All posts by Dan Tokaji

A Reichstag Moment?

July 16, 2021, 8:20 amelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

Dana Milbank on one of the revelations in Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker’s forthcoming book: [W]e know that 1933 was very much on the mind of the nation’s top soldier, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.… Continue reading

“From Qualified Immunity to Voting Rights, the Supreme Court Guts Civil Rights Laws”

July 16, 2021, 8:12 amVoting Rights ActDan Tokaji

David Gans: “the Supreme Court has decimated landmark federal civil rights legislation designed to protect constitutional rights, end racial injustices, and check state abuse of power.”

Networking Event for AALS Election Law Section Members

July 16, 2021, 7:58 amelection law bizDan Tokaji

From Section Chair Michael Morley: Dear Colleagues of the Section on Election Law,I hope you have been doing well this summer! Especially since so many professors still must restrict their travel due to COVID, we thought it would be nice… Continue reading

“Manchin Says No Filibuster Exception for Voting Rights Bill:

July 16, 2021, 7:37 amlegislation and legislatures, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Bloomberg: “Senator Joe Manchin said he wouldn’t carve out an exemption to the chamber’s filibuster rule for voting rights legislation, effectively dashing chances that Democrats could maneuver around Republican opposition to overhauling the nation’s elections laws.”

A Historical Perspective on the Current Voting Rights Battles

July 16, 2021, 4:47 amVoting Rights ActDan Tokaji

From Jamelle Bouie: For as much as Jim Crow dominates our collective memory of voting restrictions, it is the attack on suffrage in the North in [the] last decades of the 19th century that might actually be more relevant… Continue reading

The Latest on the Arizona “Audit”

July 16, 2021, 4:31 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

Arizona Republic: Arizona Senate President Karen Fann said Thursday that the Legislature needs more materials and data from Maricopa County for an unprecedented and controversial review of 2020 election results that is deep into its third month….Also during the… Continue reading

Today’s Hearing on the Implications of Brnovich

July 16, 2021, 4:26 amlegislation and legislatures, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Here are the witness list, written testimony, and video link for the hearing before the house House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties at 1:00 ET. Scheduled to testify: Mr. Sean Morales-DoyleActing Director, Voting Rights… Continue reading

“Texas Democrats find voting rights are a tough sell as Capitol Hill turns its focus to Biden’s economic agenda”

July 16, 2021, 4:20 amlegislation and legislatures, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

WaPo reports: “Texas state legislators … arrived in Washington just as the congressional Democrats they are trying to prod into action on voting legislation have turned their full attention toward a trillion-dollar infrastructure deal and a potentially historic $3.5 … Continue reading

“Top generals mobilized on fears Trump wanted military post-election coup, book details”

July 15, 2021, 4:51 pmelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

NBC News on the revelations in Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker’s forthcoming book I Alone Can Fix It: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, worried that then-President Donald Trump would try to use the military… Continue reading

“American Airlines, other companies resume donations to Republicans who objected to election results”

July 15, 2021, 4:41 pmcampaign financeDan Tokaji

WaPo: According to a June report from the nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, more than $5 million in corporate or industry money has already gone to lawmakers who contested the election results or to aligned party… Continue reading

“How corporations give Republicans a massive financial advantage in state politics”

July 15, 2021, 8:40 amcampaign finance, legislation and legislaturesDan Tokaji

Popular Information on CPA’s report Conflicted Consequences: “Over the last decade, public corporations have given Republicans at the state level a financial advantage that exceeds $200 million, according to new research provided exclusively to Popular Information by the Center… Continue reading

Voting Rights Tensions Flare at Pérez Confirmation Hearing

July 15, 2021, 8:33 amlegislation and legislaturesDan Tokaji

Bloomberg reports on questions from Senators Cruz, Hawley, and others: Partisan controversy over voting rights flared at a confirmation hearing for a New York-based federal appeals court nominee who was questioned by conservative lawmakers over her record working on election… Continue reading

“On Voting Rights, Justice Alito Is Stuck in the 1980s”

July 15, 2021, 5:07 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Linda Greenhouse on Brnovich: Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion for the six-justice majority insisted that the law should pay little mind to the occasional “inconvenience” of casting a ballot. Justice Elena Kagan’s dissenting opinion, joined by two other justices, accused… Continue reading

“Biden must embrace his own logic on voting rights”

July 15, 2021, 4:50 amlegislation and legislatures, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

E.J. Dionne: Biden’s speech assailing “merchants of fear and peddlers of lies” was refreshingly candid about the threats posed to democracy. They include the violent Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Donald Trump’s scandalous falsehoods about the 2020… Continue reading