“As Both Parties Gerrymander Furiously, State Courts Block the Way”
“Texas is quietly using redistricting lawsuits to launch a broader war against federal voting rights law”
Alexa Ura for the Texas Tribune:
Beyond the immediate legal fight over whether Texas lawmakers again discriminated against voters of color when drawing new political districts, a quieter war is being waged that could dramatically constrict voting rights protections… Continue reading
“Jan. 6 panel wonders: Is Trump criminal referral necessary?”
Politico:
Should the Jan. 6 committee ask the Justice Department to pursue a criminal case against Donald Trump? It’s a question with political heft but no practical effect — and some panel members are increasingly skeptical.After all, as multiple lawmakers… Continue reading
Eggers and Grimmer on John Lott’s Spurious Voter Fraud Claims in the 2020 Election
Andrew Eggers and Justin Grimmer have posted Comment on ‘Simple tests for the extent of vote fraud with absentee and provisional ballots in the 2020 US presidential election’. Here is the abstract:
Lott (2022) introduces ‘simple tests’ of voter… Continue reading
I Spoke to the “Speak Good” Podcast About My Cheap Speech Book
You can listen here.
“Trump hammers at false claims of voter fraud in return to Michigan”
Detroit Free Press:
Former President Donald Trump returned to Michigan on Saturday night to boost support for two Republican candidates he wants to see elected as the state’s chief law enforcement officer and election official, inserting himself into the… Continue reading
“Opinion: The fool’s gold of Trump’s decertification plan”
Ginsberg/Bauer/Becker WaPo oped:
As Donald Trump flails about trying to “rescind” the 2020 presidential election and castigating Republicans who point out the Constitution doesn’t allow that, here is a heads-up for state legislators considering doing his bidding:… Continue reading
“Private funding saved the 2020 election. Now, some GOP-led states are banning it”
Miles Parks for NPR:
For voting officials, money from the private sector leading up to the 2020 election was a lifeline.In Philadelphia, the city was able to buy new high-speed machines to help sort mail ballots by ward and… Continue reading
“Michigan congressional districts upheld by three-judge panel in face of GOP challenge”
Detroit Free Press:
Michigan’s congressional districts – drawn for the first time by an independent redistricting commission – survived a legal challenge from Republicans with a Friday ruling from a three-judge panel upholding the new lines. In a… Continue reading
Link to 2020 “Fair Elections During a Crisis” Report
Reposting here, so that it will be available after my departure from UCI.
Ohio: “LaRose would ‘be fine with’ chief justice’s impeachment over redistricting rulings”
What the heck happened to this guy?
“As Earmarks Return to Congress, Lawmakers Rush to Steer Money Home; Democrats and Republicans alike stuffed nearly 5,000 earmarks totaling $9 billion into the $1.5 trillion government spending bill signed by President Biden.”
NYT:
Often derided as pork and regarded as an unseemly and even corrupt practice on Capitol Hill, earmarks are also a tool of consensus-building in Congress, giving lawmakers across the political spectrum a personal interest in cutting deals to… Continue reading
Is Yesterday’s Florida Ruling Vindication of Marc Elias’s Litigation Strategy?
Putting aside that Marc sometimes claims credits in cases he didn’t lead, I’m quite skeptical of Marc’s claim that “The journalists, pundits and professors who falsely claimed that Supreme Court’s decision in Brnovich v DNC meant the end of Section… Continue reading