Bipartisan Group of Election Officials and Experts Condemn Assassination Attempt on Former President Trump
You can find the statement here. Signatories include Brad Raffensperger, Jocelyn Benson, Scott Schwab, and Trey Grayson.
Dangerous Times: Trump Chooses Election Denier JD Vance as VP Nominee
NYT on JD Vance:
Election denial: He has not committed to accepting the results of this year’s election. “If we have a free and fair election, I will accept the results,” he said on CNN in May. It’s a caveat… Continue reading
“Don’t Overread the Court’s Immunity Opinion”
ELB readers might be interested in this Lawfare analysis. Its subheading: “Chief Justice Roberts gives neither Trump nor any future president a green light to tyranny, as some initial reactions to his opinion fear.”
Its opening paragraph:
The Supreme… Continue reading
2024 Supplements to Laycock and Hasen, Modern American Remedies 5th Edition, and to Concise 5th Edition, Now Available for Free Download
You can find the 2024 Teachers’ Update to Laycock & Hasen, Modern American Remedies (5th edition) at this link.
You can find the Teachers’ Update to the Concise 5th Edition at this link.
Highlights:
Current through the end of… Continue reading
Introduction to: Richard L. Hasen, “States a Bulwarks Against, or Potential Facilitators of, Election Subversion” (in new Zelizer and Greenberg book)
In a couple of weeks, NYU Press will release Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue (Julian E. Zelizer & Karen J. Greenberg eds. NYU Press 2024). It’s an impressive and important collection that I’m glad… Continue reading
Breaking: Judge Cannon Says Appointment of Special Counsel Was Unconstitutional, Dismisses Trump Documents Case
NYT reports:
In a stunning ruling, the judge, Aileen M. Cannon, found that because Mr. Smith had not been named to the post of special counsel by the president or confirmed by the Senate, his appointment was in violation… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of Supreme Court Term in Review Event Featuring Cary Franklin, Justin Levitt, Eugene Volokh, and Kimberly West-Faulcon (I Moderated) at Hammer Museum
This was a deep and provocative discussion, co-sponsored by the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Law. Watch.
“Trump Assassination Attempt Exposes the Mortal Core of America’s Politics”
Molly Ball in WSJ:
For Trump and his followers, the shooting cemented his status as a victimized folk hero, a messianic figure who would sacrifice himself to save the country from ruin. “They tried to jail him. They tried… Continue reading
“Trump Once Unified Democrats and Divided Republicans. The Shooting And Debate Turned the Tables.”
Jonathan Martin in Politico:
The complete and total, to borrow a phrase, realignment of the GOP into the Party of Trump was nearly complete after he avoided being seriously challenged, let alone defeated, through the primaries. But it was… Continue reading
The Presidential Nominations Process: History and Suggested Reforms
With the start of the Republican Convention and the issues circulating concerning the Democratic Convention, the Task Force on Institutional Reforms to Combat Political Extremism—a group of political scientists, law professors, and others with expertise concerning the institutional structure of… Continue reading
“The road from the GOP’s antislavery founding to Trump’s MAGA convention”
The Washington Post has this piece by the incomparable David Maraniss on the Republican Party’s roots in Ripon, Wisconsin. It begins:
The distance between Ripon 1854 and Milwaukee 2024 seems far greater than 86 miles or 170 years.
It was… Continue reading
“Democrats back off Biden after Trump shooting, but clock still ticking”
The Hill:
[T]he debate around Biden’s age and mental acuity was on hold, according to more than a dozen Democratic sources who requested anonymity to speak openly about a sensitive topic, which no one wanted to touch in the… Continue reading
“Top Democratic strategist pushed reporters to consider ‘staged’ shooting”
Semafor:
The top political adviser to Democratic mega-donor Reid Hoffman suggested that the attack on Donald Trump could have been “staged,” even as Hoffman was criticized for joking before Saturday’s attack about Trump becoming a “martyr.”
The adviser, Dmitri… Continue reading
“Conservative activists find errors in software they hoped would root out voter fraud”
NBC News:
Last year, [conservative] activists excitedly embraced EagleAI and similar programs that promised to help them look through voter rolls across the country in search of outdated or fraudulent voter registrations, even as experts warned about the programs’… Continue reading