“Can Proportional Representation Create Better Governance?”
John Carey & Oscar Pocasangre have this new paper at Protect Democracy.
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ELB 5:7: Rick Pildes: The Two Ricks Discuss the Trump Immunity and Hush Money Cases
New ELB Podcast:
How should we understand the Supreme Court’s questions in the Trump immunity case?
Will the Court let Donald Trump go to trial for 2020 election interference based just on his acts as a candidate and not… Continue reading
“Trump-nominated FEC leader: let political donors hide their identities”
Raw Story:
A Donald Trump-nominated Federal Election Commission leader wants to make it easier for political donors to hide their identities — a major impediment to post-Watergate interpretations of political transparency that allow anyone to see where politicians are getting… Continue reading
“The Justice Department has filed 18 statements of interest and amicus briefs in federal district courts and courts of appeals since January 2021 supporting the right of private parties to file suits under the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act to protect the right to vote.”
So notes this DOJ press release.
“Local Election Officials Survey — May 2024”
“False ad depicting Dade Phelan with Nancy Pelosi could inspire new anti-deepfake legislation”
Texas Tribune:
A recent “deepfaked” ad targeting House Speaker Dade Phelan could inspire further legislation to crack down on doctored imagery in political ads.
At the end of Monday’s hearing of the House Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging… Continue reading
Jerry Goldfeder Column on “Saving Our Republic”
“Third parties will affect the 2024 campaigns, but election laws written by Democrats and Republicans will prevent them from winning”
Barry Burden for The Conversation.
I Spoke to Jessica Levinson’s “Passing Judgment” Podcast About My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”
We also talked a bit about the Trump trials and my Cheap Speech book. It was a great conversation with my former star student. Listen.
“The Roadmap for Fair Reports in 2030: A Summary of the 2023 National Citizen Redistricting Commissioners Conference”
“How a post falsely claiming migrants are registering to vote spread to millions in four weeks”
NBC News:
The rumor started as a post on X.
The post published in early April misrepresented federal data from the Social Security Administration to falsely suggest that hundreds of thousands of migrants may have registered to vote in Pennsylvania,… Continue reading
“Trump, Repeating 2020 Election Lies, Will Not Commit to Accepting 2024 Results”
NYT:
Former President Donald J. Trump told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Wednesday that he would not commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election, as he again repeated his lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him.… Continue reading
“Opinion: The many campaign finance violations divulged in Trump’s hush-money criminal trial”
Ciara Torres Spelliscy at Law and Crime.
May 3 Conference: “The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times”
I’m looking forward to attending and speaking at this Knight First Amendment Institute conference on Friday (live and online).
I’ll be presenting my paper, From Bloggers in Pajamas to The Gateway Pundit: How Government Entities Do and Should Identify … Continue reading