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“A Voting Rights Bill That Both Democrats and Republicans Can Support”
Josh Douglas in the Washington Monthly.
“Michigan Republicans Are Quietly Replacing Officials Who Certify Vote Totals”
“Legal Ethics, Bar Discipline and John Eastman”
Paul Rosenzweig:
Here’s my bottom line: Bar discipline is an instrument ill suited to the resolution of complaints of the sort being raised about Eastman’s conduct. While it is quite possible that he may face discipline, it is equally… Continue reading
“Senate Dems hunt for new elections reform strategy after failed vote”
Politico:
Senate Democrats are searching for an elusive plan C on elections and ethics reform after facing yet another setback Wednesday.In a 49-51 vote, the Senate failed to move forward on Democrats’ latest elections reform bill, which amounted… Continue reading
“Q&A: Measuring Partisan Fairness in Maps”
I did this Q&A for Democracy Docket on redistricting, measures of partisan fairness, computer algorithms, and more. Here’s the last question and answer from our exchange:
Now that the Supreme Court has held partisan gerrymandering claims to be non-justiciable, what… Continue reading
Eleventh Circuit Holds that Plaintiffs Must Prove Discriminatory Intent in Arguing That a Voting Law Discriminates on the Basis of Gender in Violation of the 19th Amendment
You can find the unanimous ruling here.
For an argument that the Supreme Court need not read 19th Amendment requirements as onerous as claims under the 15th amendment, see Thin and Thick Conceptions of the Nineteenth Amendment and Congress’s … Continue reading
“Electoral Engineering and the Freedom to Vote”
Michael Latner, Tony Smith, Alex Keena, and Anthony McGann in Scientific American:
In our view, any reform efforts that do not squarely address the Supreme Court’s erosion of voting protections for voters of color, and do not address authoritarian… Continue reading
John Eastman Says That FedSoc Did Not Revoke His Membership or Ask Him to Step Down From Leadership Position (But He Does Complain About Lack of Invitation to Speak at National Conference and Being Disinvited from Other Events)
Over at Powerline:
This is John Eastman’s account of the facts bearing on the Federalist Society reflected in the Claremont Institute statement quoted in my post:
1. I was disinvited from the scholars retreat, on the ground that I… Continue reading
“Republicans Set to Block Voting Bill Again, Raising Stakes on Filibuster”
NYT:
Senate Republicans were expected again on Wednesday to block action on voting rights legislation, intensifying calls by activists and lawmakers for Democrats to finally do away with the filibuster or find themselves at a steep disadvantage in next year’s… Continue reading
“The Age of Political Fragmentation”
The Journal of Democracy has published this new essay of mine. Whether we look to the internal factional struggles currently taking place in the Democratic Party, or the most recent German elections that required putting together a coalition of three… Continue reading
“GOP group’s apparent influence on Virginia redistricting map stirs mistrust on commission”
WaPo:
Trust broke down further on the bipartisan Virginia Redistricting Commission on Monday after one member revealed the National Republican Redistricting Trust had been working behind the scenes to help a former Virginia congressman submit his own congressional map… Continue reading
“Is Biden Doing Enough to Protect Democracy?”
Peter Nicholas in The Atlantic:
When I mentioned the alarm coming from activists, the White House official told me that the Biden administration is “pushing full force” to pass voting protections. “It’s fair for activists to continue to push,”… Continue reading