Josh Blackman has some very interesting analysis at the Volokh Conspiracy. He argues that because Smith did not indict Trump under 18 U.S. Code § 2071, it signals that he likely won’t indict Trump under 18 U.S. Code … Continue reading

Darrel Rowland tweets. If I have thoughts to share on the opinion(s), I will blog them.

Following up on the earlier AP story, Pro Public has a lengthy piece on the partisan fight over whether or not Meagan Wolfe remains Administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Some details: ‘Commission chair Don Millis, a Republican attorney,… Continue reading

The Arizona Mirror reports on the event that David Becker and Bill Gates held with the press to prepare for the election. A snippet: Becker sees two scenarios.  The vacancies create “competency issues” that lead to further misinformation and maladministration… Continue reading

L.A. Times: “The report recommends that the city establish two independent redistricting commissions, each with 17 residents, to draw district lines for the city of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District, respectively.” The report, in the… Continue reading

Philly Inquirer: “In addition to a couple of Mastriano emails referencing his conversations with Trump, other emails point to disagreements within the GOP about challenging the results of the election.”

The Jolt from the Atlanta Constitution-Journal. Raffensperger is undoubtedly correct when he says “the facts on my side” and not Trump’s. But after watching the CNN Townhall with Trump, one wonders unfortunately whether facts matter in a televised forum involving… Continue reading

Nancy Jacobson, No Labels CEO, has an L.A. Times opinion piece attacking two-party “duopoly” and defending its plans for a potential third-party presidential bid. One bit of news in the column: it goes further than Ben Chavis said yesterday in… Continue reading

POLITICO details the effort by Democrats to get new congressional maps for New York and Wisconsin because of changes in the composition of the highest court in each state. As the story observes, “Democrats previously excoriated GOP operatives for plans… Continue reading

This is a guest post from Ruth Greenwood: Civil rights groups, redistricting litigators, political scientists, and computer scientists largely fell into two camps when it came to privacy protections for the 2020 census: Team TopDown and Team Swapping.* The acrimony … Continue reading

Read this valuable 19-page report co-authored by Rachael Dean Wilson, Kevin Johnson, and David Levine (and jointly produced by the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German-Marshall Fund and the Election Reformers Network. It’s a balanced and fair-minded assessment what… Continue reading

NBC News reports on today’s statement by Ben Chavis, No Labels co-chair. No Labels will make a decision on whether to run a third-party presidential candidate after Super Tuesday and, according to Chavis, “‘If we find that the polls are… Continue reading

As part of raising a question about the timing of potential lawsuits to bar Trump from the ballot on section 3 grounds, I’m reminded of Derek’s very comprehensive and helpful ELB post mapping out the litigation possibilities on this topic.… Continue reading

In response to my recent musings about the possibility of a congressional compromise statute that would create special expedited civil litigation to adjudicate Trump’s status under section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, several readers have pointed to the planned lawsuits… Continue reading