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“End the Criminal Cases Against Trump,” says Thomas Goldstein
Thomas Goldstein (SCOTUS Blog) offers his views on the criminal cases against Trump. The people have spoken; it is time to drop the cases: “Democracy’s ultimate verdict on these prosecutions was rendered by voters on Election Day.”
I am not… Continue reading
“Manhattan D.A. Suggests Freezing Trump’s Case While He Is President”
What to do about the sentencing of a convicted felon who will assume the highest office of the land?
Trump: Obviously, dismiss the criminal conviction–to do otherwise is to impede my ability to perform my constitutional duties.
Manhattan DA: Freeze… Continue reading
NC Supreme Court Race–Update
WRAL News: North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, the Democratic incumbent, appears to have won her judicial race by “625 votes out of 5.5 million.” There are still some outstanding votes to be counted, but her Republican challenger… Continue reading
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It joins buttons for Facebook, Threads, and X at the bottom of each post. Just click on the Bluesky logo and if you have an account, you can post a link to an ELB post in just one click.
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“Effort to repeal ranked choice voting and open primaries in Alaska on track to narrowly fail after latest ballot count”
From Anchorage Daily News:
“Results posted Monday showed 50.03% of voters opposed the measure repealing ranked choice voting, while 49.97% were in favor of the repeal. Just 192 votes separated the two camps, with more ballots set to be… Continue reading
“Ranked Choice Voting: What Happened & What’s Next”
Michael Parsons (FairVote, Senior Legal Fellow) and Meredith Sumpter (FairVote CEO) offer reflections at Democracy Takes on what the results of the 2024 ballot initiatives tell us about the future of rank-choice voting as a reform. A peek here:
“In… Continue reading
“Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Alaska campaign finance laws”
I missed this news yesterday:
More than 14 years after the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which removed limits on independent political expenditures by corporations and unions, the justices declined to weigh in on … Continue reading
“FBI investigating post-election text threats sent to Latino, LGBTQ people”
In the immediate wake of the election various, mostly young, black people were targeted with texts and emails directing them to report to the plantation. Now, the Washington Post reports that similar threats were sent to the Latino and LGBTQ… Continue reading
“Bucks County board chair says comment about violating election law has been misinterpreted”
Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Diane Ellis-Marseglia, the Bucks County Commissioner, has apologized for the “upset and confusion” caused by her defiant comments last week in which she said:
“People violate laws any time they want,” she added. “So, for me,… Continue reading
Bob Bauer: “Did the Legal Process Over the Last Four Years ‘Fail’?”
Thoughtful Bob Bauer post at Lawfare.
“Pa. Supreme Court again rules that Philly and other counties cannot count undated mail ballots; The ruling comes after several Philly-area counties defied the court’s previous guidance; The issue has come under close scrutiny as the race between Bob Casey and Dave McCormick undergoes a recount”
See this report from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Via How Appealing, which links to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s per curiam order, two concurring statements (here and here), and a dissenting statement.
From the per curiam… Continue reading
“In Pennsylvania, the Election Litigation Continues, With a Twist; As a Senate recount plays out, at least four counties are ignoring an order from the State Supreme Court that undated or misdated mail ballots cannot be counted.”
NYT:
In an election defined in part by a tsunami of litigation before polls even opened, few states saw as much legal haggling over which ballots should count as Pennsylvania.
The polls have long since closed, yet a new… Continue reading
WaPo Editorial: “Democrats thumb their nose at the rule of law in Pennsylvania” (Recount Starts Today)
WaPo Editorial:
Before the Nov. 5 election, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled that provisional ballots must be signed in two required places and that mail-in votes must be dated. Yet elected Democratic officials in Philadelphia and three other counties —… Continue reading