Archived Video of My CNN Newsroom Discussion with Phil Mattingly About January 6, the Risks of Election Subversion in 2024, and the New Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Law
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“How Redistricting Gives Republicans New Political Power”
WSJ:
Republicans are favored to take control of the House in this year’s midterm elections, and redistricting has given them a built-in advantage that could span the next 10 years.The GOP is expected to net a handful of… Continue reading
“Can election denialism be a winning issue in November?”
The Hill:
A number of Republican candidates who have pushed dubious claims about the last election, or questioned the legitimacy of elections, are winning their respective primaries, raising questions about whether election denialism can be a winning issue in… Continue reading
More on Cipollone’s Testimony
From NYT and Politico, on the roughly eight hours of closed-door testimony that the former WH Counsel provided to the House Jan. 6 committee on Friday. NYT reports:
The panel recorded Mr. Cipollone on video with potential plans to… Continue reading
“The Fight Over Truth Also Has a Red State-Blue State Divide”
NYT:
In the absence of significant action on disinformation at the federal level, officials in state after state are taking aim at the sources of disinformation and the platforms that propagate them — only they are doing so… Continue reading
Shareholder Resolutions on Political Spending
Harvard Law School’s Forum on Corporate Governance has this post, based on information from Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc., on shareholder resolutions regarding corporate political spending during the 2022 proxy season:
More shareholder resolutions were filed in the 2022 proxy… Continue reading
“Ranked-choice voting could help Murkowski in Alaska race, poll finds”
From the Wash. Post:
An Alaska Survey Research poll found that ranked-choice voting could help incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in the race against Trump-backed challenger Kelly Tshibaka.
Alaska will conduct a nonpartisan primary on Aug. 16 with the… Continue reading
“Trump considers waiving claim of executive privilege for Steve Bannon”
WaPo:
Former President Donald Trump is considering sending a letter to Stephen K. Bannon saying that he is waiving his claim of executive privilege, potentially clearing the way for his former chief strategist to testify before the House select… Continue reading
University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation
NYT has this story on the University of Maryland School of Public Policy’s Program for Public Consultation, which has issued this report entitled “The Demand for Public Consultation.” Here’s the NYT’s summary of the program’s work:
In simulations conducted… Continue reading
Cipollone’s January 6 Testimony
Former WH Counsel Pat Cipollone spent over eight hours in closed-door testimony to the House Jan. 6 committee, according to Politico. Committee member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) told CNN that Cipollone “did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses,” but… Continue reading
“ND Judge Won’t Throw Out Tribes’ Redistricting Suit”
Law360: “A North Dakota federal judge on Thursday denied the state’s motion to dismiss a suit claiming its new legislative districts dilute Native Americans’ voting rights, ruling the tribes’ right to seek a remedy is embedded in case law.”… Continue reading
“How The Supreme Court Could Turbocharge Gerrymandering — Just In Time for 2024”
538 on Moore v. Harper:
The independent state legislature theory is fewer than 25 years old, and for most of its life, it’s been relegated to the fringes of academia. But it was widely promoted by former President Donald … Continue reading
Director of Florida’s New Office of Election Crimes and Security
Politico’s Florida Playbook has this report on Gov. Ron DeSantis’s appointee Pete Antonacci, described as “a skilled lawyer and former general counsel for [former Gov. Rick] Scott who once worked for Democratic Attorney General Bob Butterworth.”
“What a New Supreme Court Review May Mean for Albany’s Culture of Graft”
NYT: “[I]in key rulings in the past dozen years, the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the law governing corruption, resulting in the overturning of the convictions of at least three prominent former New York lawmakers. And with the court’s announcement… Continue reading