Challengers File Brief on the Merits at Supreme Court in Trump Disqualification Case
You can find the brief here, which is very well done.
I’ll have more to say about the briefing in a piece posting Monday.
“The California Supreme Court Replaces Gingles Prong One”
Jason D’Andrea and Bruce Wessel have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Fordham Law Voting Rights and Democracy Forum). Here is the abstract:
This Essay analyzes Pico Neighborhood Association v. City of Santa Monica, the California Supreme Court’s first decision… Continue reading
“Your Guide to Four Emerging Threats to the Voting Rights Act”
Bolts:
After years of being whittled away by federal judges, the Voting Rights Act unexpectedly survived an existential threat in 2023 when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld what’s left of the landmark civil rights law while striking down Alabama’s congressional… Continue reading
“‘Preposterous’: Federal judge decries efforts to downplay Jan. 6 violence, label perpetrators ‘hostages'”
Politico:
The longest-serving district judge on the federal bench in Washington, D.C., warned Thursday that false rhetoric about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — including the sorts of lies hurled by former President Donald Trump and some of… Continue reading
“Scholars unmask Trump election lawyers’ use of falsified evidence”
Steven Rosenfeld:
Beadles’ reward wasn’t real. Nor was his purported evidence. But this stunt, and especially its use of irrelevant statistics to appear authoritative and smear elections, is common in Trump circles. A working paper by two Stanford University scholars,… Continue reading
“Elon Musk Is Spreading Election Misinformation, but X’s Fact Checkers Are Long Gone”
NYT:
In the spring of 2020, when President Donald J. Trump wrote messages on Twitter warning that increased reliance on mail-in ballots would lead to a “rigged election,” the platform ran a corrective, debunking his claims.
“Get the facts… Continue reading
“No Labels director doubles down on 3rd-party ticket after New Hampshire”
The Hill reports. It seems pretty definite that No Labels will enter the race, assuming they can find a candidate they consider suitable. The report quotes their national director as saying “if America wants another choice, we’re gonna offer it… Continue reading
My New Piece in Politico: “Opinion: The 2024 Election Will Be Fair. People Still Won’t Believe It.”
I have written this piece for Politico. A snippet:
The current backdrop for the 2024 election may seem bleak: Many of those who helped to ensure a fair election and a peaceful transition of power in 2020 have been silenced,… Continue reading
“Trump leans into voter fraud playbook, preparing to cry foul if he loses expected Biden rematch”
AP:
For months, Trump has been alleging that he could be the victim of fraud in November, making the same sort of explosive, groundless allegations that fueled the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and have continued to… Continue reading
“‘Betrayal’: Arizona GOP Chair Jeff DeWit resigns after recording of ‘offer’ to Kari Lake”
Arizona Republic:
Jeff DeWit, a former Arizona treasurer and Trump adviser, resigned as chair of the state GOP on Wednesday following the release of an audio recording in which he offered Kari Lake a lucrative job if she quits her… Continue reading
“Intimidation of State and Local Officeholders”
New report from the Brennan Center:
Among the report’s findings:
43% of state legislators have experienced threats within the past three years. 18% of local officeholders have experienced threats within the past year and a half. (p. 4)
Because of abuse, 39% of local officeholders and 21% of state legislators are less… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Ryan Reilly, Author of Sedition Hunters
Latest conversation for the Safeguarding Democracy Project’s webinar series:
March 20 Virtual Event: “The Missing Constitutional Right”
Brennan Center:
The right to vote is one of the foundations of democracy, yet in the United States, it has never truly been available to all. Generations have seen different versions of the same conflict: disenfranchised groups of people… Continue reading
Feb 8-9 Event: “The Promise and Limits of State Constitutions”
Brennan Center:
For much of the past century, the U.S. Supreme Court was the primary guardian of civil rights and liberties. In many areas the Court is now backing away from that role, and legal scholars and citizens alike are… Continue reading