Blogging This Week
I’ll be in charge of blogging this week, so send your suggested stories to me. Thanks to Guy Charles for holding down the fort last week.
Major Elections in Alberta Canada Today
Anticipation is for the closest race in Alberta’s history between the United Conservatives, currently in power, and the New Democratic Party. The Conservatives have governed Alberta for nearly all the past 40 years, other than 2015-2019. Here’s one story.
John Eastman Offers Warped View of 2020 Election, the January 6 “incursion into the Capitol,” and His Attempt to Subvert Election, in Supreme Court Brief Seeking to Erase District Court Case Finding He and Trump Likely Participated in a Crime
Via Tierney Sneed at CNN, comes this cert. petition before the Supreme Court in No. 22-1138. Eastman is asking for a Munsingwear vacatur of a federal district court ruling, which would wipe that case off the books on grounds it… Continue reading
“Feinstein, Back in the Senate, Relies Heavily on Staff to Function”
“The California Democrat is surrounded by a large retinue of aides at all times, who tell her how and when to vote, explain what is going on when she is confused, and shield her from the press and public.” Story… Continue reading
The University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Policy is hosting a CEA webinar
Registration is free and here. Here’s the description:
The Elections & Voting Information Center (EVIC) at Reed College has conducted a survey of local election officials (LEOs) for the past 4 years that provides local officials with an important… Continue reading
“Many GOP insiders fear that Teflon Don is back
Trump plays by rules afforded no other candidate. He might luck out again with a large field in 2024.”
Will the 2024 Republican Primary be like the 2016 primary? This story from Politico.
(Updated) “Paxton Impeachment Texas House Votes to Impeach Ken Paxton”
Story here. Paxton is suspended from office. (Thanks to Hugh Brady for the correction). He now awaits a trial by the state Senate.
“Missteps and Miscalculations: Inside Fox’s Legal and Business Debacle”
This fascinating New York Times post-mortem on the Dominion defamation lawsuit against Fox. If your interest is Election Law and Civil Procedure, this is an absolute must-read.
“DeSantis campaign will receive $500K raised by super PAC, a source says. Campaign finance experts call it ‘unprecedented'”
Aaron Navarro has this story for CBS News. From the article:
Campaign finance experts called the move “unprecedented” and had mixed reactions on if it violated FEC regulations.The transfer of “hard” campaign dollars — money raised under federal fundraising limits… Continue reading
UVA Law Professors Mike Gilbert and Debbie Hellman on Political Corruption
Professors Hellman and Gilbert has this article, Political Corruption, forthcoming in the Oxford Handbook of American Election Law (Eugene Mazo, ed.). The abstract:
This chapter studies political corruption and its many relationships to the law of democracy. It begins with… Continue reading
John Eastman’s Expert in Disbarment Proceeding Disqualified
David Ettinger blogs about it here.
“ARIZONA—Maricopa County Superior Court sanctions both Mark Finchem, R, personally, and his attorney, in legal case stemming from a 2022 election contest.”
More from Ivonne Wingett Sanchez here.
“Texas House to vote Saturday on impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton”
This Washington Post story by Molly Hennessy-Fiske. The lede:
The Texas House plans to vote Saturday on whether to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, presaging a potential state Senate trial that could lead to the ouster of one of… Continue reading
“Voting Rights Federalism”
Ruth Greenwood and I have posted this article on state voting rights acts (SVRAs), which will be published in a symposium issue of the Emory Law Journal. Here’s the abstract:
It’s well-known that the federal Voting Rights Act is… Continue reading