Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Ryan Reilly, Author of Sedition Hunters
Latest conversation for the Safeguarding Democracy Project’s webinar series:
March 20 Virtual Event: “The Missing Constitutional Right”
Brennan Center:
The right to vote is one of the foundations of democracy, yet in the United States, it has never truly been available to all. Generations have seen different versions of the same conflict: disenfranchised groups of people… Continue reading
Feb 8-9 Event: “The Promise and Limits of State Constitutions”
Brennan Center:
For much of the past century, the U.S. Supreme Court was the primary guardian of civil rights and liberties. In many areas the Court is now backing away from that role, and legal scholars and citizens alike are… Continue reading
“As Supreme Court weighs Trump’s eligibility, the ‘10th justice’ stays mum”
Politico:
As the Supreme Court prepares to hold arguments next month on Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for president, there’s one viewpoint it hasn’t heard: the Biden administration’s.
In most high-stakes cases with serious implications for the federal government, the… Continue reading
Feb. 1 Voting Rights Symposium at University of St. Thomas in Minnesota
Looks like some good panels here.
“A Partisan Solution to Partisan Gerrymandering: The Define–Combine Procedure”
Maxwell Palmer, Benjamin Schneer and Kevin DeLuca in Political Analysis. Abstract:
Redistricting reformers have proposed many solutions to the problem of partisan gerrymandering, but they all require either bipartisan consensus or the agreement of both parties on the… Continue reading
“Trump: The Political Threats Will Stop … When You Agree With My Lies”
Rolling Stone:
AT THE START of this election year, Donald Trump spoke of “bedlam” breaking out if criminal prosecutions prevent him from retaking the White House. But the chaos the former president is threatening isn’t an abstraction. It’s already… Continue reading
“Law School Lounge Podcast”
Dan Tokaji and I did this podcast about our election law casebook (also edited by Rick Hasen and, formerly, Dan Lowenstein). We covered a range of topics including democratic theory, voting, redistricting, and campaign finance. Thanks to our publisher, Carolina… Continue reading
“Full Appeals Court Spurns Request by Trump to End Gag Order in Election Case”
NYT:
The full federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday rejected former President Donald J. Trump’s bid to lift a gag order imposed on him in the criminal case in which he stands accused of trying to subvert the results… Continue reading
“Most N.H. GOP primary voters say Trump fit for presidency even if convicted”
WaPo:
Early exit polling in New Hampshire shows just how much former president Donald Trump’s falsehoods about the 2020 election — and his continued accusations about the legal cases against him being politically based — have taken root in his… Continue reading
“Conservative Appeals Judges Question Felon Voting Ban Claims”
Bloomberg Law:
Conservatives on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit seemed skeptical of ruling for convicted felons seeking to declare a lifetime voting ban in Mississippi cruel and unusual punishment under the US Constitution.
Republican appointees on… Continue reading
“No Labels Sued by New York Donors Claiming ‘Bait and Switch'”
NYT:
Two members of the powerful Durst real estate family in New York have sued the centrist group No Labels, accusing it of pulling a “bait and switch” by seeking donations for a bipartisan governing group and then moving to… Continue reading
“How Joe Biden won a write-in campaign after skipping New Hampshire’s primary”
Feb. 7 Brookings Event: “Assessing the Impact of Generative AI and Other Online Threats in a Historic Election Year”
Check this out. Great lineup.