All posts by Ned Foley

New details on Trump’s efforts to get Acting AG Rosen to assist his election subversion efforts.

July 28, 2021, 4:38 pmDepartment of Justice, election subversion riskJanuary 6, The Big LieNed Foley

Washington Post reports. We know Trump wanted to overturn the result of the election. What we don’t (yet?) know is the full extent of the lengths he went in this effort and whether anything he did crossed the line… Continue reading

More reports on DOJ warnings to states

July 28, 2021, 4:19 pmDepartment of Justice, election subversion riskNed Foley

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A call for pro-democracy journalism

July 28, 2021, 4:11 pmelection subversion riskNed Foley

Margaret Sullivan in The Washington Post, explicitly invoking the work of Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein, calls for Big Media to reframe its approach: “The democracy beat shouldn’t be some kind of specialized innovation, but a widespread rethinking… Continue reading

Trump’s clout in a primary?

July 28, 2021, 3:59 pmprimariesNed Foley

The spotlight moves from Texas to Ohio, as Politico explains.

Arizona “audit” update: GOP go-between quits

July 28, 2021, 1:41 pmelection subversion riskNed Foley

NBC: Arizona’s former Secretary of State, Ken Bennett, is resigning his role in supervising the Cyber Ninjas on behalf of the state senate. Having been shut out of the process, he announced: “I cannot put a rubber stamp on… Continue reading

Georgia may not be done revising its election laws

July 28, 2021, 1:28 pmelection administration, election subversion riskNed Foley

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. The Georgia legislature is thinking of new ways to strip power from the Secretary of State’s office, another apparent rebuke to Brad Raffensperger. To be fair, the whole idea of elected partisans running elections… Continue reading

S1 v2: Senate revisits electoral reform

July 28, 2021, 11:55 amelection administration, political polarization, redistricting, voting, Voting Rights ActNed Foley

Washington Post reports on today’s meeting among Senate Democrats to bring forward new version of S1, the For the People Act, building upon Senator Manchin’s compromise proposal. There’s also the possibility of new provisions aimed at election subversion. But there’s… Continue reading

New DOJ warning on pseudo-audits & voting laws

July 28, 2021, 10:07 amDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActNed Foley

The Department of Justice issued two documents today: one on federal laws applicable to the kind of outsourced “audit” that Maricopa County, Arizona has been conducting; the other providing “guidance” on various federal laws potentially applicable to the changes in… Continue reading

Wrangling over info in NC continues

July 28, 2021, 8:05 amcourt decisions, Department of Justice, The Voting WarsNed Foley

Raleigh News & Observer on the latest court ruling in the tug-of-war between federal and state officials, as well as the press, over voting records in North Carolina.

An important post for an important initiative

July 28, 2021, 8:00 amtheoryNed Foley

The Ash Center at Harvard is seeking a Research Fellow to help guide a new initiative on Reimagining Democracy. Details here.

Two excellent podcasts on yesterday’s 1/6 hearing

July 28, 2021, 7:54 amelection subversion riskNed Foley

Luke Broadwater of the NY Times was on the Daily podcast and provided a superb overview and analysis of the political dynamics leading up to and surrounding yesterday’s hearing. The Lawfare podcast went even deeper into details, with Quinta… Continue reading

Eloquence

July 27, 2021, 7:28 pmvoting, Voting Rights ActNed Foley

On voting rights from Norman Lear.

DOJ Refuses to Defend Rep. Brooks

July 27, 2021, 6:44 pmelection subversion riskJanuary 6Ned Foley

Significant development in litigation over the Big Lie and its consequences.

1/6/21 versus 1/6/25?

July 27, 2021, 12:28 pmelection subversion riskThe Big LieNed Foley

As reports of today’s select committee hearing are starting to roll in (from The NY Times, The Washington Post, Politico, The Hill, and elsewhere), I’m struck by the fact that the ongoing threat to democracy is… Continue reading