Big new report from a coalition of voting rights groups: Our democracy is under real and urgent threat, from rampant disinformation and a surge in voter suppression legislation to politicians deliberately showing distrust in election outcomes in order to maintain… Continue reading

Mark Graber has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: he Congressional Globe, case survey, and constitutional commentaries clearly support the following conclusions. First, the constitutional disqualification of government officials who violated their oath of office was central… Continue reading

Protect Democracy release: Today, a federal court in Georgia greenlit a lawsuit against Dinesh D’Souza, Salem Media, Regnery Publishing, True The Vote, and True the Vote’s Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips (along with D’Souza Media) for peddling manufactured lies that… Continue reading

I haven’t seen the complaint, from from the description of the facts and lawsuit here, this lawsuit should not have much chance of success. If anyone has the complaint, pass it along and I will post here and provide additional… Continue reading

Including one involving election law professor Eugene Mazo. Richard Winger has the details.

California Governor Gavin Newsom is going to appoint Laphonsa Butler as the new Senator to replace Senator Feinstein, who died last week. Butler used to live in California and still owns a house here, but is currently a Maryland resident… Continue reading

Kermit Roosevelt oped in the LAT.

WaPo: Kari Lake, the GOP Senate hopeful from Arizona, still contests her narrow loss in the 2022 Arizona governor’s race and proclaims herself the state’s “lawful governor.” The former television newscaster also baselessly disputes President Donald Trump’s 2020 election… Continue reading