“Criminal prosecution is the wrong idea. Use the 14th Amendment on Trump.”
Bruce Ackerman and Gerald Magliocca WaPo oped.
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“Kari Lake appeals her loss in election lawsuit, judge’s order to pay rival $33K in fees”
The latest from the Arizona Republic.
Arizona Judge Issues Final Judgment Rejecting Kari Lake Election Contest and Confirming Katie Hobbs Win, BUT Denying Sanctions Against Lake on Grounds She Did Not Act in Bad Faith
Interesting decision, given Lake’s utter lack of proof at the trial. Here’s the key paragraph:
There is no doubt that each side believes firmly in its position with great conviction. The fact that Plaintiff failed to meet the burden… Continue reading
“Mike Pence presidential candidacy filing a fake, spokesman says”
WaPo:
A spokesman for former vice president Mike Pence’s campaign denied reports on Monday that the Republican had filed to run for president in 2024, responding to an apparent hoax after screenshots of a Federal Election Commission posting began to… Continue reading
“Pennsylvania politics are heated. It soon could be utter chaos”
Politico:
Democrats in Pennsylvania won the majority of seats in the state House this fall, powered by voter backlash to the fall of Roe v. Wade.
But come next year, it’s anybody’s guess which party will actually hold the speaker’s… Continue reading
Kari Lake Deletes Tweet, Cited in Maricopa County Motion for Sanctions, Suggesting “Top Left-Wing Attorneys Like Marc Elias” Emailed Judge in Lake Election Contest to Tell Judge What to Say
Great Contributions to “LevinsonFest2022” on Voting Rights
Over at Balkinization, there are a series of articles riffing off the great contributions that the brilliant Sandy Levinson has made to legal scholarship.
Here are the posts so far:
From Baker v. Carr to Bush v. Gore with … Continue reading
“Before a single vote was counted in the 2022 general election, Kari Lake publicly stated that she would accept the results of the gubernatorial election only if she were the winning candidate.”
“What the Jan. 6th Report Says About the Fake Electors Scheme”
“Democrats, Feeling New Strength, Plan to Go on Offense on Voting Rights”
NYT:
For the last two years, Democrats in battleground states have played defense against Republican efforts to curtail voting access and amplify doubts about the legitimacy of the nation’s elections.
Now it is Democrats, who retained all but one of… Continue reading
“3rd case brought by DeSantis’ election police dismissed”
AP:
A third case of a defendant who was arrested by an elections police unit created by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a Republican-controlled Florida Legislature has been thrown out.
Terry Hubbard, 63, was among 20 people arrested last August… Continue reading
A Tale of Two Presidents
Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating:
This is too easy and kind of cheap, but anyway: pic.twitter.com/3T25pnvCH1— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) December 25, 2022
“New Population Estimates Show Further Changes In Congressional Apportionment”
Election Data Services release:
The Census Bureau’s new population estimates released yesterday (December 22. 2022) would have changed congressional apportionment in eight states from the final 2020 Census apportionment that was adopted just a year ago. The new data… Continue reading
“Federal effort to boost election worker protections fizzles”
AP:
Federal proposals that would have significantly boosted security funding for election offices and heightened penalties for threatening their staff failed to advance this year, leaving state officials looking to their legislatures for support.
The massive budget bill that passed… Continue reading