New in the California Supreme Court Historical Society Review.

The N.Y. Times this morning has as the top story on the front page of its website a very impressive statistical analysis of Trump’s statements sowing distrust in the legitimacy of the election in 2016, 2020, and so far this… Continue reading

NYT: The House passed legislation on Thursday that would undo a District of Columbia law allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections, part of a broader bid by Republicans to amplify false claims by former President Donald J. Trump of… Continue reading

Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has secured an agreement with the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and city elections officials to resolve allegations that Pawtucket failed to provide Spanish-language assistance for voters in violation of the Voting… Continue reading

New Common Ground Democracy essay on the Supreme Court’s decision yesterday involving South Carolina’s congressional districts. There’s a way to avoid all the difficulties, and disagreements, over the relationship of race to redistricting: it’s to give the decision of what… Continue reading

AP: The North Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a defamation lawsuit against attorneys who assisted voters with submitting some 2016 ballot complaints, saying the fraud allegations they helped make were broadly protected within the protest process. The 5-0… Continue reading

The following is a guest post from Travis Crum: The wait for Alexander v. South Carolina Conference of the NAACP is finally over. Nearly five months after the parties asked for the case to be resolved, the Court has… Continue reading

Putting to the side the merits of the Court’s decision itself, I think the stakes going forward are lower than might be realized. After the 2010 round of redistricting, racial gerrymandering cases became important during a transitional phase of redistricting… Continue reading

What’s happening here? NEW: Ousted Milwaukee election chief Claire Woodall, in an agreement to temporarily extend her time with the election commission, can't talk to any elex staff except new chief Paulina Gutierrez; is limited (along w/ city staff) in… Continue reading

Many (most?) racial gerrymandering cases have partisan as well as race-related objectives. Why did the plaintiffs sue in Alexander, the South Carolina case decided by the Court today? At least in part to try to get a second Democratic congressional… Continue reading

Politico: Florida election officials are warning that an obscure new ballot rule being put in place by the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis could force them to break state law or face removal from office. A wave of exasperated election… Continue reading

Very troubling and deplorable: Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington went on lockdown for about two hours Wednesday morning after a suspicious package was delivered to the building. The United States Capitol Police’s hazardous incident response division cleared the… Continue reading

WaPo: Rudy Giuliani has agreed to no longer accuse two Georgia poll workers of tampering with the 2020 election, according to a draft agreement filed Tuesday in federal bankruptcy court. The agreement bars Giuliani — who has amplified election… Continue reading

The Washington Post has published several responses to the op-ed written by three GOP ex-senators: Danforth, Cohen, and Simpson. In their op-ed, they explained that they are creating a new organization called “Our Republican Legacy” inside the Republican Party.… Continue reading