Handing ELB off to Derek Muller
Direct your tips and queries to him. And a big thanks to Rick Hasen. Every time I do this I realize just what a service Rick provides to all of us.
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“Lawmakers Sent Millions In Earmarks To Their Spouses’ Employers Despite Reforms”
The theme of corruption, or at least its appearance, continues in the New Gilded Age. This time it is Congress. The Messenger reports on a review of congressional earmarks since their return in 2021. Many had applauded the use… Continue reading
New Issue: Fordham Law Voting Rights and Democracy Forum
Tired of the 24 hour news cycle? Check out the final issue of the inaugural Fordham Law’s Voting Rights and Democracy Forum. With articles written by both established scholars in the field and JD candidates, it is a refreshing change… Continue reading
“Group Tied to Influential Conservative Activist Spent $183 Million in a Year”
N.Y. Times: New filings show that extent of spending by the Marble Freedom Trust, founded by Leonard A. Leo, on moving the federal judiciary to the right, among other things. Mr. Leo is a lawyer and former executive at… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court has an electoral ‘bomb’ on its hands. Will it defuse it before 2024?”
Politico explores the issues for the 2024 election raised by the North Carolina Supreme Court’s recent decision which likely moots Moore v. Harper. Justin Levitt extensively quoted along with Marc Elias.
The State Democracy Research Initiative is hiring
The State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law is hiring. It is seeking one or more staff attorneys, including senior staff attorneys, to join their growing team. The SDRI advances multi-faceted, nonpartisan efforts to foster research… Continue reading
“DeSantis wanted to rewrite press laws. Conservative media helped kill the effort.”
Recent years have seen an uptick in people worried that the standard set for defamation in New York Times v. Sullivan is too high. The decision, it is said with a good deal of truth, fosters reckless journalism and the… Continue reading
“Election Law in Transition: A Discussion on Fairness, Integrity, and What’s Next”
I am very much looking forward to discussing the future of election law with Judge Restrepo, Michael R. Dimino, Rebecca Green, and Eugene D. Mazo this morning at the 2023 Third Circuit Judicial Conference in Philadelphia. We will be covering… Continue reading
New Review of Issacharoff’s “DEMOCRACY UNMOORED”
Walter Horn reviews Sam Issacharoff’s new book, DEMOCRACY UNMOORED: POPULISM AND THE CORRUPTION OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY (Oxford University Press 2023).
Derek Muller Blogging Next Week
Direct your tips and queries to him.
Thanks for the excellent blogging from Justin last week and Tabatha this week!
Defamation Suit Against Maxine Waters to Proceed
A California Court of Appeals has ruled that Joe E. Collin III’s defamation suit against Representative Maxine Waters can proceed. The case arises out of the 2020 election when Collins and Waters competed to represent California’s 43rd congressional district. During… Continue reading
“Rep. George Santos charged by Justice Department in federal probe”
CNN Exclusive:
“Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against New York Rep. George Santos, the Republican lawmaker whose astonishing pattern of lies and fabrications stunned even hardened politicos, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
Santos is… Continue reading
“Behind The Dark Money Attack on Voting Rights”
Documented offers more detailed information about the dark money groups behind the incremental assault on voting rights reported in the N.Y. Times yesterday. The four groups identified are:
Cleta Mitchell’s “Election Integrity Network” has organized coalitions of far-right grassroots… Continue reading
“Wisconsin election officials want to revive ‘critical’ plan”
Harm Venhuizen (Associated Press): The Republican chair of the Bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission remains determined to restore confidence in Wisconsin’s elections. This despite a set back last week for a bipartisan plan that would have funded a new… Continue reading