All posts by Dan Tokaji

“The Case That Could Blow Up American Election Law”

July 11, 2022, 6:50 amelection subversion risk, legislation and legislatures, Supreme CourtDan Tokaji

Tom Wolf and Ethan Herenstein of the Brennan Center in the Atlantic: Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority just last week took the next step in a little-noticed, but extremely dangerous, project: attempting to jam into law a radical… Continue reading

Lawsuit Challenging FEC’s Dismissal of Administrative Complaint on Alleged Violations by Trump’s 2020 Campaign

July 11, 2022, 6:42 amcampaign financeDan Tokaji

From Campaign Legal Center’s release: Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has filed a lawsuit in District of Columbia federal court, challenging the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) recent dismissal of an administrative complaint that CLC filed against the campaign committees of… Continue reading

“How the Supreme Court could make it legal to steal the next presidential election”

July 11, 2022, 6:32 amelection subversion risk, legislation and legislatures, Supreme CourtDan Tokaji

Jessica Levinson in MSNBC on Moore v. Harper: “Our conservative Supreme Court stands ready to allow states to legally steal presidential elections by blessing a right-wing legal theory called independent state legislature doctrine. It is not an overstatement to… Continue reading

“Jan. 6’s Tangled Web Of Extremism”

July 11, 2022, 6:27 amelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

538 on a database maintained by Mike Jensen of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START): In what he calls a “very active” year, Jensen says he might end up adding 300 individuals to… Continue reading

Bannon Agrees to Testify to Jan. 6 Panel

July 11, 2022, 6:17 amelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

NYT has this report. With his criminal trial for contempt of Congress approaching, Stephen K. Bannon, an ally of former President Donald J. Trump’s who was involved in his plans to overturn the 2020 election, has informed the House… Continue reading

Google’s Request for an FEC Advisory Opinion on Political Spam

July 11, 2022, 5:51 amcampaign finance, UncategorizedDan Tokaji

Business Insider reports on the July 1 request, on which public comments are reportedly due July 16: Google wants to ease its Gmail spam filters when political candidates and committees email you for donations or otherwise try contacting you… Continue reading

“How Redistricting Gives Republicans New Political Power”

July 10, 2022, 7:45 amredistrictingDan Tokaji

WSJ: Republicans are favored to take control of the House in this year’s midterm elections, and redistricting has given them a built-in advantage that could span the next 10 years.The GOP is expected to net a handful of… Continue reading

“Can election denialism be a winning issue in November?”

July 10, 2022, 7:40 amelection administration, election subversion riskDan Tokaji

The Hill: A number of Republican candidates who have pushed dubious claims about the last election, or questioned the legitimacy of elections, are winning their respective primaries, raising questions about whether election denialism can be a winning issue in… Continue reading

More on Cipollone’s Testimony

July 10, 2022, 7:33 amelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

From NYT and Politico, on the roughly eight hours of closed-door testimony that the former WH Counsel provided to the House Jan. 6 committee on Friday. NYT reports: The panel recorded Mr. Cipollone on video with potential plans to… Continue reading

“The Fight Over Truth Also Has a Red State-Blue State Divide”

July 10, 2022, 7:31 amcheap speech, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

NYT: In the absence of significant action on disinformation at the federal level, officials in state after state are taking aim at the sources of disinformation and the platforms that propagate them — only they are doing so… Continue reading

Shareholder Resolutions on Political Spending

July 10, 2022, 7:27 amcampaign finance, lobbyingDan Tokaji

Harvard Law School’s Forum on Corporate Governance has this post, based on information from Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc., on shareholder resolutions regarding corporate political spending during the 2022 proxy season: More shareholder resolutions were filed in the 2022 proxy… Continue reading

“Trump considers waiving claim of executive privilege for Steve Bannon”

July 9, 2022, 7:10 amelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

WaPo: Former President Donald Trump is considering sending a letter to Stephen K. Bannon saying that he is waiving his claim of executive privilege, potentially clearing the way for his former chief strategist to testify before the House select… Continue reading

University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation

July 9, 2022, 6:11 amlegislation and legislatures, political polarizationDan Tokaji

NYT has this story on the University of Maryland School of Public Policy’s Program for Public Consultation, which has issued this report entitled “The Demand for Public Consultation.” Here’s the NYT’s summary of the program’s work: In simulations conducted… Continue reading

Cipollone’s January 6 Testimony

July 9, 2022, 5:40 amelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

Former WH Counsel Pat Cipollone spent over eight hours in closed-door testimony to the House Jan. 6 committee, according to Politico. Committee member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) told CNN that Cipollone “did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses,” but… Continue reading