That’s the question I’m asking as I read stories like this one from Washington Post: “Pence endorses in Arizona governor’s race, putting him at odds with Trump“. Arizona’s GOP gubernatorial primary on August 2 is shaping up to… Continue reading

Las Vegas Sun has a very deep dive on the risk of election denialists becoming Secretaries of State. Prompted specifically by Republican Jim Marchant running for that office in Nevada, the article takes a national as well as state-specific look… Continue reading

Thanks to Rick for inviting me to guest-blog the last two weeks. Always a pleasure. Ned Foley is up next, so please feel free to send him any content suggestions.

You can watch here. "We have to have procedures and safeguards in place. People need to be vigilant to ensure we have a pathway where the winner of the election is actually the winner."@rickhasen joins @AymanM to discuss election… Continue reading

POLITICO reports on this “landmark filing” from DOJ, supporting the obligation of Meadows to testify to the House’s January 6 select committee. The filing is well worth reading and reflects the typically high quality of DOJ’s lawyering. There… Continue reading

To follow up on my previous post on this topic, it’s worth considering whether the meaning of the term “legislature” in the relevant Elections and Electors Clauses of Articles I and II should be considered nonjusticiable under the political… Continue reading

Jason Willick has a Washington Post column with which I very much agree. The basic argument is that it’s a mistake, both substantively and strategically, to think of the “independent state legislature doctrine” as an all-or-nothing proposition, without any possibility… Continue reading

News from the States: Since the 2020 election, 26 states have enacted, expanded, or increased the severity of 120 election-related criminal penalties, according to an analysis by States Newsroom of state legislation and data from the Voting Rights Lab. … Continue reading

This extremely detailed report, just released, was put together by eight prominent conservatives, including three former federal judges. It carefully examines “every claim of fraud and miscount putforward by former President Trump and his advocates, and now put the results… Continue reading

NYT: A majority of American voters across nearly all demographics and ideologies believe their system of government does not work, with 58 percent of those interviewed for a New York Times/Siena College poll saying that the world’s oldest independent… Continue reading