Chris Jansing of MSNBC covered section 3 issue
Brief clip emphasizing the timing point–the need to resolve this issue definitively before the election and not afterwards.
“Is Trump disqualified for the N.H. primary? N.H. secretary of state is seeking legal advice.”
Boston Globe (behind paywall). Some excerpts:
“Secretary of State David Scanlan, who will oversee the first-in-the-nation presidential primary in just five months, said he’s received several letters lately that urge him to take action based on a legal theory that… Continue reading
“Palm Beach County lawyer files legal challenge to disqualify Trump from 2024 presidential race”
Palm Beach Post reports:
“Boynton Beach tax attorney Lawrence Caplan filed the challenge in federal court in the Southern District of Florida citing the amendment’s “disqualification clause” for those who engage in insurrections and rebellion against the United States. …… Continue reading
“Why Twisting The 14th Amendment To Get Trump Won’t Hold Up In Court”
John Yoo and Robert Delahunty in The Federalist has an extended analysis of the issue of applying section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to Trump.
They accept the Baude-Paulsen position “about the continuing relevance of the Constitution’s insurrection clause,” but… Continue reading
Republican Federal Election Commission Commissioner Wants to Hobble the FEC Even More Than It Already Is
Details.
A Republican FEC commissioner has quietly formulated a rules change that would hamstring the Office of General Council (OGC) and slow investigations to a standstill. Here’s the breakdown:— Campaign for Accountability (@Accountable_Org) August 24, 2023
“History Offers Answers in the New Debate Over Trump v. the Constitution”
Historian Joshua Zeitz in POLITICO Magazine offers some interesting historical context for the current debate on whether section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment applies to Trump. In particular, he describes the House of Representatives session when ex-Confederates turned up seeking… Continue reading
“House Republicans Begin Investigating Willis as Trump Is Booked”
NYT:
House Republicans took aim on Thursday at the Georgia prosecutor bringing a sweeping felony racketeering case against former President Donald J. Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, moving to investigate the woman pursuing the case just… Continue reading
“Elon Musk stopped policing political misinformation. The tech industry followed.”
WaPo:
Social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against political misinformation, abandoning their most aggressive efforts to police online falsehoods in a trend expected to profoundly affect the 2024 presidential election.
An array of circumstances is fueling… Continue reading
The laudable Pico decision
Justin and Rick have already noted the California Supreme Court’s major decision yesterday about the CVRA. I wanted to flag a few reasons why the decision is commendable — a model for state voting rights acts (and courts construing state… Continue reading
“PA Fair Elections Files Complaint Over How State Handles Overseas Ballots”
Delaware Valley Journal:
A local citizens group advocating for election integrity filed a complaint Tuesday with an administrative law judge claiming the Pennsylvania Department of State is violating federal election law at the behest of progressive nonprofit groups.
At issue… Continue reading
Trump’s First Tweet Since Right after the January 6 Invasion of the Capitol Celebrates His Mugshot After Being Arrested for Election Interference in Georgia
See here:
Unanimous California Supreme Court in Santa Monica Case Adopts Compromise Reading of California Voting Rights Act, Remands Case to Appeals Court for Further Proceedings
You can find the opinion here.
The court rejected the plaintiffs’ argument that proof of racially polarized voting in an at-large system was enough to show a violation of the CVRA. The court also rejected the City of Santa Monica’s… Continue reading
Cal. Supreme Court decides CVRA case
The California Supreme Court is out with an important opinion today in Pico Neighborhood Ass’n v. City of Santa Monica: a ruling on the California Voting Rights Act and some of the ways in which it’s distinct from (and… Continue reading
“Announcing MIT Election Lab’s new Election Data Analytics Group”
Electionline:
Today, based on suggestions made by state and local election staff who conduct data analysis, the MIT Election Data + Science Lab is proudly launching the “Election Data Analytics Group,” a supportive community for data analysts working for federal, state,… Continue reading