I Was on the “No Jargon” Podcast, Talking About My Upcoming Book, Cheap Speech
You can listen here.
Cheap Speech is out Mar 8 (though Kindle users can get it now for a 50 percent discount).
Updated Katz Study: Substantial Decline in the Number of Cases Brought Under Section 2 of The Voting Rights Act and Plaintiffs’ Success in Winning Them
The study by Ellen Katz and her students at the University of Michigan on Section 2 cases played an important role in the majority and dissenting opinions in the Supreme Court’s Shelby County v. Holder case on the power of… Continue reading
Federal District Court Finds Georgia’s Redistricting Plans Likely Violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by Diluting Minority Voting Power, But Won’t Order Any Remedy for 2022 Election Under the Purcell Principle
You can find the court’s 238 page ruling at this link.
This case is more proof that the Purcell Principle is becoming a license to do one cycle of illegal voting maps before the courts will offer any meaningful… Continue reading
Complexities in a federal cause of action for an “election emergency” provision in Electoral Count Act reform
In my lengthy high-level overview of the King-Klobuchar-Durbin “Electoral Count Modernization Act,” I looked at the federal causes of action, including, “extending popular elections” if (1) it’s beyond a reasonable doubt, that (2) a catastrophic event has prevented… Continue reading
“Arizona Republican Party seeks end to early voting in state”
“Frustrated Michigan clerks call for election reforms: ‘Now is the time'”
Detroit News:
Two organizations that represent hundreds of Michigan clerks called on state lawmakers Monday “to set aside their agendas” and make bipartisan improvements to voting policies ahead of the November statewide election. Mary Clark, president of the… Continue reading
Judge Sutton’s new book
This essay focus on the election law implications of the new book by Jeffrey Sutton, Chief Judge of the Sixth Circuit. Bottom line: given all the challenges confronting the operation of the electoral process in the United States currently, now… Continue reading
“Democracy May Depend on a New Partisan Battleground: Races for State Secretary of State”
David Montgomery deep dive for WaPo Magazine.
Yoo & Delahunty on the vice president’s role in counting electoral votes
Over at National Review, John Yoo and Robert Delahunty have some long-ish thoughts on the role of the vice president in counting electoral votes. Consistent with their views elsewhere, they argue that the vice president has some role, and… Continue reading
New Emergency Supreme Court Application by Republicans Seeks to Stop Use of Pennsylvania Congressional District Maps on Grounds State Supreme Court Ruling Applying State Constitution Violated “Independent State Legislature” Theory
You can find the application here.
The arguments are similar to the ones raised by North Carolina Republicans in the filing I wrote about at Slate on Friday.
“Michigan Initiatives Clash on How to Stop GOP’s Election Deniers”
Steven Rosenfeld:
A new front is opening in Michigan’s voting wars that raises fundamental questions about how far defenders of fact-based elections and representative government must go to protect voting rights in an era marked by Republicans who deny results… Continue reading
Political Extremism and the Decline in Competitive Districts
Terrific Shane Goldmacher deep dive, focused on Texas and Rep. Dan Crenshaw, on how the decline of competitive districts empowers the extremes and is going to make governing more difficult. This is also a story about the internal fragmentation… Continue reading
“Ballot Rejections in Texas Spike After New Voting Law”
NYT:
Local election officials in Texas have rejected thousands of absentee ballots based on requirements set by the state’s new election law, an alarming jump that risks potentially preventing some Texans from voting in Tuesday’s primary election.The state’s Republican… Continue reading
Former AG Barr, in New Book, Tries to Have It Both Ways on Responsibility for Jan. 6 Insurrection
From WaPo’s report on the book:
Barr takes particular aim at those who had the president’s ear — including former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who Barr says will be remembered as “the man who helped President Trump get… Continue reading