Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Attorney Jenna Ellis on Tuesday became the fourth defendant in the Fulton County election interference case to strike a deal with prosecutors.
In exchange for her cooperation, Ellis pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting… Continue reading
Chris Geidner at Law Dork:
In a late-night filing Monday, Donald Trump’s lawyers argued that the special counsel’s D.C. federal case against Trump should be dismissed on multiple constitutional grounds.
The motion primarily relies upon an argument that there can… Continue reading
WaPo:
As Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) waged his battle to become House speaker, some House Republicans were uncomfortable with the possibility of having an election denier occupying the most powerful legislative seat in the U.S. government heading into a presidential… Continue reading
New Yorker:
In rural Coffee County, Georgia, three and a half hours southeast of Atlanta, at least a few employees of the election office agreed. After a recount of Georgia’s votes was completed, on December 4th, the county’s elections supervisor,… Continue reading
It was great to speak with Lisa Desjardins on the PBS News Hour Weekend about the risks to fair and safe elections in 2024 and the recommendations in our recent “24 for ’24” report on how to make… Continue reading
Clear-eyed and frightening—though Ian is more optimistic than I am. Great sense of where the risks of election subversion are in the U.S. today.
Worth a close listen.
This term, which was also shaping up to be a monumental one on social media companies and free speech, gets even more significant in light of this order in Murthy v. Missouri. Justice Alito, for himself and Justices Gorsuch… Continue reading
You can find the majority opinion (by two Democratic-appointed judge) and the dissent (by a Republican-appointed judge) at this link.
To oversimplify things a bit, the majority defined “corruptly” to include acting unlawfully. The dissenter viewed the term as… Continue reading