CNN: Civil lawsuits seeking to hold Donald Trump accountable for the January 6 insurrection can move forward in court, and the ex-President doesn’t have absolute immunity from litigation, a federal judge ruled Friday.Trump’s statements to his supporters before… Continue reading

WaPo: Holographic foil. Special ink designed to be sensitive to temperature changes. Nearly invisible “stealth numbers” that can be located only using special ultraviolet or infrared lights.Those are among the high-tech security features that would be required to be… Continue reading

Another example of the kinds of extreme arguments that Southern states have been making and that should have no chance of succeeding in the courts. But today, with this Supreme Court, unfortunately they have a decent chance. (Via Mark … Continue reading

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Politico: A federal judge on Monday moved to speed up efforts to supply Jan. 6 investigators with a crucial set of emails from John Eastman, the attorney who helped develop then-President Donald Trump’s strategy to subvert the 2020… Continue reading

After my earlier post on small donors in 2020 and the 2022 Texas’ governor’s race, I saw this NYT story. The subheading is in line with what that earlier story suggested: Mr. O’Rourke’s remarks during his 2020 presidential campaign shadow… Continue reading

Following up on this post, Jordan Wilkie notes the following in the majority opinion issued by the North Carolina Supreme Court yesterday: https://twitter.com/jojot_wilkie/status/1493621048046202881?s=20&t=le0TP64TsXpZrrea4FNqow Update: It turns out that the argument was made in the trial court, per Derek Muller… Continue reading

We made a small tweak to ELB yesterday that allows one to see the 6 (rather than 3) most recent posts in fuller format. You’ll need to clear your cache to see the change, and if you don’t clear the… Continue reading

Sarah Isgur has a long essay on Texas politics, at The Sweep, which is part of the The Dispatch and behind a paywall. The piece asserts that O’Rourke’s pursuit of small donors in his presidential bid led him to positions… Continue reading

WaPo: Both the Democrat and Republican seeking to oust Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) are calling foul on a proposal by GOP lawmakers that would prohibit fundraising while the legislature is in session.State legislators say the measure is fair only… Continue reading

Here’s my latest NYT piece, which endorses Alaska’s Top-Four primary structure, a reform the Alaska Supreme Court recently upheld. My piece is along similar lines to those in Ned Foley’s Washington Post op-ed on the potential of the new… Continue reading

Politico: The Republican National Committee’s attempt to unwind the controversy over its characterization of Jan. 6, 2021, as “legitimate political discourse” may have given investigators of the Capitol riot an underappreciated piece of the puzzle they’re assembling.According to… Continue reading

Via Westport News: Memphis voted to adopt RCV in 2008, but it’s never been employed, as a result of long-running litigation and administrative battles. Tennessee lawmakers passed a ban Monday against instant runoff voting in elections, a move that seeks… Continue reading

This National Journal piece from Josh Kraasner reports a couple intriguing, interlocking claims about the dynamics shaping the looming Republican primary contests. He notes that large donors are not participating heavily for various reasons, in part because in crowded primary… Continue reading