Watch Archived Video of My Interview with Jake Grumbach, Author of “Laboratories Against Democracy,” for the Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar series
Outstanding discussion about Jake’s important book. Watch:
Why Haven’t the Parties in Moore v. Harper (At Least Publicly) Alerted the Supreme Court That The Case May Be Mooted by the North Carolina Supreme Court?
With news today that the Supreme Court cancelled oral argument in the Title 42 case on immigration after the Biden DOJ informed the Court that the Title 42 policy will end in a few months with the end of the… Continue reading
“Election-Denying Republican Candidates Underperformed in the 2022 Midterms”
Janet Malzahn and Andrew Hall working paper:
We combine newly collected election data with records of public denials of the results of the 2020 election to estimate the degree to which election-denying Republican candidates for senator, governor, secretary of… Continue reading
“The Escalating Attacks on Citizen Lawmaking; Even in red states, strong majorities of voters keep passing progressive ballot measures. Republican threats to direct democracy should be resisted to give voters with different party loyalties a way to advance common interests.”
Jeff Milchen oped in Governing.
“Issue One announces new Faces of Democracy members, including Secretaries of State Brad Raffensperger and Jocelyn Benson”
Announcement:
Issue One is pleased to welcome Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to Faces of Democracy, a growing bipartisan campaign made up of election officials and poll workers from across the country united in… Continue reading
Georgia Grand Jury Report: “We find by a unanimous vote that no widespread fraud took place in the Georgia 2020 presidential election that could result in overturning that election.”
For those looking for details on suggestions for indictments related to 2020 attempted election subversion in Georgia, the redacted report provides nothing of subtance.
But we should not overlook these important findings:
“Republicans have won the Senate half the time since 2000 despite winning fewer votes than Democrats”
Stephen Wolf analysis for Daily Kos:
Even though Democrats retained the Senate—and expanded their majority—in 2022, the results nonetheless marked the continuation of an unwelcome trend: Our new data shows that Senate Republicans last won more votes or represented more … Continue reading
LWV Announces Staff Promotions, Including the Great Adam Ambrogi to Chief of External Affairs
A two-track election administration complication for non-citizen voting in the District of Columbia
In the fall of 2022, the District of Columbia enacted a law that permitted residents who were not United States citizens to vote in local elections. Local voting opportunities for non-citizens have been the source of some recent expansion and … Continue reading
“Jan. 6 documents: Georgia legislators answered Trump’s call to overturn election”
AJC:
With his chances of winning Georgia slipping away in December 2020, then-President Donald Trump hit upon a novel scheme to stay in power: State legislators would name him the winner.
So, while his allies spun dubious tales of voting … Continue reading
“Special counsel is locked in at least 8 secret court battles in Trump investigations”
CNN:
Special counsel Jack Smith is locked in at least eight secret court battles that aim to unearth some of the most closely held details about Donald Trump’s actions after the 2020 election and handling of classified material, according… Continue reading
“The Separation of Legislative Powers in the Initiative Process”
Anthony Johnstone has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Nebraska Law Review). Here is the abstract:
This article recenters the initiative process as a power and considers the implications of a divided legislative branch through a frame of state separation… Continue reading
Haaretz: “The Israelis destabilizing democracy and disrupting elections worldwide”
Haaretz email:
As Israeli democracy confronts its greatest threat yet, an investigation led by Haaretz, TheMarker and Radio France exposes clandestine attacks disrupting democratic processes across the globe.The proprietors of this international chaos machine, as uncovered in the course of… Continue reading
“State Constitutions and Youth Voting Rights”
Josh Douglas has posted this draft on SSRN (Rutgers Law Review, and part of this symposium on the 26th Amendment). Here is the abstract:
This short essay, prepared for the Rutgers University Law Review Symposium on the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, shows… Continue reading