In response to my recent musings about the possibility of a congressional compromise statute that would create special expedited civil litigation to adjudicate Trump’s status under section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, several readers have pointed to the planned lawsuits… Continue reading

New federal court lawsuit arguing a violation of one-person-one-vote in the context of city council elections. Apart from the merits of this particular case, I’ve been wondering whether the current originalist-textualist U.S. Supreme Court would have any appetite to jettison,… Continue reading

Nick Plautz in The Fulcrum on why traditionalist GPO politicians, like “half of Republicans” in the electorate, should support RCV. Here’s a snippet: ‘Recently, a lawmaker told me they supported RCV in theory, but were concerned they could “get flanked… Continue reading

Roll Call reports on the Senate’s confirmation of Dale, well-known to ELB and its readers. Congratulations!

The Wall Street Journal has a deep dive, including great graphics, on the dwindling role of corporate money in financing Republican campaigns. “Instead, they are turning to smaller donations from millions of individuals who tend to be wary of… Continue reading

Following today’s earlier story about the glimmers of an “anti-Trump coalition” forming within the GOP Senate caucus, there is now this development about twenty House Republicans breaking with their party and its leadership to vote for tabling the motion to… Continue reading

Fascinating and astonishing details in this lengthy piece by Patrick Marley in the Washington Post. Of particular relevance from an election law perspective (in addition to the ongoing grip of election denialism): “Over the weekend, Michigan Republicans approved rules… Continue reading

Al From and Craig Fuller in a Washington Post column present a forceful (and bipartisan) argument against a third-party effort: “To save the American republic, former president Donald Trump must be defeated. And that’s why the centrist political organization No… Continue reading

That’s the opening sentence of this report by Burgess Everett in POLITICO. If Senate Democrats wanted to pursue the kind of statute I’m advocating–to establish fast-track civil litigation to adjudicate Trump’s status under section 3 of the Fourteenth… Continue reading

Alex Halderman on the release of a previously sealed 96-page report he co-wrote as part of the litigation over Georgia’s voting machines: “While we are not aware of any evidence that the vulnerabilities have been exploited to change votes in… Continue reading

This sentence from a story in The Hill caught my eye: “Senate Republicans … say the battle between the Justice Department and Trump, who pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he violated the Espionage Act and obstructed justice with… Continue reading

Tom Edsall in the Times with an extended analysis of Allen v. Milligan and its implications, quoting multiple election law scholars, including excerpts from ELB blog posts on the decision.

An astute reader of yesterday’s essay has asked me to clarify one detail: what should Democrats in Congress do if the kind of statute I propose is not enacted and, further, there is no indictment of Trump under 18 U.S. … Continue reading