Category Archives: election law biz
AALS Election Law Section Prize Winners
Message from Joshua Sellers:
The AALS Section on Election Law is pleased to announce the winners of its annual awards.
The John Hart Ely Prize in the Law of Democracy
This award is presented annually by the executive committee of… Continue reading
NYT Goes Deep with Marc Elias Profile
NYT:
In January, the law firm of the powerful Democratic lawyer Marc Elias launched a gambit intended to help his party.
The Elias Law Group petitioned the Federal Election Commission to allow a George Soros-funded political action committee to coordinate… Continue reading
“Democrats Ready Thousands of Lawyers for Final Days of Race”
WSJ:
Remus, a partner at Covington & Burling, is a Yale Law graduate with a diverse résumé, including a clerkship to conservative Justice Samuel Alito. Her inner circle includes Bob Bauer, a personal lawyer to Biden and White House counsel… Continue reading
“RNC is leading the legal charge for Trump amid echoes of 2020 election chaos”
Lawrence Hurley for NBC News:
When a local Republican official in Georgia filed a lawsuit this year declaring that election boards did not have a duty to certify results, the lawyer she turned to was part of the legal team… Continue reading
“Arizona lawyers keep distance from GOP’s ‘election integrity’ operation amid concern over Kari Lake’s fraud claims”
NBC News:
Multiple Republican lawyers in Arizona say they and others who were involved in the party’s election litigation efforts in past cycles are keeping their distance this time around, in large part because of Senate candidate Kari Lake’s history… Continue reading
“Legal Watchdog Group Warns Pro-Trump Lawyers Against Subverting Democracy in November”
NYT:
After the 2020 election, legal watchdogs, outraged at some of their colleagues, filed scores of ethics complaints against lawyers who used their skills in questionable ways to help former President Donald J. Trump stay in power.
And in the… Continue reading
“Harris Campaign’s Legal Team Takes Shape as Election Battles Heat Up”
NYT:
Amid threats of certification battles and mass voter challenges, Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign has assembled an expansive senior legal team that will oversee hundreds of lawyers and thousands of volunteers in a sprawling operation designed to be… Continue reading
ABA Unsung Heroes of Democracy Awards
The ABA’s Task Force for American Democracy has this announcement, on 22 individuals and organizations receiving the award this year. They include Bob Bauer, Ben Ginsburg, and Meaghan Wolf.
In related news, the ABA Task Force is hosting this … Continue reading
AEI “Ballot Battles” Book Event with Ned Foley
This Monday, July 15 at 10 ET, on the revised and expanded version of Ned’s book, with live and virtual options.
Congratulations to Election Law Profs Justin Levitt, Carolyn Shapiro, and Kate Shaw, Elected to the American Law Institute
They are among the great choices announced today who write (at least partially) in the area of election law.
“Government reform expert Robert Stern joins LA Ethics Commission”
LADN:
The Los Angeles City Council has confirmed reform expert Robert Stern as the newest member of the Ethics Commission, and Wednesday marks the first time in several months that the five-member body has had all its seats filled.… Continue reading
“Democratic lawyers get ready: ‘If Trump wins, there will be chaos’”
Politico:
When Donald Trump issued a ban on travelers from some Muslim-majority countries just a week into his presidency, Democratic attorneys general were caught off guard. They hadn’t expected the policy, long promised by Trump on the campaign trail, to… Continue reading
Election Law Academics Update
Here’s my yearly roundup of election law academic hires, promotions moves, visits, accolades:
Ellen Aprill is Senior Scholar in Residence at the Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits at UCLA (and continues as the John E Anderson Professor in Tax… Continue reading