“Guns and Voting”
New report from the Brennan Center and Giffords Law Center [corrected]: “To ensure that elections remain peaceful, states must ban guns at places where votes are cast and counted and enact stronger anti-intimidation laws.”
Category Archives: election subversion risk
“Special counsel warned Trump could ‘precipitate violence’ if told of Twitter search warrant”
The Hill:
Newly unsealed court records indicate special counsel Jack Smith’s team warned that former President Trump could “precipitate violence” unless the court shielded its efforts to obtain information on his Twitter account.
The records show Smith’s office obtained a… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace on Our “24 for ’24” Report on Fair and Legitimate Elections in 2024
You can watch the clip here.
You can also read the new report: 24 for ’24: Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech for Fair and Legitimate 2024 Elections.
Here’s a shorter, clickable part of the MSNBC video.
“Fulton judge splits Fulton Trump defendants into two groups”
AJC:
The Fulton County judge overseeing the sprawling election interference probe involving former President Donald Trump on Thursday split the case’s 19 defendants into two groups for trial — and suggested that more divisions could be merited.
Superior Court Judge… Continue reading
We’ve Issued a Major New Report, “24 for ’24: Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech for Fair and Legitimate 2024 Elections”
Back in March, the UCLA Law Safeguarding Democracy Project held a conference, Can American Democracy Survive the 2024 Elections?
Following the conference some of the participants met as an ad hoc committee to consider recommendations in law, politics, media, and… Continue reading
“GOP lawyer with ties to three Trump rivals enters 14th Amendment fray”
WaPo:
A Republican election lawyer with ties to three of former president Donald Trump’s GOP primary opponents has joined a crowded field of individuals and groups exploring whether the former president can be kept off the ballot for his role… Continue reading
ELB Podcast 5:1: The Trump Indictments, the 2024 Elections, and the Public Peace (Ginsberg, Ben-Ghiat, and Kleinfeld)
New ELB Podcast:
Will the multiple indictments and expected trials of former President Donald Trump lead to violence or unrest?
Are the risks of political violence in the U.S. increasing or decreasing?
What can the United States learn from other… Continue reading
“BREAKING: Judge denies Meadows’ bid to move Fulton case to fed court”
AJC:
A federal judge on Friday rejected a request from former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to move his Fulton County election interference case to U.S. District Court in Atlanta.
In a 49-page ruling, U.S. District … Continue reading
“Georgia special grand jury recommended charging Lindsey Graham in Trump case”
WaPo:
An Atlanta-area special grand jury that spent months investigating alleged 2020 election interference in Georgia by Donald Trump and his allies agreed the former president should be indicted in the case and also recommended charging one of Trump’s closest… Continue reading
“John Eastman declines to elaborate on Trump world discussions about Grassley presiding on Jan. 6”
Politico:
John Eastman, testifying at his own disbarment trial, sidestepped a question Wednesday about whether he and others in former President Donald Trump’s orbit discussed the possibility that Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) — rather than Mike Pence — would preside… Continue reading
“Constitutional debate over Trump’s eligibility to run more extensive than realized”
Zach Montellaro for Politico:
The idea of barring former President Donald Trump from seeking the presidency on grounds that it would violate the 14th Amendment may be an increasingly catchy constitutional argument pushed by a segment of legal scholars and… Continue reading
“From Hoover to Nixon to Obama, Presidential Centers Call to Protect Democracy”
NYT:
A coalition representing nearly every former president from Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama issued a collective call on Thursday to protect the foundations of American democracy and maintain civility in the nation’s politics.
The alliance of presidential centers and… Continue reading
Georgia SOS Brad Raffensperger WSJ Oped: “I Can’t Keep Trump Off the Ballot”
Oped:
Some legal scholars are arguing that secretaries of state should remove Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which states that a public official is ineligible for public office if he has… Continue reading
“How States Can Prevent Election Subversion in 2024 and Beyond”
New Brennan Center report with these key recommendations:
Strengthen laws requiring timely certification based solely on verified vote totals, with effective enforcement mechanisms.
Strengthen laws channeling election disputes through the state judiciary, and set clear standards governing how these disputes… Continue reading