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“Trump triggers the politics of emergency”

August 17, 2023, 7:50 amUncategorizedJanuary 6Ned Foley

Important Jason Willick column in the Washington Post on the perilous nature of disqualification politics: “Baude and Paulsen concede that their sweeping constitutional vision of disqualification-for-disloyalty could “perhaps” be “a little dangerous” for ‘First Amendment liberties of speech, press,… Continue reading

“Burt Jones braces for legal fight in Fulton County election probe”

August 17, 2023, 7:21 amUncategorizedJanuary 6, The Big LieNed Foley

The Jolt in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. “Lt. Gov. Burt Jones avoided charges in the far-ranging Fulton County indictment filed Monday that accused former President Donald Trump and key allies of a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results.… Continue reading

“With the Latest Trump Indictment, Mind These Lessons From the South”

August 16, 2023, 6:07 pmUncategorizedThe Big LieNed Foley

Andrew Michael Kreis in a N.Y. Times opinion essay discusses the Georgia indictment in relationship to the collapse of Reconstruction” “The democratic failures of that era shared three common attributes. The political process was neither free nor fair, as citizens… Continue reading

“The ‘brains’ behind fake Trump electors was once a liberal Democrat”

August 16, 2023, 5:45 pmUncategorizedJanuary 6, The Big LieNed Foley

Fascinating Washington Post profile of Kenneth Chesebro, a protégé of Larry Tribe’s. One interesting tidbit: “In 2000, when Tribe joined Vice President Al Gore’s legal team dealing with the recount of the presidential vote in Florida, Chesebro offered to… Continue reading

“Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose fires press secretary over tweets criticizing Trump”

August 16, 2023, 5:20 pmUncategorizedprimariesNed Foley

Meet the Press Blog. “LaRose also has been a Trump critic in the past and has voiced concerns about how the former president has raised baseless claims of election fraud to explain his loss in the 2020 election. But… Continue reading

“‘We Have a Right to Put It on the Ballot’: How Organizers Are Defending Direct Democracy”

August 16, 2023, 5:03 pmUncategorizedBallot Initiatives, gerrymandering, majority rule, redistrictingNed Foley

Bolts Magazine. I see this story as relevant to a basic question that I think is going to confront the field of election law (and, more broadly, the law of democratic procedures) over the next decade or so: the… Continue reading

“Fani Willis Takes on Trump; How bluster became a criminal conspiracy to disenfranchise Black voters.”

August 16, 2023, 7:22 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

I spoke with Mary Curtis for the Slate “What Next” podcast. Listen here.

“Lawsuit over Wisconsin absentee ballot witness addresses allowed to proceed”

August 16, 2023, 6:29 amUncategorizedabsentee ballots, election administrationNed Foley

Wisconsin State Journal. “A lawsuit that would let Wisconsin election officials accept absentee ballots with partial witness addresses as long as the correct addresses are discernable can proceed, a Dane County judge has ruled. … “The lawsuit was filed against… Continue reading

“Rulebook for Arizona’s 2024 elections faces criticism from multiple sides”

August 16, 2023, 6:20 amUncategorizedelection administrationNed Foley

Votebeat Arizona. “As Secretary of State Adrian Fontes makes rules for how next year’s elections must be run in Arizona, Republican legislative leaders say he’s overstepping his authority. Voting rights advocates say he isn’t exerting enough authority. “The groups publicized… Continue reading

“Georgia election indictment highlights wider attempts to illegally access voting equipment”

August 16, 2023, 6:14 amUncategorizedelection subversion, insider threats, voting equipment securityNed Foley

AP reports. “’The one thing that Coffee County shows, and these other counties as well, is that the effort behind Jan. 6 didn’t stop on Jan. 6,’ said Lawrence Norden, an election security expert with the Brennan Center for… Continue reading

“In Georgia and federal indictments, two vastly different approaches”

August 16, 2023, 5:00 amUncategorizedJanuary 6, The Big LieNed Foley

Washington Post team compares the two indictments, discussing the pros and cons of each approach (one narrower and the other much broader).

“After Years of Spreading Lies, Election Deniers Face Consequences”

August 16, 2023, 4:45 amUncategorizedElection Deniers, January 6, The Big LieNed Foley

Nick Corasaniti in N.Y. Times: “It is still far from clear whether Mr. Trump and his allies who face charges will ultimately be convicted. But the legal threat may force Trump allies to think twice in the future about… Continue reading

“Judge calls new Texas election law unconstitutional but state says it will appeal ruling”

August 16, 2023, 4:31 amUncategorizedelection administrationNed Foley

AP reports: “The law, which would abolish a position that oversees elections in Harris County, was temporarily blocked by state District Judge Karin Crump in Austin after county officials filed a lawsuit earlier this month. “But the judge’s order,… Continue reading

“Trump Plans to Release 100-Page Report on Georgia Election Fraud Claims”

August 15, 2023, 6:40 pmUncategorizedJanuary 6, The Big LieNed Foley

Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in the N.Y. Times. “The report in question, according to people familiar with the matter, is a document of more than 100 pages that was compiled at least in part by Liz Harrington, a Trump… Continue reading