You can find the court’s order at this link.

Here is the introduction to Yasmin Dawood’s contribution to the Balkinization symposium on my Cheap Speech book: n a compelling new book, Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics – And How to Cure It, Rick Hasen provides a searing… Continue reading

A Montana trial court granted a preliminary injunction today in a set of consolidated cases challenging a number of suppressive laws passed late in the 2021 Montana legislative session (Montana Democratic Party v. Jacobsen; Western Native Voice v. Jacobsen; and… Continue reading

WaPo: Driving through downtown one misty, humid morning, Evan Milligan pointed out landmarks historic and personal. There once stood the Black barbershop where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. got his hair cut. There was the street corner where Rosa… Continue reading

WaPo: As the House is poised to vote Wednesday on holding two former Trump aides in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with Jan. 6-related subpoenas, frustrations are mounting inside the committee investigating the attack over the Justice Department’s… Continue reading

This midterm election season the Elections Research Center and State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will co-host a series called “Election Matters 2022.” This event series will bring together diverse experts to tackle evolving election-related… Continue reading

New at Bolts.

Michael Gormley for Newsday: The question, buried at the bottom of a routine poll, was startling: Do you think the United States will continue to be a democratic republic eight years from now?The response was jarring: 22% of New… Continue reading

AP: A former Trump administration official now running for Congress in New Hampshire voted twice during the 2016 primary election season, potentially violating federal voting law and leaving him at odds with the Republican Party’s intense focus on “election… Continue reading

It was a great conversation you can watch here:

This looks like a great event at Fordham Law April 6.

NYT reports.

Politico: Should the Jan. 6 committee ask the Justice Department to pursue a criminal case against Donald Trump? It’s a question with political heft but no practical effect — and some panel members are increasingly skeptical.After all, as multiple lawmakers… Continue reading

Detroit Free Press: Former President Donald Trump returned to Michigan on Saturday night to boost support for two Republican candidates he wants to see elected as the state’s chief law enforcement officer and election official, inserting himself into the… Continue reading