Sobering N.Y. Times guest essay, especially the part about how command-and-control essentially broke down because, while it was understandable that Vice President Pence attempted to deploy the National Guard to protect Congress when President Trump refused to do so,… Continue reading

Roll Call report includes these quotes from Rick Hasen: ‘“Every step that is taken to try to minimize those risks going forward is a positive thing,” [Hasen] said. “But nobody should be under the illusion that if this thing passes,… Continue reading

Peter Baker for the N.Y. Times interviews and profiles Cheney in advance of tonight’s hearing. Explaining how she views her role in the House January 6 committee’s investigation of Trump, she say: “People need to understand how dangerous he is… Continue reading

N.Y. Times previews it. The Washington Post reports on Trump’s behavior on January 7. For ELB, I will be watching, keeping my eye on aspects especially salient for protecting future elections. (On this point, Rick Hasen has a new … Continue reading

Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman in the Plum Line for the Washington Post: “Here’s the basic principle at play: The aim is to close off manipulation of the process at both the state and congressional ends. In the proposal,… Continue reading

Washington Post editorial supporting the bipartisan Senate ECA reform bill. Here’s an excerpt (which links to the earlier joint post): ‘Perhaps most important are changes that would impede state-level mischief. By identifying governors as responsible for submitting a… Continue reading

This post is jointly authored by Ned Foley, Michael McConnell, Derek Muller, Rick Pildes, and Brad Smith. The bipartisan group of Senators, led by Senators Collins and Manchin, have released a draft bill for a … Continue reading

[UPDATE: Here’s the text of the bill.] Senator Collins office on the bipartisan effort she led with Senator Manchin: “In addition to Senators Collins and Manchin, the senators involved in the bipartisan negotiations include: Rob Portman (R-OH), Kyrsten Sinema… Continue reading

Blake Hounshell in “On Politics” for the New York Times discusses a poll of voters in five states on their perception of the upcoming Secretary of State elections in those states. His big picture observation is that “a remarkable symmetry… Continue reading

The Bipartisan Policy Center and Alliance for Securing Democracy have released a joint report. Here’s the boldface passage from its recommendations: “To improve the task forces’ effectiveness and encourage the protection of election workers, the DOJ should release additional guidance… Continue reading

NPR’s Hansi Lo Wang reports on “the Trump administration memos and emails [that] were disclosed by lawmakers following a more than two-year legal fight that began after Trump officials refused to turn them over for a congressional investigation.”

Washington Post summary of the evidence so far, yielding this “stark conclusion: It was Donald Trump himself who repeatedly set the nation on the path to violence in the weeks after he lost reelection.”

Happening now. The Hill has live video.

Marc Elias writes in the Democracy Docket. ELB readers know that fellow ELB blogger Derek Muller has posted here a somewhat different perspective on this matter. A hearing is scheduled for July 28. I will be looking to see whether… Continue reading