“Regulating AI Deepfakes and Synthetic Media in the Political Arena”
New analysis from the Brennan Center, echoing many of the recommendations I made in Cheap Speech.
Republican FEC Commissioners Block Investigation into Trump Campaign for 59th Time (29th Rejecting Staff Recommendations)
From Commissioner Weintraub:
Commissioners will continue to exercise prosecutorial discretion – the judicially unreviewable superpower granted to them by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals –unless and until the Court reconsiders its rulings in the Commission on Hope, Growth &… Continue reading
“Trump declines to rule out abusing power to seek retribution if he returns to the White House”
AP:
Former President Donald Trump declined to rule out abusing power if he returns to the White House after Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity asked him Tuesday to respond to growing Democratic criticism of his rhetoric.
The GOP… Continue reading
“Why big-money super PACs keep blowing it for their candidates”
Dave Weigel:
It wasn’t surprising that some candidates jumped at the chance to effectively outsource their campaign to a handful of big donors, once that became a clear possibility, rather than relying on fickle small donors and exhausting grip-and-grins with… Continue reading
“‘Test case’ for America: Colorado’s top court poised to weigh Trump’s eligibility to run again”
Politico:
So far, no court has declared Trump ineligible, and few of the cases have advanced beyond initial stages. In Minnesota, the state supreme court dismissed a challenge seeking to bar Trump from that state’s Republican primary ballot, but… Continue reading
Richmond, Virginia’s Odd System for Choosing a Mayor Has Roots in Settling a Voting Rights Act Objection
File this in the Department of Things I Did No Know:
All the contenders will face off one nonpartisan ballot this fall, and a candidate needs to win a plurality of the vote in at least five of the nine … Continue reading
What Can the U.S. Learn from New Zealand About Proportional Representation?
Derek Muller Blogging Week of December 11; Spencer Overton Blogging Weeks of Dec. 18 & 25
Please direct your tips and questions to Derek during the week of December 11 and Spencer during the weeks of December 18 and 25.
I’m going to be offline until the end of the year, and then back with a… Continue reading
“Prosecutors Intend to Show Long Pattern of Threats and Baseless Claims by Trump”
NYT:
When former President Donald J. Trump goes on trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, federal prosecutors intend to tell a sweeping story, informing the jury about everything from his support for the far-right Proud Boys… Continue reading
Janai Nelson: “Victims and advocates deserve a right to fight through the Voting Rights Act”
It’s a shame Janai had to even write this oped, but that’s where some courts are today:
hutting voters out of the process of vindicating their rights has incalculable implications that could quickly compound. Over the last year alone,… Continue reading
“Voting experts warn of ‘serious threats’ for 2024 from election equipment software breaches”
AP:
An effort to access voting system software in several states and provide it to allies of former President Donald Trump as they sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election has raised “serious threats” ahead of next year’s… Continue reading
New Amicus Brief Filed in Supreme Court in NetChoice Social Media Cases (on Behalf of Brendan Nyhan, Amy Wilentz, and Me) on How Texas and Florida’s Social Media Laws Raise the Risk of Election Subversion
Here’s the introduction and summary of argument from this just-filed amicus brief in the NetChoice cases on behalf of political scientist Brendan Nyhan, journalism professor Amy Wilentz, and me, written by me and Nat Bach (a former UCLA… Continue reading
“Special counsel alleges Trump ‘sent’ supporters on path to Jan. 6 violence”
WaPo:
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday accused former president Donald Trump of a long pattern of lying about elections and encouraging violence, saying he “sent” supporters on Jan. 6, 2021 to criminally block the election results.
In a new court filing… Continue reading
Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN
Here:
RankPaperDownloads1.Moore and Partisan GerrymanderingManoj MateDePaul University – College of LawDate Posted: 27 Oct 2023Last Revised: 27 Oct 20231122.Abuse of Discretion: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Indefensible Use of Evidence in Election Law CasesRichard L. … Continue reading