“Financial Implications of Rising Political Risk in the US”
New at the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.
“‘Where’s Celia?’ An Arizona elections official becomes the target of a virtual manhunt by GOP activists on a public records crusade.”
Jen Fifield for Votebeat:
They started searching for her in late January.
“Where’s CELIA NABOR?” one member of the angry online mob wrote. “Find her,” another wrote. Track her phone, credit cards, social security number, and social media, others… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace on Our “24 for ’24” Report on Fair and Legitimate Elections in 2024
You can watch the clip here.
You can also read the new report: 24 for ’24: Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech for Fair and Legitimate 2024 Elections.
Here’s a shorter, clickable part of the MSNBC video.
Wisconsin: “Senate Republicans fire elections chief, setting the stage for a legal fight heading into the 2024 elections”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Fueled by lingering outrage over the 2020 election within the Wisconsin GOP, Senate Republicans voted Thursday to fire the state’s top election official — a move that catapulted Wisconsin’s election agency into a legal battle over who oversees… Continue reading
“It’s not up to secretaries of state like me to keep Trump off the ballot”
Jocelyn Benson WaPo oped:
Is it up to secretaries of state to determine whether Donald Trump can ever serve in elective office again?
That seems to be the nearly universal view of those who say the former president is disqualified… Continue reading
2011 flashback: could Arizona determine whether presidential candidates were “natural born citizens”?
In light of some current disputes, here’s a flashback from 2011, with excerpts from three news stories out of Arizona:
Ming-Sung Kuo: Law, Institution, and Constitutional Time in Politics As Markets
The following is a guest post from Ming-Sung Kuo, part of the Politics as Markets at 25 symposium.
A View from an Outsider
When Politics As Markets (PAM) was published in 1998, I was a law clerk with the… Continue reading
“‘You’re screwed’: Romney’s exit threatens a collapse of Senate’s middle”
Politico: “If Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema follow the Utahn out the door, they’ll leave a void in a chamber that’s handed Joe Biden remarkable bipartisan deals.”
“Fulton judge splits Fulton Trump defendants into two groups”
AJC:
The Fulton County judge overseeing the sprawling election interference probe involving former President Donald Trump on Thursday split the case’s 19 defendants into two groups for trial — and suggested that more divisions could be merited.
Superior Court Judge… Continue reading
“Protecting Democracy Online in 2024 and Beyond”
New report from CAP:
This new report specifically anticipates risks to and from the major social media platforms in the 2024 elections, continuing CAP’s work to promote election integrity online and ensure free and fair elections globally. The report’s recommendations… Continue reading
Linda Jenness, “John Ewards,” and qualifications disputes in Minnesota presidential elections
Rick H. linked to the complaint filed in Minnesota challenging Donald Trump’s eligibility. Setting aside the ripeness issues present in this challenge (like so many already filed), I wanted to dig into some of the history in Minnesota. There’s a… Continue reading
The Contributions of Politics as Markets
I’ve long thought of Politics as Markets as the most important contribution to election law in memory (noting that I’m using Politics as Markets as a metonym for the whole series of related articles by Rick and Sam). What made Politics as Markets so groundbreaking? At… Continue reading
David Levine: “Countering the Distortion of Election Administrator Errors”
The following is a guest post from David Levine:
On September 1, Harris County, Texas’ two-year-old elections department was eliminated after the Texas Legislature passed legislation earlier this year abolishing it and the State Supreme Court refused to stop the… Continue reading
Sounds Like Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Gableman’s Testimony at John Eastman’s California Disbarment Trial Did Not Go Well
LA Times:
Cross-examining Gableman last week in Eastman’s trial, Duncan Carling, an attorney representing the California State Bar, asked Gableman if there had been any successful legal challenges to the CTCL grants.
“Not yet,” Gableman replied.
Was he aware of… Continue reading