It appears the Supreme Court will retain jurisdiction over Moore v. Harper, but it’s not a sure thing
Earlier this month, I highlighted the confusion around the jurisdictional issue in Moore v. Harper now that the North Carolina Supreme Court granted rehearing in Harper II and is reconsidering the holding in Harper I (i.e., the case the Court… Continue reading
Some thoughts on L’affaire ERIC
I’ve been a bit surprised, and disappointed, around the actions, and the coverage, about the Electronic Registration Information Center (“ERIC”) in recent weeks, but I have (perhaps, typically?) some different thoughts about the direction and the challenges.
“Trial of 2016 Twitter Troll to Test Limits of Online Speech”
NYT:
The images appeared on Twitter in late 2016 just as the presidential campaign was entering its final stretch. Some featured the message “vote for Hillary” and the phrases “avoid the line” and “vote from home.”
Aimed at Democratic voters, and sometimes… Continue reading
United States Solicitor General, State Respondents in Moore v. Harper Case Suggest Supreme Court Dismiss the Case as Improvidently Granted; Common Cause and Legislative Petitioners Want to Court to Keep Independent State Legislature Case Going [Updated]
So far, no brief yet from the state legislative respondents. Here are the other briefs:
Mar 20 2023Supplemental letter brief of United States submitted.Main DocumentMar 20 2023Supplemental letter brief of Common Cause submitted.Main DocumentMar 20 2023Supplemental… Continue reading
“Trump’s Georgia Lawyers Seek to Quash Special Grand Jury Report”
NYT:
Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump filed a motion in a Georgia court on Monday seeking to quash the final report of a special grand jury that investigated whether Mr. Trump and some of his allies interfered in… Continue reading
New Jersey: “Election Watchdog Accuses Gov. Murphy of Trying to Force Him From Job”
NYT:
New Jersey’s top election-enforcement official sued Gov. Philip D. Murphy and three of Mr. Murphy’s top aides on Thursday for what the official said was their attempt to oust him in retaliation for comments he made ridiculing the state’s… Continue reading
“Abortion on the ballot? Not if these Republican lawmakers can help it”
Politico:
Oklahoma’s leading anti-abortion group is pushing GOP lawmakers to loosen the state’s near-total ban.
In a recent letter to legislators, Oklahomans for Life Chair Tony Lauinger argued that if they don’t amend the state’s anti-abortion law to add exceptions… Continue reading
Montana: “Cascade County Elections Office said mail ballots may not be feasible; five elections on horizon”
Daily Montanan:
Mail-in ballots may be off the table for upcoming local elections in Cascade County as the Elections Office scrambles under new leadership.
In January, the Secretary of State’s Office approved Cascade County’s mail ballot election plan. However, on… Continue reading
“Trump Says His Arrest Is Imminent and Calls for Protests, Echoing Jan. 6; His indictment by a Manhattan grand jury is expected, but its timing is unclear.”
NYT:
With his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury expected but its timing uncertain, former President Donald J. Trump declared on his social media site Saturday that he would be arrested on Tuesday, and demanded that his supporters protest on… Continue reading
“Trump-commissioned report undercut his claims of dead and double voters”
WaPo:
When Donald Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Jan. 2, 2021, in a now-infamous bid to overturn the 2020 election, he alleged that thousands of dead people had voted in the state.
“So dead people… Continue reading
“The Federalist Society Isn’t Quite Sure About Democracy Anymore”
Politico Magazine:
The first major clue about those preoccupations came from the symposium’s theme, which the organizers had designated as “Law and Democracy.” As the programming unfolded over the next day and a half, it became alarmingly clear that,… Continue reading
“YouTube Restores Donald Trump’s Account Privileges”
NYT:
YouTube suspended former President Donald J. Trump’s account on the platform six days after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The video platform said it was concerned that Mr. Trump’s lies about the 2020 election could lead to… Continue reading
The Continued Disappointing Path of Frank LaRose: “Ohio becomes latest Republican state to leave a key voting data partnership”
NPR:
Ohio on Friday announced it was the latest Republican-led state to pull out of a key election partnership that has become the focal point of conspiracies on the far-right.
The Ohio secretary of state, Frank LaRose — a Republican… Continue reading