Feb. 7 Brookings Event: “Assessing the Impact of Generative AI and Other Online Threats in a Historic Election Year”
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All posts by Rick Hasen
“Florida rejects books on voting, Tuskegee airmen for museum’s storytime”
Sun Sentinel:
Florida’s Department of State tossed out the entire slate of books recommended by the civil-rights Grove Museum for the first six months of its 2024 monthly storytime program for young children, including books on voting rights and Black… Continue reading
Trump Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Supporting Constitutionality of Florida’s Social Media Law
“‘Officer of the United States’ in Context”
Smart Sam Bray at Volokh, which leaves me wondering why Trump’s lawyers devoted so much time and prime brief real estate to this argument:
I have not been deep in the weeds of the arguments about Section 3 of the… Continue reading
Federal District Court Issues Order Explaining Why South Carolina and the SC Democratic Party Did Not Violate Cenk Uygur’s Rights in Keeping Him Off Presidential Primary Ballot
This court issued this order on January 16 but it was only brought to my attention now. I also understand that the Fourth Circuit has denied Uygur’s request for an expedited appeal.
This is potentially relevant for the Trump disqualification… Continue reading
“Crosspartisan coalition calls on presidential candidates to reveal their campaign ‘bundlers'”
“Pro-Biden PAC launches $1 million campaign to pay social media influencers”
Politico:
LaToi Storr, a 42-year-old content creator and lifestyle blogger based in Philadelphia, normally posts Instagram and TikTok videos of local restaurants and skincare tips, mingled with some community-focused material on Black mental health care.
Last fall, she started posting… Continue reading
“Do You Have the Right to Vote?”
Jamelle Bouie at the NYT opinion blog.
“A GOP state lawmaker who participated in the 2020 alternate elector strategy has introduced bill that aims to give state legislature sole authority to appoint presidential electors.”
Here we go.
ARIZONA—A GOP state lawmaker who participated in the 2020 alternate elector strategy has introduced bill that aims to give state legislature sole authority to appoint presidential electors. Background: https://t.co/lbmbc0CD8j https://t.co/qzHl7KyFZh— Yvonne Wingett Sanchez (@yvonnewingett) January 22, … Continue reading
Supreme Court Won’t Interfere in Michigan Case Finding that Its Independent Redistricting Commission Likely Engaged in Racial Gerrymanders in Drawing Legislative District Lines Around Detroit
Via Chris Geidner:
And, this application out of Michigan — https://t.co/hS5GNOOWmm — was denied. There were no noted dissents. pic.twitter.com/MvOHHSgYq2— Chris “Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) January 22, 2024
Here‘s the docket for the case. The Commission has… Continue reading
“Part of new NC election law ruled likely unconstitutional, in loss for Republicans”
WRAL:
Some of the new changes to elections laws that Republican state lawmakers passed into law late last year are likely unconstitutional and should be blocked from going into effect — at least until problems with North Carolina’s same-day registration… Continue reading
“Recusal as Remedy: Disincentivizing Donors”
Benjamin Edelstein and Sara Benesh have written this article for State Politics & Policy Quarterly. Here is the abstract:
As judicial elections become increasingly expensive, recusal has emerged as a way to address concerns about the impartiality of judges who… Continue reading
“Iowa Medicaid process likely leaves poor off voter rolls, violates federal law, advocates say”
News from the States reports.
“Here Is One Way to Steal the Presidential Election”
Lessig & Seligman NYT oped:
What happens when you stress-test America’s system for electing a president? How well does it hold up?
After the assault on the nation’s Capitol three years ago, we worked through every strategy we could… Continue reading