From the Washington Post: As Vice President Mike Pence hid from a marauding mob during the Jan. 6 invasion of the Capitol, an attorney for President Donald Trump emailed a top Pence aide to say that Pence had caused… Continue reading

WOW: Three University of Florida professors said in a federal court filing on Friday that they had been barred from assisting plaintiffs in a lawsuit to overturn the state’s new law restricting voting rights, an extraordinary limit on speech… Continue reading

The following letter appeared in The Bulwark and The New Republic: We are writers, academics, and political activists who have long disagreed about many things.Some of us are Democrats and others Republicans. Some identify with the left, some with… Continue reading

This new article of mine just came out in the NYU Law Review. The piece skeptically considers a new legal theory that emerged during the 2020 election — that overly lax voting rules are unconstitutional because they enable fraud that… Continue reading

Washington Post: Tucker Carlson, the most popular voice in conservative media, drew condemnation Thursday for the trailer of a new series he plans to debut next week promising to “tell the true story” of the Jan. 6 insurrection, in which… Continue reading

From a 538 interview, with GD = Galen Drake from 538: GD: I know that you supported overall the election changes in Georgia this year. But those laws included making you no longer chair of the state election board, which… Continue reading

Washington Post: Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring’s office Thursday pressed a surrogate of Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin to share evidence supporting her claims that Democrats are trying to “steal” Tuesday’s election — allegations Herring (D), who… Continue reading

Also Politico: Illinois’ state legislature passed a new congressional map early Friday morning that likely secures Democrats’ control of 14 of the state’s 17 congressional districts — but it also condemned liberalfreshman Rep. Marie Newman to an uncertain fate at… Continue reading

From Ally Mutnick at Politico: Iowa legislators approved a new congressional map Thursday that largely maintains the status quo and gives Republicans a solid chance at winning all four of the state’s congressional districts next year.The proposal, crafted… Continue reading

From AZ Central: The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission adopted drafts of new congressional and legislative district maps Thursday with only a few partisan disputes.The five-member Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission adopted the maps following a full-day meeting at the Sheraton… Continue reading

From Andrew Appel: Citizens with disabilities (and voters living abroad) must have the substantive right to vote—that’s the law.  Sometimes that turns into a demand for internet voting.  But as I wrote earlier this year, internet voting is dangerously… Continue reading

From The Bridge in Michigan: Michigan State Police launched a criminal investigation Thursday after election equipment at the center of a voting tabulator conspiracy theory went missing this week in a rural, conservative community.  Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott, a… Continue reading

WSJ explains its reasons for publishing Trump’s long letter repeating his false claims about the 2020 election: The progressive parsons of the press are aflutter that we published a letter to the editor Thursday from former President Trump, objecting to… Continue reading