“Textualism and Anti-Novelty Under Moore v. Harper”
Michael Weingartner writes.
“Applying Militant Democracy to Defend Against Social Media Harms”
Neil Netanel has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Cardozo Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Social media inflict multiple harms on liberal democracy. Comprehensive meta-analyses of the scholarly literature conclude that social media are a significant factor in emergent… Continue reading
ELB Book Corner: Mary Zielger: “Abortion and Overcoming Popular Will”
I am pleased to welcome Mary Ziegler to the ELB Book Corner, author of the new book, Dollars for Life: The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishment (Yale, 2022). Here is the final of three posts:… Continue reading
“Previously Secret Memo Laid Out Strategy for Trump to Overturn Biden’s Win”
NYT:
A lawyer allied with President Donald J. Trump first laid out a plot to use false slates of electors to subvert the 2020 election in a previously unknown internal campaign memo that prosecutors are portraying as a crucial link… Continue reading
“Ohio Issue 1 fails: Big cities, suburban and many rural counties voted down issue”
Columbus Dispatch:
Issue 1 was projected to fail on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, dealing a blow to Ohio Republicans who wanted to hamstring a November ballot question on abortion rights.
Decision Desk HQ, an election results reporting agency… Continue reading
“Georgia Grand Jury Likely to Hear Trump Case Next Week”
NYT:
The fourth criminal case involving Donald J. Trump is likely to come to a head next week, with the district attorney in Atlanta expected to take the findings from her election interference investigation to a grand jury.
The Georgia… Continue reading
My New LA Times Oped: “Why Georgia might beat the feds at holding Trump accountable”
I have written this piece for the LA Times. It begins:
In Fulton County, Ga., Donald Trump and others are widely expected to be indicted any day for attempting to illegally reverse Joe Biden’s victory in that state in 2020.… Continue reading
Jack Goldsmith: “The Prosecution of Trump May Have Terrible Consequences”
Must-read NYT oped:
It may be satisfying now to see the special counsel Jack Smith indict Donald Trump for his reprehensible and possibly criminal actions in connection with the 2020 presidential election. But the prosecution, which might be justified, reflects… Continue reading
“Tennessee Puts Voting Rights at the Whims of State Officials”
Bolts:
Michael Moore has spent two years trying to regain the right to vote. He has worked to meet Tennessee’s byzantine list of criteria for having voting rights restored and filed extensive paperwork only to be denied because he still… Continue reading
SBF Campaign Finance Charges are Back In Case
Teddy Schleifer with the details.
“Special counsel still scrutinizing finances of Trump’s PAC”
Politico:
Special counsel Jack Smith’s probe of efforts by Donald Trump and others to subvert the 2020 election remains ongoing — with at least one interview this week that focused on fundraising and spending by Trump’s political action committee.
Meanwhile,… Continue reading
2023 Election Law Teacher Database
It is now available here.
Issacharoff on Sloss’s “Tyrants on Twitter”
PSQ review:
With openness comes vulnerability. David Sloss’s new work, Tyrants on Twitter, elevates the abuse of social media by autocrats to a new war front, reminiscent of the concerns for foreign penetration during the Cold War. His response to… Continue reading
The UK Electoral Commission Reports Serious Cyber Hack, Disclosure of Voter Information
This looks most unfortunate.