“Sources say Trump sought to directly pressure Nebraska state senator over winner-take-all proposal”
The Nebraska Examiner reports.
Category Archives: electoral college
“Despite vote count, Nebraska lawmakers begin debate of winner-take-all election system”
Lincoln Journal-Star:
Nebraska lawmakers briefly started — and then stopped — debate Wednesday on legislation that would replace the state’s unique system for presidential elections with the winner-take-all model deployed in 48 other states.
Sen. Julie Slama of Dunbar filed an … Continue reading
“Trump and Nebraska governor push to deny Biden a crucial electoral vote”
Dave Weigel for Semafor:
Donald Trump and Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen endorsed legislation that would take Omaha’s potentially decisive electoral vote out of play for Democrats, hours after conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s Tuesday X post suggesting it.
In just 200… Continue reading
No Labels Leader Floats Insane “Contingent Election” Scenario
Just wow via NYT:
No Labels, the group that for months has pledged to run a centrist presidential ticket in the event of a rematch between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump, is running out of time to… Continue reading
“The Terrifying Legal Election Scenario That Keeps Me Up at Night”
Michael Tomasky on a potential 269-269 electoral college tie leading to a contingent election where each state’s U.S. House delegation gets one vote to pick the President.
Fourteenth Amendment federalism over Electoral College federalism in Trump v. Anderson
This sentence, perhaps more than any other, in my judgment, drives the decision in Trump v. Anderson (and the unanimous consensus of the Supreme Court):
Because federal officers “‘owe their existence and functions to the united voice of the whole,… Continue reading
“The President of the Senate, the Original Public Meaning of the Twelfth Amendment, and the Electoral Count Reform Act”
The Case Western Reserve Law Review has just published my article, “The President of the Senate, the Original Public Meaning of the Twelfth Amendment, and the Electoral Count Reform Act.” Here is the abstract:
When Congress convenes under… Continue reading
Near-unanimous Wisconsin Senate advances important bill responding to Electoral Count Reform Act
In December 2022, I blogged about how state legislatures needed to take a look at how their existing election codes fit with the Electoral Count Reform Act. In particular, “States should be working backwards from that deadline to determine… Continue reading
On January 6, 2025
When Congress convenes to count electoral votes on January 6, 2025, it will face intense pressure. If the Supreme Court rejects Colorado’s effort to bar Donald Trump from the primary ballot, its path seems likely to leave the door open… Continue reading
“Here Is One Way to Steal the Presidential Election”
Lessig & Seligman NYT oped:
What happens when you stress-test America’s system for electing a president? How well does it hold up?
After the assault on the nation’s Capitol three years ago, we worked through every strategy we could… Continue reading
“Trump’s campaign guided filing of Michigan’s false electors certificate, emails show”
Craig Mauger for the Detroit News:
Then-President Donald Trump’s campaign directly orchestrated the filing of a certificate, signed by 16 Michigan Republicans, that falsely claimed he won the state’s 2020 election, according to internal campaign emails obtained by The Detroit… Continue reading
“Exclusive: Recordings describe 2020 Oval Office photo-op where Trump was briefed on fake electors and January 6”
Marshall Cohen at CNN:
Before a group of supportive lawyers entered the Oval Office for a photo-op with then-President Donald Trump in December 2020, they were given a clear instruction, according to one attendee: Don’t get Trump’s hopes up… Continue reading
“Trump campaign recognized legal risks of false electors, still went forward”
Craig Mauger in the Detroit News:
Top advisers within Donald Trump’s campaign were aware of concerns in early December 2020 that criminal charges could result from submitting certificates falsely claiming the Republican won battleground states like Michigan that he… Continue reading
“Less appetite — and opportunity — to serve as fake Trump electors in 2024”
Excerpt from the Washington Post:
Another force will make it harder for electors to do what Trump’s slates did in 2020: The Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022, bipartisan legislation intended to prevent the chaos surrounding the events of… Continue reading