New from the Brennan Center.

WSJ: A criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump‘s efforts to overturn his election defeat in Georgia has produced a flurry of activity in the last month, with several high-profile witnesses appearing before a special grand jury that is… Continue reading

This is from a WSJ piece, which is paywalled. A few excerpts: In Detroit, about 22,600 fewer voters came to the polls than in the 2018 midterm election, a nearly 12% decline. Philadelphia tallied about 55,300 fewer voters than four… Continue reading

News and Observer: The North Carolina Supreme Court issued two important rulings in voting rights cases Friday, on gerrymandering and voter ID. Both rulings found that Republican lawmakers had acted unconstitutionally to diminish the influence of Democratic voters —… Continue reading

WaPo: In the hours after a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, hoping to block Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential win and retain Donald Trump as president, more than 130 Republican members of the House voted to do precisely that. The… Continue reading

WaPo: Former president Donald Trump is back to leading Republicans in cries of election “fraud,” but what he is referring to has almost entirely changed. When Trump suggested in an online post earlier this month that the Constitution could be … Continue reading

NYT: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans on Monday to consider issuing criminal referrals against former President Donald J. Trump and his top allies during a final meeting as it prepares to release a… Continue reading

New from the Yankelovich Center at UCSD: Jennifer Gaudette, Seth Hill, Thad Kousser, and Mackenzie Lockhart, UC San DiegoMindy Romero, USC Center for Inclusive Democracy The closely contested 2020 presidential race was followed by unsubstantiated allegations of vote fraud and… Continue reading

NLJ: A former federal appeals judge has been working behind the scenes for months to help the country avoid another Jan. 6 attack, and he expects that effort to pass Congress next week.  “You had [former President Donald] Trump leading… Continue reading

Bloomberg: Some of the biggest technology and telecom companies jettisoned pledges made in the wake of the US Capitol assault and gave money to reelect lawmakers who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s electoral victory, according to filings reviewed by Bloomberg… Continue reading

AJC: Nearly two years ago, Georgia lawmakers rewrote state election laws after former President Donald Trump contested his 2020 loss. That led to one of the most contentious legislative clashes in recent state history. Now, another fraught debate over voting… Continue reading

Alan Rozenshtein and Jed Shugerman have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Constitutional Commentary). Here is the abstract: A prosecution of Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol would have to address whether the… Continue reading

Fascinating oped from Stephen Weissman: Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appointment of Jack Smith as special counsel to oversee two federal criminal investigations involving former President Donald Trump was praised by some of Smith’s former Justice Department colleagues, who highlighted his… Continue reading

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