Politico: The judge overseeing the federal criminal case against Donald Trump for attempting to subvert the 2020 presidential election indicated Thursday that the March 4 trial date is unlikely to hold. In a six-page order, U.S. District Judge Tanya… Continue reading

Brennan Center: This roundup looks back on voting laws enacted in 2023 and looks forward to the voting landscape in 2024 based on legislation already pending. In 2023, we once again saw an unprecedented volume of state legislation changing the… Continue reading

WaPo: A Maine judge on Wednesday put off deciding whether Donald Trump’s name can appear on that state’s primary ballot, saying the Supreme Court needs to rule on the issue first in a similar case out of Colorado. The ruling… Continue reading

I’ve posted on SSRN this paper relevant to one of the key issues in the pending SCOTUS case from Colorado on whether or not section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment bars Trump from returning to the presidency. Here’s the abstract:… Continue reading

WaPo: The state’s most devoted Republican caucus-goers were undeterred, defying snowy driveways, icy roads and speculation of lower turnout to show up and throw their support behind the former president. In total, Edison Research estimated turnout at 115,000 on Monday… Continue reading

CNN: Most Iowa GOP caucusgoers refuse to accept President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory and say they would view former President Donald Trump, whom CNN projected will win the caucuses Monday night, as fit for office even if convicted of… Continue reading

NBC News: More than 6-in-10 likely Republican caucusgoers — 61% — say that it doesn’t matter to their support if former President Donald Trump is convicted of a crime before the general election, according to the latest numbers from the… Continue reading

A new Common Ground Democracy column with this subtitle: Even smart scholars think nothing can be done to solve the problem of polarization, but they’re unduly pessimistic: there are institutional reforms that would work if we muster the will to… Continue reading

NYT: When Iowa voters brave frigid weather to caucus on Monday, they will be participating in one of the coldest caucuses in decades — perhaps ever. A brutal combination of prolonged, below-freezing temperatures and strong winds have created conditions for… Continue reading

AP: At least three people were hospitalized after mistakenly eating colorful pods of liquid laundry detergent that were distributed as a campaign freebie in Taiwan’s presidential race, according to Taiwanese media reports. One of the victims said she… Continue reading

AJC: A Republican-sponsored bill introduced Friday would empower the State Election Board to investigate Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a response to the board’s decision last month not to open an inquiry. The measure would also remove Raffensperger, a… Continue reading

ABC News: Americans are divided on how the U.S. Supreme Court should handle former President Donald Trump’s ballot access, but a majority in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll say they would support the court either barring Trump from presidential… Continue reading

State of the Republican Party today: Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, who has been a vocal critic of former President Donald J. Trump, nonetheless committed on Wednesday to supporting him if he won the Republican nomination, even if he… Continue reading

Larry Schwarzol and Justin Florence in The Atlantic: The American experiment with constitutional democracy is in grave peril. If Donald Trump becomes president again, fighting to preserve U.S. constitutional democracy through his second term will require the courage, commitment, and… Continue reading