“Why Representative Mike Johnson Thinks That the Election Is Not Over”
Isaac Chotiner New Yorker Q and A.
Monthly Archives: December 2020
Charles Stewart: “How We Voted in 2020: A First Look at the Survey of the Performance of American Elections.”
This is so full of useful information:
The Survey of the Performance of American Elections (SPAE) provides information about how Americans experience to voting in the most recent federal election. Conducted in every presidential election since 2008, the SPAE is… Continue reading
“McConnell urges GOP senators not to object to Electoral College vote”
The Hill:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is urging Republicans not to object during Congress’s count and certification of the Electoral College vote next month.McConnell’s comments were made during a caucus call on Tuesday, according to a source familiar… Continue reading
“Arizona judge scraps election fraud lawsuit in which plaintiff was not a registered voter”
Arizona Republic:
A Pinal County Superior Court judge on Tuesday jettisoned a lawsuit claiming widespread election fraud in Arizona, saying the plaintiff had no standing to challenge the state’s election results because she was not registered to vote. Judge Kevin… Continue reading
PA Republican Party Files Reply Brief in Supreme Court Seeking Cert in Case Involving Absentee Ballot Extension Granted by PA Sup Court; Party Concedes Case Will Not Affect Outcome of Election
The brief is here, with former SG Noel Francisco now on the brief. A snippet:
Respondents’ Oppositions only confirm what some Respondents told the Court just weeks ago: that the Court should grant review and resolve the important and… Continue reading
Will There Be a Senator to Join in an Objection to The Counting of Any Electoral College Votes?
This matters not to the outcome, but to the spectacle and a delay in Congress counting the electoral college votes on Jan. 6. If a Senator does not join a House objection, the chambers do not debate.
And now it… Continue reading
Trump Retweets Call from Lin Wood for Georgia Governor and Secretary of State to Go to Jail for Not Stealing the Election for Him
At least Wood can be disbarred.
Good morning, the President of the United States is retweeting calls for him to put members of his own party in jail for not overturning an election that he lost. pic.twitter.com/N46ZzK5JjT— Robert Maguire… Continue reading
“Joe Biden Won the Presidential Election Legally”
“Secret donor name in Florida Senate races wiped from records, replaced”
Tampa Bay Times:
The name of the mystery donor behind a $550,000 effort that helped promote no-party candidates in three key Florida Senate races, including one that is under investigation, was changed in campaign finance reports over the weekend.While making… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court May Soon Rule on Donor Privacy”
Philanthropy Roundtable:
For those following donor-privacy issues, there was an important development in the case known as Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra in mid-December. The current status of this litigation is that the plaintiffs have petitioned the U.S. Supreme… Continue reading
“Team Trump’s Endgame”
Lessig tries to to suss out what’s up with the fake alternative electors the Trump team assembled yesterday.
Senator McConnell Recognizes Joe Biden as President-Elect
This is a very important step, as I argued back on November 8 at Slate, when McConnell should have done this:
BREAKING: McConnell says that after the electoral college voted yesterday: "Our country has officially a president-elect and a… Continue reading
“Texas v. Pennsylvania: What’s The Deal With That? And what to make of the mysterious separate ‘statement’ of Justices Alito and Thomas?”
“Trump antagonizes Republicans with Georgia fundraising ploy”
Politico:
President Donald Trump couldn’t make it any clearer: He needs his supporters to fork over cash for the all-important Georgia Senate runoff elections.“We MUST defend Georgia from the Dems!” he wrote in one recent text message. “I need YOU… Continue reading