“The Court Is Likely to Reject the Independent State Legislature Theory; And that offers hope for American democracy”
Judge Luttig in The Atlantic.
Category Archives: legislation and legislatures
“Feinstein, Under Pressure to Resign, Asks to Step Down From Judiciary Panel”
NYT:
Senator Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday pushed back on calls for her resignation but asked to step away from the Judiciary Committee indefinitely while recovering from shingles, responding to mounting pressure from Democrats who have publicly vented concerns that she… Continue reading
“Expelled Democratic Lawmaker Is Sworn Back in to Tennessee House”
NYT:
Justin Jones, one of the two Black Democrats expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives for leading a gun control protest on the House floor, was sworn back in to his seat on Monday in a swift rebuke to… Continue reading
Looks like Justin Jones could be back in the Tennessee legislature as soon as Monday
There will eventually be a special election for House District 52, but in the meantime, the Tennessee Constitution allows the legislative body of the district’s county of residence to appoint an interim representative.
And now the Nashville Metropolitan Council, the… Continue reading
Breaking: DC Circuit Decides Case About “Obstruct[ing]” “Official Proceedings” with Major Implications for Prosecution of January 6 Rioters for Invading U.S. Capitol, and Potentially Trump
A divided three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit, siding with almost all of the district court decisions considering the question, has held that some of those who invaded the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 could be charged under a… Continue reading
Tennessee House Expels Two Members Over Gun Reform Protest
There were three expulsion resolutions pending Thursday morning, based on three members (Justin Pearson, Justin Jones, and Gloria Johnson) leading gun violence reformers in a protest from the floor of the House chamber after they hadn’t otherwise been recognized… Continue reading
House Judiciary Subpoenas Former Manhattan Special Assistant DA Mark Pomerantz
Here’s the cover letter attached to the subpoena, explaining House Judiciary’s rationale for conducting a deposition. Pomerantz worked on the Trump investigation for the Manhattan DA’s office, resigned in protest when Trump was not charged earlier in DA Bragg’s tenure,… Continue reading
“Georgia lawmakers add to the growing list of bans on outside election funding”
NPR reports on the latest measures.
The real kicker is the last sentence, though: “Georgia lawmakers declined to add the $4 million to replace the [backup power supply] equipment and many of Raffensperger’s other requests in either budget approved… Continue reading
“N.C. lawmaker flips parties, handing state GOP a veto-proof majority”
Rep. Tricia Cotham becomes a Republican, in a district that apparently went 61-38 for Biden.
“Tennessee House moves to expel 3 Democrats after gun protest”
Stories from the AP, the Tennesseean, and Fox review the resolutions to expel three members of the Tennessee House for leading students in the gallery in chanting for gun reform, without being recognized to speak. (They’d apparently not… Continue reading
“Towards Proportional Representation for the U.S. House”
New report:
In Towards Proportional Representation for the U.S. House, Protect Democracy and Unite America examine a 1967 statute enacted by Congress—the Uniform Congressional District Act (UCDA)—that mandates the use of single-member districts for House elections; how the… Continue reading
“Pence Must Testify to Jan. 6 Grand Jury, Judge Rules”
NYT:
A federal judge has ordered former Vice President Mike Pence to appear in front of a grand jury investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, largely sweeping aside two separate legal efforts by Mr.… Continue reading
Richard Bernstein: “The U.S. Supreme Court Should Vacate and Remand in Moore v. Harper”
The following is a guest post from Richard Bernstein, who wrote this amicus brief in Moore v. Harper but who expresses his own views here:
Although I wrote and joined an amici brief supporting affirmance in Moore v. Harper, recent… Continue reading
“Confusion Shrouds High Court Election Case With 2024 on Horizon”
Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson for Bloomberg Law:
The US Supreme Court’s surprise decision to seek additional briefing in a North Carolina voting case could push an open question on the role of state officials in setting federal election rules into 2024.… Continue reading