Jamelle Bouie’s new column applauds the bipartisan Senate bill to revise the Electoral Count Act but prefer to eliminate the Electoral College and replace it with a national popular vote. After detailing provisions of the bill, he sums up: “I… Continue reading

Wall Street Journal editorial with this subtitle: “At last there’s a serious proposal to reform the Electoral Count Act.” The editorial largely praises the new bipartisan Senate bill, while raising some questions. For example: “What happens if a rogue Governor… Continue reading

Lee Drutman debates with Daniel DiSalvo and Steven Teles.

Mark Mazzetti and Maggie Haberman in the N.Y. Times review the available information on this matter. The election law angle, in my view, is how in the future to protect the Twelfth Amendment joint session in Congress from the risk… Continue reading

Henry Olsen has, in my opinion, a superb column on why, as he concludes, “Congress should pass the [Senate ECA reform bill] proposal rapidly and with a large, bipartisan majority.” Here’s part of it: “Together, [the bill’s] provisions would help… Continue reading

Matthew Seligman’s new Slate piece. It’s also how he ends his own tweet-thread in response to Norm Eisen’s. Matthew and I agree on multiple points, one of which is his concern about what he calls “the Governor’s Gambit”–which… Continue reading

Here’s his thread. Solely in my capacity as ELB blogger this week, and not as co-author of the joint piece posted yesterday, I offer these thoughts in response to what Norm raises: Norm is concerned about how the… Continue reading

Sobering N.Y. Times guest essay, especially the part about how command-and-control essentially broke down because, while it was understandable that Vice President Pence attempted to deploy the National Guard to protect Congress when President Trump refused to do so,… Continue reading

Roll Call report includes these quotes from Rick Hasen: ‘“Every step that is taken to try to minimize those risks going forward is a positive thing,” [Hasen] said. “But nobody should be under the illusion that if this thing passes,… Continue reading

Peter Baker for the N.Y. Times interviews and profiles Cheney in advance of tonight’s hearing. Explaining how she views her role in the House January 6 committee’s investigation of Trump, she say: “People need to understand how dangerous he is… Continue reading

N.Y. Times previews it. The Washington Post reports on Trump’s behavior on January 7. For ELB, I will be watching, keeping my eye on aspects especially salient for protecting future elections. (On this point, Rick Hasen has a new … Continue reading

Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman in the Plum Line for the Washington Post: “Here’s the basic principle at play: The aim is to close off manipulation of the process at both the state and congressional ends. In the proposal,… Continue reading

Washington Post editorial supporting the bipartisan Senate ECA reform bill. Here’s an excerpt (which links to the earlier joint post): ‘Perhaps most important are changes that would impede state-level mischief. By identifying governors as responsible for submitting a… Continue reading

This post is jointly authored by Ned Foley, Michael McConnell, Derek Muller, Rick Pildes, and Brad Smith. The bipartisan group of Senators, led by Senators Collins and Manchin, have released a draft bill for a … Continue reading