Monthly Archives: December 2016
Dahlia Lithwick Talks to Marc Elias on Partisan Gerrymandering and Carolyn Shapiro on the Electoral College
Listen at Slate Amicus.
Some responses to Prof. Schuck
Professor Peter Schuck is the author of an important 1987 article expressing doubt that the courts can successfully combat partisan gerrymandering. In a recent guest post on the Election Law Blog, Professor Schuck extends his skepticism to last month’s decision… Continue reading
“Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House”
WaPo:
The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on… Continue reading
FEC Comm. Weintraub: “Trump’s pick for White House counsel is wrong for the job”
Ellen Weintraub WaPo oped:
The White House counsel operates out of the public eye but has the president’s ear. In the Trump administration, with the unprecedented multiplicity of conflict-of-interest challenges facing the businessman-president, the job will take on added… Continue reading
Michigan Supreme Court, on 3-2 Party Line Vote, Refuses to Take Up Suit to Revive Recount
You can find the court’s order, a concurring opinion, and two dissenting opinions at this link. The two Democrats dissented.
Two Republican judges on Trump’s short list recused.
“Homeland Security: ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Attempted Breach of Georgia Computer System”
Byron Tau for WSJ:
he Department of Homeland Security said it is “deeply concerned” about what appears to be an attempted breach of Georgia’s secretary of state computer systems that has been tracked to a federal internet address.
In a… Continue reading
“A ‘Political Horror Show’ of Recounts, 16 Years After Hanging Chads”
NYT:
States still have vastly different systems for calling recounts and for carrying them out. Counting standards are inconsistent, state to state, and obscure provisions, like one in Michigan that deems some precincts not “recountable,” threaten to raise more public… Continue reading
“Trump blasts early voting: ‘Many things can go wrong’”
Politico:
Donald Trump on Friday expressed support for restricting voting rights.
Stumping for Louisiana Senate candidate John Kennedy, Trump urged supporters to help elect the Republican state treasurer to the U.S. Senate, a victory that would give the GOP a… Continue reading
“Donald Trump rewarding million-dollar donors with plum postings”
“Justices on Trump list to sit out recount case”
Detroit News:
Two Michigan Supreme Court Justices have disqualified themselves from considering a presidential recount appeal by Green Party candidate Jill Stein because Republican President-elect Donald Trump has named them among his possible picks for the United States Supreme Court.… Continue reading
“A Guide to Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3) Organizations”
Steven Sholk has published an updated version of his very useful publication.
“Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Secures Important Voting Rights Victory in Rural Georgia”
Release:
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), the law firm of Carlton Fields, Georgia NAACP and attorney Jerry Wilson announced a settlement agreement in the case, Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, et al. v. Emanuel … Continue reading
“Obama Orders Intelligence Report on Russian Election Hacking”
NYT:
President Obama has ordered American intelligence agencies to produce a full report on Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election, his homeland security adviser said on Friday. He also directed them to develop a list of “lessons learned”… Continue reading