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“Conservatives Have a New Rallying Cry: Down With ESG; A Federalist Society veteran is heading up a multimillion-dollar effort to push anti-ESG messaging and legislation”
WSJ:
Conservative activists are coordinating a multimillion-dollar national campaign to make ESG the next CRT.
Their goal: Transform the acronym for environmental, social and corporate-governance investing into a rallying cry against “woke capitalism,” much the way critical race theory became… Continue reading
“Judge overseeing Trump Georgia grand jury speaks after foreperson’s controversial interviews”
ABC News:
After the foreperson of the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump and a push to overturn the 2020 election spoke out in several headline-making interviews, the judge overseeing the case told ABC News… Continue reading
“Fraud hunters challenged 92,000 voter registrations in Georgia last year”
Jane Timm for NBC News.
“Arizona governor seeks ethics review of former attorney general”
WaPo:
Arizona’s Democratic governor, Katie Hobbs, is seeking a review of what her office alleges was “likely unethical conduct” by the state’s former attorney general, Mark Brnovich.
A letter sent Friday from the governor’s office to the State Bar… Continue reading
“Failing at polls, election deniers focus on state GOP posts”
“Special Counsel Seeks to Force Pence to Testify Before Jan. 6 Grand Jury”
NYT:
The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to force former Vice President Mike Pence to testify fully in front of a grand jury investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, seeking to cut… Continue reading
“Florida Changes Law to Boost Unjust ‘Voter Fraud’ Prosecutions”
Brennan Center analysis:
Florida’s prosecution of ineligible voters with past convictions was politically motivated from the beginning. The individuals accused didn’t knowingly commit voter fraud — they simply weren’t aware that their past criminal convictions barred them from voting.… Continue reading
“Trump attorneys: Special grand jury probe ‘a clown show’”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Georgia-based legal team representing former President Donald Trump accused Fulton County prosecutors of running a “clown-like” investigation into interference in Georgia’s 2020 elections, seizing on information disclosed by the forewoman of the special grand jury seated to… Continue reading
“Texas bill would make illegal voting a felony again, even if someone doesn’t know they’re ineligible to vote”
“PAC money to electoral count objectors fell 10 percent”
Roll Call:
Donations from corporate and trade association PACs declined in the 2022 cycle by 10 percent to Republicans who voted against certifying the 2020 election for President Joe Biden, according to an analysis of campaign reports by Accountable.us.
The… Continue reading
Feb. 24 Seton Hall Conference: “Ballots and Democracy: A New Scholarly Agenda”
Great lineup for this conference:
This symposium will focus on the relationship between ballots and democracy. Most election law experts understand that the way our ballots look can significantly influence how people vote. This Symposium will bring together activists, scholars,… Continue reading
Grand Jury Foreperson Loose Lips Risks Georgia Election Subversion Prosecutions
Robert Costa:
News: CBS News has learned that lawyers close to several GOP witnesses in Fulton Co. investigation are preparing to move to quash any possible indictments by DA based on the public statements by the forewoman of the… Continue reading
“Timothy J. Heaphy Led the House Jan. 6 Investigation. Here’s What He Learned.”
NYT:
Timothy J. Heaphy, the former U.S. attorney who served as the top staff investigator for the special House committee that scrutinized the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, knew going in that the inquiry would be important.
But it… Continue reading