“What Judges Should Know About Election Law” — A Q & A with Me in “Judicature” About How Judges Should Prepare for Election 2024
You can read it here.
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Knight Election Law Forum on Sept. 5
This looks to be an excellent discussion (registration required):
Join us Sept. 5 for the first in a series of Knight Election Law Forums, a collaboration between Knight Foundation and the American Bar Association’s Task Force for American Democracy.… Continue reading
“RFK Jr. won’t appear on New York state presidential ballot after court rules he’s not a resident”
ELB Book Corner: Bob Bauer: “A Common Question about ‘The Unraveling’”
I’m pleased to welcome Bob Bauer to the ELB Book Corner, writing about his new book, The Unraveling. Here is the first of three guest posts:
Since the publication of my book, The Unraveling, I have been… Continue reading
JD Vance Says Proposal to Give More Votes to Parents with Children Was a Mere “Thought Experiment”
So does that mean he would not support the actual proposal? Watch:
Vance on ABC struggles to defend his comments about giving parents extra voting rights as a mere "thought experiment" and not something he seriously meant pic.twitter.com/mBIH2i4c32—… Continue reading
Luttig and Johnson on MSNBC About Certification and the Risk of Election Subversion
From the 8/8 “Deadline White House” with Nicole Wallace:
Judge Luttig: Without a question, a score of more of American lawyers played an ignoble role in the 2020 effort by the former president to overturn that presidential election. And, the… Continue reading
“Harris may need less of popular vote to win electoral college”
WaPo:
In 2020, Joe Biden won the national popular vote for president by 4.5 percentage points, a seemingly safe margin that should have easily put him in the White House.
But under the hood, the presidential race was extremely close.… Continue reading
“Foreign TikTok Networks Are Pushing Political Lies to Americans”
Revelatory WSJ report:
Intelligence officials have warned that the 2024 presidential contest could face an unprecedented flood of fake news, fueled by AI, from foreign actors. A Journal analysis of videos on TikTok has found it’s already happening.
Amid… Continue reading
Monday August 12 Wikimedia Foundation Online Event: “Legal and Policy Perspectives on How to Combat Disinformation in 2024 Election Cycles”
I’m looking forward to participating in this event put on by the Wikimedia Foundation (free registration required):
Monday, August 12
Join us for a discussion on tackling fake news and misinformation during the 2024 elections, focusing on legal and policy… Continue reading
Thanks to Spencer and Tabatha; Rick Pildes Blogging Next Week
Thanks again to Spencer and Tabatha for the great job blogging these past few weeks. Rick Pildes takes the seat on Monday, so please send any tips and comments his way. Then I’m back in the saddle as primary blogger… Continue reading
I Spoke with WNYC’s “On the Media” About Why the Biden-Harris Switch is Not “Antidemocratic” and Potential Legal Issues with the Switch
You can listen here.
Moments after President Biden withdrew from the presidential race on Sunday, GOP leaders rushed to tug at any loose threads in his withdrawal. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson threatened legal challenges to his withdrawal,… Continue reading
Trump Campaign Complaint About Harris Using Biden-Harris Campaign Funds Is Unlikely to Get Anywhere at the FEC or In Court, and If It Does It Will Likely Take Years
The New York Times reports that the Trump campaign has filed a complaint at the FEC against Kamala Harris for using the Biden-Harris campaign funds for her own campaign following Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 race.
Most campaign finance lawyers… Continue reading
I Spoke with Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance for Their Podcast on Legal Issues Surrounding the Biden Withdrawal
You can listen here. It was a great conversation.
My New Forthcoming Article: “Reckoning with the Undead Irreparable Injury Rule”
I have written this draft article, forthcoming in the Review of Litigation festschrift for Doug Laycock. Here is the abstract:
This article is written for a festschrift honoring the scholarship of Professor Douglas Laycock. In his most important work in the… Continue reading