Category Archives: campaigns
“The Supreme Court Made a Good Decision on Election Law; In praise of the ruling in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky.”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Not every Supreme Court decision about elections is a disaster, and the ruling in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky striking down Minnesota’s very broad ban on wearing political apparel in polling… Continue reading
Breaking: Supreme Court on 7-2 Vote Holds Minnesota’s Ban on Political Apparel at the Polling Place Unconstitutionally Overbroad
You can read the majority opinion by Chief Justice Roberts (with a dissent from Sotomayor, joined by Breyer) at this link.
[My analysis to come.]
“Web of elite Russians met with NRA execs during 2016 campaign”
McClatchy reports:
Several prominent Russians, some in President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle or high in the Russian Orthodox Church, now have been identified as having contact with National Rifle Association officials during the 2016 U.S. election campaign, according to photographs… Continue reading
“Trump learns to love megadonors”
Miss.: “Campaigning on your dime? Complaint over Hosemann stickers raises long-running issue”
Clarion Ledger:
Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Jay Hughes is questioning whether Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is promoting himself, rather than voting, with stickers being handed out at polls during Tuesday’s primaries.
Hosemann is considered a likely Republican candidate for… Continue reading
“Trump to appear at fundraiser for allied super PAC”
Politico:
President Donald Trump is plunging into the big-donor game, planning an appearance at a six-figure-a-head fundraiser benefiting his allied super PAC.
Trump is expected to address America First Action’s leadership summit, according to the super PAC’s president, Brian Walsh.… Continue reading
“What Happened to Jill Stein’s Recount Millions?”
Daily Beast:
But the opacity surrounding the expenditure of money—combined with the fact that a good chunk of the spending has come after all efforts to recount the vote were terminated—has fed criticism that Stein was more interested in boosting… Continue reading
“What Facebook’s New Political Ad System Misses”
ProPublica has this report, with the subhead: “Facebook announced a new system to make political ads more transparent. It’s got holes”
Today’s Must Read: “Inside the Pro-Trump Effort to Keep Black Voters From the Polls”
Bloomberg:
Breitbart News landed an election scoop that went viral in August 2016: “Exclusive: ‘Black Men for Bernie’ Founder to End Democrat ‘Political Slavery’ of Minority Voters… by Campaigning for Trump.”
If the splashy, counterintuitive story, which circulated on such… Continue reading
“Israeli Intelligence Firm’s Election-Meddling Analysis Comes Under Mueller’s Scrutiny”
WSJ:
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators have obtained a presentation prepared by an Israel-based private intelligence firm that outlines ways in which Donald Trump’s 2016 election was helped by fake news and fake social-media accounts, according to people familiar with… Continue reading
“Russian Facebook ads inflamed Hispanic tensions over immigration after Trump election”
USA Today:
In the months after Donald Trump rode to victory while calling for mass deportations, Russian operatives bought dozens of Facebook ads targeted at the Hispanic community seeking to further inflame tensions already roiled by the campaign’s racially charged… Continue reading
Giuliani: Russian Emails Helping Trump Campaign “Sort of Like a Gift”; But Campaign Acceptance of Things of Value from Foreign Nationals is Illegal
Oh my:
In a recent interview with HuffPost, Giuliani initially disputed the notion that Trump’s daily citing, in the final month of his campaign, of Russian-aligned WikiLeaks and its release of Russian-stolen emails constituted “colluding” with Russia.
“It is not,” … Continue reading