Reid Wilson for The Hill: State legislatures will begin debating changes to voting rights and election administration laws in the coming days after an unprecedented wave of reforms passed in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. At least… Continue reading

Miles Parks for NPR: Mark Finchem was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.He says he didn’t go inside, but he snapped some photos of people who did.“What happens when the People feel they have been ignored, and Congress… Continue reading

This looks interesting and important: WebcastNew York/Texas: An Election Reform ConversationWednesday, January 12 | 6:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. Program Fee:Free for Members | $15 for Non-Member Lawyers | Free for Non-LawyersNon-Lawyers please CLICK HERE to register. Members of the Austin Bar… Continue reading

Can’t make this stuff up.

New letter. Does he have the votes?

Ben Smith NYT column: Much of what Americans know about what happens inside companies like Google and Facebook these days comes from employees who tire of the corporate spin and leak internal documents. Congress is responding to documents leaked first … Continue reading

John Harwood for CNN: Along with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, Manchin continues to publicly hold the line against steps to weaken the filibuster, much less abolish it. They insist filibusters force Senate majorities to seek bipartisan consensus rather than… Continue reading

AJC: The deadly events of Jan. 6 will mostly be marked around the country by solemn ceremonies to remember the day that the pro-Donald Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol.But at the Cobb County GOP headquarters, a group… Continue reading

The Washington Post has this story, House Democrats begin preparing for the post-Pelosi era. I was struck, not surprisingly, by a number of the comments from House Democrats, particularly this one: There is one possible outcome of the leadership shuffle… Continue reading

Subheading: “A GOP county chairman tried to push back on the stolen election narrative. He had a difficult time persuading Trump supporters.” The Dispatch (subscription required) is publishing excerpts from this forthcoming book. Here’s the description of the book: The… Continue reading

Politico: Donald Trump has already telegraphed the remarks he plans to give at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday, the anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.If he follows the script laid out in his announcement of the news conference,… Continue reading

Politico: As the one-year anniversary of Jan. 6 approaches this week, news outlets are out with a spate of new polls showing how the siege of the Capitol has affected American politics.THIS IS BAD — Roughly 4 in 10… Continue reading

On the Legal Theory Blog, Larry Solum posted his “Downloads of the Year,” and I am happy that my essay, “‘In Whom is the Right of Suffrage?’: The Reconstruction Acts as Sources of Constitutional Meaning” made… Continue reading

AP: Millions of Americans watched the events in Washington last Jan. 6 unfold on live television. Police officers testified to the violence and mayhem. Criminal proceedings in open court detailed what happened.Yet the hoaxes, conspiracy theories and attempts to rewrite… Continue reading