“Qatari foreign agents frequently donate to the congressional offices they lobby”
From the Washington Examiner. I suspect the practice isn’t limited to Qatar.
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Judicial elections at home and abroad
The Kansas City Star reports the latest on a plan to switch from merit elections to direct elections for the Kansas Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, the International Crisis Group summarizes the landscape ahead of Mexico’s impending June 1 elections, when the… Continue reading
“Controversial voting machine gaining use in NY elections”
Per the Times-Union, the controversy with the ES&S ExpressVote XL is the barcode used to tally results (which also drew the ire of President Trump’s executive order on elections, though the purported mandate with respect to voting machines… Continue reading
“Venezuela’s ruling party claims election win as opposition boycotts poll”
The BBC reports on the democracy mess in Venezuela.
You got me again
Hi, folks. It’s Justin again. As Rick mentioned, I’ll be your temporary guest host this week.
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NC elections, due process, and a friendly (?) amendment
Hi. Justin here. Rick Pildes just posted here about the significant federal due process problems with Friday’s state appellate opinion on the North Carolina state supreme court race.
I’ll go further: I think that the appellate decision raises a number… Continue reading
Antebellum fusion
Justin again. I had the “pleasure” of teaching Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party again yesterday. Timmons was a federal constitutional challenge to “anti-fusion” laws: laws preventing two parties on the ballot from nominating the same candidate (and thereby… Continue reading
9th Circuit affirms limits on AZ proof of citizenship laws
Justin here. A 9th Circuit panel is out with 156 pages’ worth of opinion in Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes, the latest in the battles revolving around Arizona’s laws requiring documentary proof of citizenship to vote. There’s (obviously) quite a… Continue reading
Pam Bondi, the 2020 election, Project 2025, and the Ku Klux Klan Act
Pam Bondi’s hearings start today. She’s applying for the job of Attorney General: the lawyer for the United States. Given the shifting loyalties and vindictive proclivities of the President-elect who has put her forward, every Senator has both an obligation… Continue reading
Back over to Rick
That’s me signing off as guest host, and delivering you back into Rick’s tender care.
Every time I do this for a moment, I’m reminded how much we owe Rick for the all-the-time. Rick, thank you for entrusting me with… Continue reading
“Trump says members of Jan. 6 committee should be jailed”
In his first post-election TV interview, on NBC.
In case you’re wondering, this is not, nor should it ever be confused with, normal. At least, not in a democracy.
“Trump Refuses to Concede 2020 Election: ‘Why Would I Do That?’”
In the same NBC interview.
There’s also (another) pledge to pardon Jan. 6 rioters on his first day. (And to end birthright citizenship – a portion of the Constitution, of course — on day one.)
“Election Day has long passed. In some states, legislatures are working to undermine the results.”
The AP notes a variety of ways in which legislatures may push back.
“Why Voters Rejected Election Reform”
Russell Berman digs in to the reform measures on the 2024 ballot, in The Atlantic.