NYT: The number of competitive congressional districts is on track to dive near — and possibly below — the lowest level in at least three decades, as Republicans and Democrats draw new political maps designed to ensure that the vast… Continue reading

Ross Douhat at NYT: I also admire Cheney’s direct anti-Trumpism, as I’ve admired it from Mitt Romney, and now even a little from Mike Pence. (Yes, it’s a low bar.) But if you believe, reasonably, that the immediate danger… Continue reading

From Politico Playbook: That storyline started Thursday with news of the impending RNC censure of Reps. LIZ CHENEY (R-Wyo.) and ADAM KINZINGER (R-Ill.) for participating in the Democratic-led House investigation of the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol. Then, it… Continue reading

This isn’t election-law related, but as a point of personal privilege, I want to highlight some parts of this excellent NYTimes Obituary of Yale Kamisar. Yale became my colleague when I began teaching at the University of Michigan Law School.… Continue reading

NYT: Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday offered his most forceful rebuke of Donald Trump, saying that Mr. Trump is “wrong” that Mr. Pence had the legal authority to change the results of the 2020 election and that the… Continue reading

NYT: The Republican Party on Friday officially declared the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and events that led to it “legitimate political discourse,” formally rebuking two lawmakers in the party who have been most outspoken in condemning the… Continue reading

More from the Axios story: An important shift is accelerating online: Many GOP primary voters now get their information directly from influencers including Candace Owens, Dan Bongino, Joe Rogan, Dave Portnoy, Charlie Kirk, Marjorie Taylor Greene — and websites including… Continue reading

From Axios: Paths to power and winning electionsinside the GOP are changing rapidly and radically, spawning a new generation of kingmakers while diminishing the clout of many who lorded over the party for years. Why it matters: Fourteen of the… Continue reading

From NBC: No top Nevada Republican has raised more doubts about the state’s elections system than U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt, the former state attorney general who still says the 2020 presidential race was “rigged” after having fruitlessly tried to… Continue reading

From American Oversight: Memos obtained by American Oversight show that in the weeks before Trump supporters in several states gathered to falsely proclaim themselves the true presidential electors in the 2020 election, legislative leaders in Arizona and Wisconsin… Continue reading