Monthly Archives: April 2019
George Will Column Gives Many Reasons Why Decision to Include Citizenship Question on Census Was Pretextual, But Concludes Supreme Court May Allow It Anyway
I really understood what Will was saying in this column until the last paragraph, which doesn’t seem to follow.
“Mueller report highlights scope of election security challenge”
WaPo:
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation of the “sweeping and systematic fashion” in which Russia interfered in the 2016 election highlights the breadth and complexity of the U.S. voting infrastructure that needs protecting.From voter registration to the… Continue reading
Rudy Giuliani Says “There’s Nothing Wrong” with Taking Things of Value from Foreign Governments
I ended my recent Slate piece on Mueller’s decision not to prosecute Donald Trump Jr. for campaign finance violations with this statement:
Further, even if Mueller believed there were First Amendment questions in play, he should have left that… Continue reading
“Luckily for the Trumps, Some Laws Are Hard to Break; There’s a reason Mueller shied away from prosecuting Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. “
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for The Atlantic.
“Florida lawmakers seek to purge undocumented immigrants from voter rolls”
The Tampa Bay Times reports.
“It will get harder to amend Florida’s constitution if this bill passes”
The Tampa Bay Times reports.
“Trump campaign punishes Don McGahn’s law firm”
Politico:
The Trump campaign has hired its own in-house attorney for its 2020 reelection bid — shifting future business away from Jones Day, the law firm, that has represented Trump since his first run for president.Campaign officials and advisers… Continue reading
“Trump again jokes about staying on as president for more than two terms”
Washington Post:
President Trump on Thursday joked about serving more than two terms as president, telling a crowd that he might remain in the Oval Office “at least for 10 or 14 years.”Trump made the comments on the same… Continue reading
“How the IRS Gave Up Fighting Political Dark Money Groups”
ProPublica has this report, with the subhead: “Six years after it was excoriated for allegedly targeting conservative organizations, the agency has largely given up on regulating an entire category of nonprofits. The result: More dark money gushes into the political… Continue reading
FEC Asks North Carolina Republican Party If It Spent Too Much in Coordinated Spending Supporting Mark Meadows for Congress
The Hole in the Mueller Report
The Mueller report makes one legal judgment, in particular, that I find extremely puzzling. I think this judgment is going to cause endless confusion in the public and political debate about the report, and indeed, is doing so already. I… Continue reading
“Mueller report confirms Russians ‘compromised’ Illinois State Board of Elections”
Chicago Sun-Times:
The Mueller Report confirms the Russians tried to hack the Illinois Board of Elections website in 2016.“In one instance in approximately June 2016, the GRU compromised the computer network of the Illinois State Board of Elections by exploiting… Continue reading
“Russians Breached Florida County Computers Before 2016 Election, Mueller Report Says”
NYT:
In the months before the 2016 presidential election, Russia’s military intelligence agency penetrated computer systems in at least one Florida county government and planted malware in systems at a manufacturer of election equipment, the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller… Continue reading