“Only One Roadblock on the Road to Reform: Mitch McConnell”
The NY Times Editorial Board calls
HR 1 the “Merrick Garland of reform legislation.”
All posts by Justin Levitt
More on the Census Bureau’s collection of administrative citizenship data
The Washington Post goes
deeper on this story,
of the Census Bureau collecting administrative data (including citizenship
information) to bolster household-by-household census results.
“Texas’ desperate search for fraudulent voters”
Robert Brischetto catalogs
what Texas has found.
More on the prosecution of noncitizens voting in North Carolina
Sam Levine with followup
on some of the North Carolina federal
prosecutions of noncitizen voting.
And earlier, with a contrast
of Crystal Mason’s sentence for casting a ballot while on supervised release and
Paul Manafort’s sentence for tax and bank… Continue reading
Amicus Briefs Supporting Plaintiffs in the MD/NC Partisan Gerrymandering Cases Are In
H.R. 1 Coverage Roundup
House for DC Statehood
Eleanor Holmes Norton points out
that today is the first time the US House has endorsed DC statehood.
House Passes H.R. 1
Final vote: 234-193.
UPDATE: The text of the whole thing [will be] here. (As of 7:30pm ET on 3/8/19, the only text appears to be from an earlier version: the version actually considered is a combination of this… Continue reading
“125 Democrats and 1 Republican Vote to Lower Voting Age to 16”
The Daily Caller on Wednesday’s
(unsuccessful) vote on an amendment to HR 1 that would have lowered the
voting age to 16. This might also have
been unconstitutional, for the same reasons Derek
mentioned here.
“House votes in favor of illegal immigrant voting”
Well, that’s the Washington Times headline. But no, no they didn’t. They turned back an attempt to add a nonbinding (and likely unconstitutional) resolution (here’s a version of the text in last year’s Congress).
“America the Disinterested”
US News & World Report notes
the struggle to boost electoral participation beyond the fight over administrative
barriers.
“Paul Manafort sentenced to about 4 years in prison in Virginia case”
In line with sentencing guidelines, prosecutors had recommended 19-24 years; Judge Ellis sentenced Manafort to 47 months.
As a reminder, this case (in Virginia) concerned tax fraud and bank fraud. The sentencing in Manafort’s DC case (after a plea… Continue reading
“A nanny state? Vermont town elects goat as honorary mayor”
I look forward to the expose.
“Justice Dept. to Step Up Enforcement of Foreign Influence Laws”
DOJ announces a step up in enforcement of statutes regulating foreign influence, including the Foreign Agents Registration Act … including a new team headed by a former Mueller prosecutor.
And a useful thread here explaining the import.