“Danger in Plain Sight: The Risk of Triggering a Contingent Election in 2024”
Beau Tremitiere and Aisha Woodward at Lawfare.
“Most Republicans say Trump didn’t even try to overturn the election”
Aaron Blake:
Earlier this year, we learned about how the American political right’s most trusted news outlet proactively aired claims that its higher-ups understood to be baseless and false, and resisted fact-checking them. Fox News’s viewers were sold a fantasy… Continue reading
One year later – “What the litigation path of eligibility challenges to Donald Trump may look like”
Just about one year ago, in November 2022, I wrote the following:
If I had a crystal ball into the future of litigation surrounding Donald Trump’s candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, I would project something like this: In… Continue reading
“Federal Judge Reinstates Gag Order on Trump in Election Case”
NYT:
federal judge reinstated a gag order on former President Donald J. Trump on Sunday that had been temporarily placed on hold nine days earlier, reimposing restrictions on what Mr. Trump can say about witnesses and prosecutors in the case… Continue reading
Colorado trial court botches interpretation of Electoral Count Reform Act in rush to get Trump ballot access case to hearing
Back in 2015, I suggested that courts should proceed with “caution” when exercising review over qualifications disputes involving presidential candidates. Other entities are involved in the process, and the state legislature may not have empowered a court or… Continue reading
“Pence Bows Out of 2024 Presidential Race That Trump Is Dominating”
NYT:
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who spent four years dutifully serving President Donald J. Trump but refused to carry out Mr. Trump’s demand that he block the 2020 election results, ended his presidential bid on Saturday, with a final… Continue reading
“After ‘Glimmer of a Moment,’ Mississippi Once Again Shuts Out Aspiring Voters”
Bolts:
Paloma Wu allowed herself a moment of celebration in August, when a panel of three federal judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a shock decision to strike down Mississippi’s longstanding practice of permanently stripping voting rights… Continue reading
“Wisconsin judge rules that GOP-controlled Senate’s vote to fire top elections official had no effect”
AP:
A vote by the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate last month to fire the state’s nonpartisan top elections official had no legal effect, and lawmakers are barred from ousting her while a lawsuit plays out, a Dane County judge ruled on… Continue reading
“Opinion: Who in their right mind wants the House to pick our next president?”
Doug Jones CNN oped on the potential for a contingent election in 2024.
“A year later, Musk’s X is tilting right. And sinking.”
WaPo:
One year after billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, aiming to rid it of a “woke mind virus” that he believed was suppressing free speech, the site’s business outlook appears dire.
The number of people actively tweeting… Continue reading
Did the Threat of Political Violence Against Members of Congress Prevent the Conviction of Trump After His Second Impeachment?
Explosive claim (if true) via Mediaite:
Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) revealed to biographer McKay Coppins that the threat of physical violence effectively kept many elected Republicans from voting to impeach or convict President Donald Trump, even though they wanted to.… Continue reading
“Prosecutors Withdraw Second Subpoena in Trump Fund-Raising Inquiry”
NYT:
Federal prosecutors have quietly withdrawn a subpoena seeking records from former President Donald J. Trump’s 2020 campaign as part of their investigation into whether Mr. Trump’s political and fund-raising operations committed any crimes as he sought to stay in… Continue reading
“Arizona prosecutors ask about 2020 pressure campaign by Trump allies”
WaPo:
The Arizona attorney general’s investigation into the coordinated attempt to overturn the 2020 election results by creating and sending documents to the federal government falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner is also zeroing in on the pressure placed on… Continue reading
“Hearings begin as Trump critics attempt to kick him off ballots”
WaPo:
In two courtrooms 900 miles apart, judges next week will begin to weigh an unprecedented and historic question: Is former president Donald Trump eligible to run for office again given his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021,… Continue reading