Watch Archived Video of My Interview with Jake Grumbach, Author of “Laboratories Against Democracy,” for the Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar series
Outstanding discussion about Jake’s important book. Watch:
Category Archives: election subversion risk
“Election-Denying Republican Candidates Underperformed in the 2022 Midterms”
Janet Malzahn and Andrew Hall working paper:
We combine newly collected election data with records of public denials of the results of the 2020 election to estimate the degree to which election-denying Republican candidates for senator, governor, secretary of… Continue reading
Georgia Grand Jury Report: “We find by a unanimous vote that no widespread fraud took place in the Georgia 2020 presidential election that could result in overturning that election.”
For those looking for details on suggestions for indictments related to 2020 attempted election subversion in Georgia, the redacted report provides nothing of subtance.
But we should not overlook these important findings:
“Jan. 6 documents: Georgia legislators answered Trump’s call to overturn election”
AJC:
With his chances of winning Georgia slipping away in December 2020, then-President Donald Trump hit upon a novel scheme to stay in power: State legislators would name him the winner.
So, while his allies spun dubious tales of voting … Continue reading
“Election deniers face a nationwide wave of pushbacks”
WaPo:
When the new Arizona attorney general took office last month, she repurposed a unit once exclusively devoted to rooting outelection fraud to focus on voting rights and ballot access.
In North Carolina on Tuesday, theState Board of Elections began… Continue reading
“Pence Gets Subpoena From Special Counsel in Jan. 6 Investigation”
NYT:
Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to cling to his office after he lost his bid for re-election, a person familiar with the matter said… Continue reading
“Pennsylvania voting officials are still fighting election deniers”
NPR:
It’s been 27 months since President Biden won the 2020 election.
But that election continues to haunt officials in the Philadelphia suburb of Delaware County, Pa., who are still dealing with lawsuits alleging election fraud, despite no substantial… Continue reading
National Task Force on Election Crises Issues Report with Recommendations for 2023, 2024 Elections
March 17 UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project Conference (Live and Livestream): Can American Democracy Survive the 2024 Elections?
Can American Democracy Survive the 2024 Elections?
The role of media, law, political norms, and technology in assuring free and fair elections and public acceptance of election results in the United States.
Friday, March 17, 2023, 8:30 am to 5… Continue reading
Sign Up for Free, Upcoming Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar with Jake Grumbach, February 16 at Noon Pacific
Jake Grumbach will be in conversation with me about his new book, Laboratories Against Democracy. Thursday, Feb. 16 at noon.
Free registration is required.
It should be a great discussion.
Part of the Spring Webinar series for UCLA Law’s… Continue reading
“Two years after Jan. 6, Trump is still promoting violent rhetoric”
Aaron Blake for WaPo:
It has been some 25 months since supporters of Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol. Trump was later impeached for allegedly inciting the mob, with a historic number of Republicans voting to convict, though… Continue reading
ELB Podcast Episode 4:5: Rachel Maddow: What “Ultra” Can Teach Us About Threats to Democracy Today
New ELB Podcast:
Can an attempt an election subversion in the 1940s teach us how to handle current threats to American democracy?
Do failed attempts to hold Nazi sympathizers in the American government accountable through criminal litigation show the… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Rachel Maddow: “What ‘Ultra’ Can Teach Us About Threats to American Democracy Today”
You can watch this very interesting conversation at this link.
State Bar of California: “Attorney John Eastman Charged with Multiple Disciplinary Counts by the State Bar of California”
Release:
The State Bar of California’s Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona announced today the filing of a Notice of Disciplinary Charges (NDC) against attorney John Charles Eastman (State Bar No. 193726). The 11 charges arise from allegations that… Continue reading