WRAL:
A panel of judges on Thursday granted Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s request to block a new elections law before voters head to the polls in 2024.
The ruling from the three judges — two Republicans and one Democrat —… Continue reading
WaPo:
Republican polling leader Donald Trump moved to deflect from criminal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election and from his own pledges to take revenge on his opponents if he returns to the White House, seeking to… Continue reading
Richard Winger:
On December 1, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor died. She had been one of the last justices to write anything favorable about minor parties. In 2005, in Clingman v Beaver, she wrote, “Although the State… Continue reading
Condolences to the family of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who passed away after a long illness.
Justice O’Connor was a trailblazer, the first woman Justice and a former state legislator. She came to her election law cases with a kind… Continue reading
This is a chilling, and sober and not hyperbolic, analysis:
It is hard to fault those who have taken Trump to court. He certainly committed at least one of the crimes he is charged with; we don’t need a trial… Continue reading
Another exhibit in the decline of SOS LaRose:
Secretary of State Frank LaRose offered an unusually blunt assessment while defending the ballot language he helped write for state Issue 1, the abortion-rights ballot measure that voters approved earlier this month,… Continue reading
NYT:
A Wisconsin judge on Monday dismissed a felony charge against a school board candidate who had posted a photograph on Facebook of a ballot with his name filled in.
In his ruling, the judge, Paul V. Malloy of Ozaukee… Continue reading
Horn writes:
As Hasen patiently explains, the case law on these matters has swerved hard right since the halcyon Warren Court days, perhaps because Republican appointees to the Supreme Court have at least acted as if they have been fueled… Continue reading
I’ll be on a panel with Joshua Sellers on legal issues and the 2024 election. You can register for a free livestream.
Conference schedule:
Agenda
Please scroll for descriptions of the conference panels.
8:55 amWelcome Remarks9:00 amPanel I — A Presidential… Continue reading