading
NY Times reports. This news is not directly about election law, but I consider it worthy of note here because of its potential implications for the 2024 presidential election. None of us know whether Trump will attempt to repeat… Continue reading
Politico’s story includes a link, so we can all read the notes ourselves.
Two quotes in Politico’s summary seems especially damning to Trump: “Sir we have done dozens of investig., hundreds of interviews, major allegations are not supported by… Continue reading
The Washington Post provides additional details relating to today’s public release of DOJ notes showing Trump’s effort to overturn the result of the 2020 election. One interesting detail is that Trump did not want to stop this release because he… Continue reading
NY Times reports on notes that Richard P. Donaghue, a DOJ deputy to Acting AG Jeffrey A. Rosen, took of a conversation with then-president Trump. DOJ has turned these notes over to the House Oversight and Reform Committee. According to… Continue reading