This is an illuminating story from the Austin American-Statesman about the spread of misinformation. The context is whether President Trump would lose his pension, travel stipend, and other benefits if convicted in the Senate trial. The false information here is… Continue reading
While we are on the subject of how the structure of campaign finance laws and practices can affect democratic governance, I want to remind readers of the recent empirical paper Michael Norton and I published, which shows that the more… Continue reading
This is a new article by Michael Barber, which further confirms what we’ve known about which donors support the ideological more extreme candidates and which support more moderates. I’ve written about these issues and what we know empirically about them… Continue reading
One important direction for improving our election system is taking election administration out of the hands of partisan actors and moving toward more professional election administration, as in many other democracies. I wanted to flag this event I’ll be participating… Continue reading
CNBC and others begin the process of following the money:
The rally, officially known as the “March to Save America,” was largely organized by a 501(c)(4) group known as Women for America First. The organization was certified by the Internal… Continue reading
George Conway@gtconway3d · 1hIf I were a government attorney, and the president asked me to prepare pardon papers at this point, I’d be seriously concerned about being drawn into a criminal conspiracy if I complied.
The reason for such an impeachment would be then, after conviction, to disqualify that person from holding future office. Disqualification is a sanction that can be attached following impeachment and conviction.
The most prominent example of Congress having asserted such… Continue reading
Statement from Richard Pildes, Edward Foley, Rick Hasen, Lisa Manheim, and Nate Persily:
Given the levels of anxiety about the process for counting electoral votes in Congress, we want to clarify certain fundamental legal facts about that process. This clarification… Continue reading
Amy Gardner with a huge scoop:
President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call Saturday that legal scholars described as a… Continue reading
I was quite surprised to learn that my interview with Josh Tucker on these questions was far and away the most viewed piece on the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog in 2020.
I had done a similar interview in 2016… Continue reading
I haven’t seen much coverage of these measures that come out of the bipartisan Cyberspace Solarium Commission (which included executive branch members) Congress had created before the Solar Winds story broke. The NDAA includes 26 amendments the commission recommended on… Continue reading
From this resignation letter to Majority Leader McCarthy and RNC Chair McDaniel:
I have stated publicly numerous times that when entering the political arena, a person must be willing to accept winning and losing with grace and maturity. Having personally… Continue reading
I know it can be difficult to believe important legal issues are being resolved in some of this last flurry of cases, but they are. Yesterday’s federal district court decision in WI in Trump v. The Wisconsin Election Commission is… Continue reading