“How Voting Works in the U.K. and France: Your Questions Answered”
Nuts-and-bolts at BOLTS.
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“ABA Task Force for American Democracy to hold listening tour event in Madison, Wisconsin”
Release:
The American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy will hold the fourth in a series of listening tour events Tuesday, July 9, with a program in Madison, Wisconsin, featuring local leaders, legal scholars and defenders of democracy. The… Continue reading
No, States Would Not Be Forced to Keep Biden on the Ballot If He’s Not the Democratic Party’s Nominee from the DNC
I have been seeing stories like this and this citing to a Heritage memo saying that in some states it would be hard for Democrats to list someone other than Biden on the ballot if Democrats nominate someone else at… Continue reading
“Federal Court Orders Mississippi’s State Legislative Maps to Be Redrawn”
Release:
A federal court has ordered Mississippi to redraw its 2022 state legislative maps in several areas after concluding those maps unlawfully dilute the voting strength of Black Mississippians.
Civil rights advocates challenged the maps and showed at trial that… Continue reading
“Special Counsel Is Said to Be Planning to Pursue Trump Cases Past the Election”
NYT:
The special counsel Jack Smith plans to pursue his two criminal cases against former President Donald J. Trump through the election and even up until Inauguration Day if Mr. Trump wins the presidential race, according to a person familiar… Continue reading
“Big wins for Trump and sharp blows to regulations mark momentous Supreme Court term”
AP:
Donald Trump and the conservative interests that helped him reshape the Supreme Court got most of what they wanted this term, from substantial help for Trump’s political and legal prospects to sharp blows against the administrative state they revile.… Continue reading
“Is Trump Now a ‘King’ Above the Law?”
I spoke with Australian Broadcasting Service’s News Daily podcast. Listen.
“Virginia certifies John McGuire as primary winner over Rep. Bob Good, who says he’ll seek a recount”
AP:
The Virginia State Board of Elections on Tuesday certified the apparent narrow defeat of Republican Rep. Bob Good, one of America’s most conservative congressmen, to a challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump in the state’s June 18 primaries.… Continue reading
“Democratic lawyers get ready: ‘If Trump wins, there will be chaos’”
Politico:
When Donald Trump issued a ban on travelers from some Muslim-majority countries just a week into his presidency, Democratic attorneys general were caught off guard. They hadn’t expected the policy, long promised by Trump on the campaign trail, to… Continue reading
“Architects of the Trump Supreme Court See Culmination of Conservative Push”
Carl Hulse NYT analysis:
Back in 2016, a colleague handed Donald F. McGahn II, then a top legal adviser to the presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, an appeals court opinion that eloquently and powerfully echoed much of what Mr.… Continue reading
Must-read Adam Liptak: “In a Volatile Term, a Fractured Supreme Court Remade America” (Gift Link)
Must-read Adam Liptak NYT analysis of the just-completed Supreme Court term:
Former President Donald J. Trump had a very good year at the Supreme Court. On Monday, the court ruled that he is substantially immune from prosecution on charges that… Continue reading
“Giuliani Disbarred From the Practice of Law in New York”
NYT:
Rudolph W. Giuliani — the former mayor of New York, top federal prosecutor and a longtime ally of former President Donald J. Trump — has been disbarred from the practice of law effective immediately, a New York State appellate… Continue reading
In New Supreme Court Social Media Case, Echoes of Citizens United on “AntiDistortion” and the Foreign Campaign Spending Ban, with Implications for Shutting Down Tik-Tok
I want to pick up a point first flagged yesterday by Eugene Volokh from yesterday’s decision in Moody v. NetChoice that could have relevance to new legislation, currently being challenged in court, that could ban Tik-Tok as being foreign owned.… Continue reading
The Supreme Court’s Irresponsible Murkiness Over Whether the President Could Remove His Attorney General by Poisoning Him in the New Trump Immunity Case
Under the Supreme Court’s ruling in yesterday’s Trump v. United States case, does an official act clearly within the power of the president to undertake become an “unofficial act” not subject to immunity if the President uses what would be… Continue reading