“Democracy and Federalism: Friends or Foes?”
This looks like a dynamite panel at AALS:
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“How New Voting Machines Could Hack Our Democracy”
Jennifer Cohn in NYRB:
The United States has a disturbing habit of investing in unvetted new touchscreen voting machines that later prove disastrous. As we barrel toward what is set to be the most important election in a generation, Congress… Continue reading
My 2019 Opeds and Commentaries
Here they are. Thanks for reading!
The Decade of Citizens United, Slate, Dec. 19, 2019
These Two Articles of Impeachment Are More than Good Enough, Slate, Dec. 10, 2019
Trump’s Senate Impeachment Defense Will Be to Put Joe Biden on … Continue reading
Moving My 2018 Opeds Off the Sidebar
But you can still find them here:
Trump’s ‘Obama Did It Too’ Legal Defense Does Not Hold an Ounce of Water, Slate, Dec. 10, 2018
Republicans Are Using Potential GOP Election Crimes in North Carolina to Push for More Voter … Continue reading
“Trump Impeached for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress”
NYT:
The House of Representatives on Wednesday impeached President Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, making him the third president in history to be charged with committing high crimes and misdemeanors and face removal by the… Continue reading
“Opinion: Will your 2020 vote actually get counted?”
Michael Chertoff LAT oped.
Is Race More Important Than Class in Considering Winners and Losers in the United States? New Book by Zoltan Hajnal Makes the Claim
Coming next month, Zoltan L. Hajnal, Dangerously Divided: How Race and class Shape Winning and Losing in American Politics (Cambridge 2020). Here is the book description:
As America has become more racially diverse and economic inequality has increased, American politics… Continue reading
Missing from the House Report on Impeachment: A Discussion of Whether the President Violated Campaign Finance Laws
When the Ukraine story broke, I wrote at Slate:
Putting aside whether Trump made promises in order to get Biden-related dirt, or whether his conduct counts as extortion or bribery, there is a good argument that if the facts as… Continue reading
“As Kris Kobach left office, unsecured gun was found in filing cabinet, successor says”
KC Star:
Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s office says that on the day last January it took over from outgoing secretary Kris Kobach, it found an unsecured gun in a filing cabinet.The discovery was mentioned in a timeline Schwab… Continue reading
“New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Signs Bill to Restore Voting Rights to People on Probation and Parole”
“Midland County officials just found a missing ballot box. It may change the result of a $569 million bond election.”
Texas Tribune:
A proposal for a $569 million bond to build two new high school buildings in Midland failed by 25 votes in the November election, a margin slim enough it set off calls for a recount.The ballots were recounted… Continue reading
“Judiciary Committee Report Argues Trump ‘Betrayed the Nation'”
NYT:
The House Judiciary Committee formally presented its case for impeaching President Trump in a 658-page report published online early Monday morning, arguing just days before a final vote in the House that he “betrayed the nation by abusing his… Continue reading
Federal Court Stays Litigation Over Mississippi Voting Requirement to Give State a Chance to Amend Its Constitution
Read the court order in McLemore v. Hosemann. See my earlier coverage.
“US should recognize American Samoans as citizens, judge says”
AP:
People born in the territory of American Samoa should be recognized as U.S. citizens, a federal judge in Utah decided Thursday in a case filed amid more than a century of legal limbo but whose eventual impact remains to… Continue reading