Monthly Archives: January 2018
Wisconsin: “Senate votes to force out state Ethics and Elections leaders”
Bad news for fair and impartial elections, but entirely expected:
State Senate Republicans have voted on party lines to reject confirmation of the state’s top ethics and elections officials — which Republicans said will effectively fire them, and Democrats decried… Continue reading
“’Civil Right No. 1:’ Dr. King’s Unfinished Voting Rights Revolution”
I have posted this draft on SSRN, which is forthcoming in a special symposium issue of the University of Memphis Law Review commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. (More about that symposium here.) … Continue reading
You Can Now Preorder the Audible Audiobook of My Upcoming Book on Justice Scalia, The Justice of Contradictions
“Florida voters will be able to restore voting rights to over a million former felons in November”
Think Progress:
Florida voters will have a chance to restore voting rights to more than 1 million former felons through a ballot initiative this November.
The proposed constitutional amendment on Tuesday reached the 766,200 petition signatures required to go on… Continue reading
“How Big a Deal Is a New Congressional Map for Pennsylvania?”
Nate Cohn for NYT’s The Upshot:
The Republicans are counting on a favorable congressional map to help their majority ride out a possible “wave” election this November. But the congressional map got a little less favorable on Monday when the… Continue reading
“It may ‘smell bad,’ but Long Beach mayor’s deal-making doesn’t break the law, experts say”
Long Beach Press Telegram:
Legal scholars say even if Fox or another candidate dropped out of the race because of a deal struck, it would have been within the law.
“You may think possibly this smells bad,” said Daniel Hays… Continue reading
“Alleged payment to porn star was illegal donation to Trump campaign, watchdog says”
Josh Gerstein for Politico:
A watchdog group filed a pair of complaints on Monday alleging that a $130,000 payment reportedly made to a pornographic film actress who claims to have had an affair with Donald Trump violated campaign finance laws.… Continue reading
Spring Speaking Engagements–Including Talks on My Upcoming Scalia Book, The Justice of Contradictions
I’ll be doing a fair amount of speaking in the spring, some (but not all) of it connected to the upcoming publication of my book, The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption (Yale University Press 2018).… Continue reading
“Donor privacy and Campaign-Related Speech”—Speaking at Federalist Society Event at Reagan Library
Looking forward to this on Saturday at the Federalist Society Western Conference:
Luncheon Discussion: Donor privacy and Campaign-Related Speech
12 Noon – 1:45 p.m.
With federal proposals like the DISCLOSE Act sidelined by Republicans in Congress, some state governments officials,… Continue reading
“Can Adversaries Hack Our Elections? Can We Stop Them?”
The UCI Cybersecurity and Research Institute is holding this event on March 13, with keynote James Carville.
“New Analysis: Voter Suppression Laws a Concern in 2018, Though Many States Looking to Expand Access”
Brennan Center:
A first look at voting laws introduced in state legislatures across the country finds that voter suppression efforts continue to be a concern at the outset of a pivotal election year. The Trump administration is promoting a similar… Continue reading
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Congressional Districts on State Law Grounds; And There’s a Longshot Theory to Get SCOTUS Review
Today the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on state law grounds held the state’s congressional districting violated the state constitution. It ordered the state legislature to submit a plan with compact and contiguous districts. If it can’t get a plan signed by… Continue reading
“Trump election fraud commission bought Texas election data flagging Hispanic voters”
WaPo:
President Donald Trump’s election fraud commission asked every state and the District for detailed voter registration data, but in Texas’s case it took an additional step: it asked to see Texas records that identify all voters with Hispanic surnames,… Continue reading