“How Scalia Law School Became a Key Friend of the Court”
The NYT reports on the relationship between the school and several Justices.
“GOP election officials walking fine line on fraud, integrity”
AP:
The Republican secretaries of state in Ohio, West Virginia and Missouri have promoted their states’ elections as fair and secure. Yet each also is navigating a fine line on how to address election fraud conspiracies as they gear up… Continue reading
“Prosecutors in Jan. 6 Case Step up Inquiry Into Trump Fund-Raising”
NYT:
As they investigate former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, federal prosecutors have also been drilling down on whether Mr. Trump and a range of political aides knew that he had lost the race but… Continue reading
“Formerly incarcerated North Carolinians can’t vote while serving felony sentences”
News & Observer on a third election-related ruling coming out of the North Carolina Supreme Court today:
Thousands of formerly incarcerated North Carolina residents serving felony sentences will no longer be able to vote.
A trial court ruling had made… Continue reading
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Updated: In Ruling with Major Political Implications that Potentially Moots U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Moore v. Harper Independent State Legislature Case, North Carolina Supreme Court, on 5-2 Partisan Vote, Holds Partisan Gerrymandering Claims Cannot Be Brought Under State Constitution
[This post has been updated]
In a 5-2 decision along partisan lines, the North Carolina Supreme Court held that it cannot consider partisan gerrymandering claims under the state constitution. This ruling overturns an earlier ruling of the state supreme… Continue reading
What happens to Moore v. Harper after the latest North Carolina Supreme Court decision in the partisan gerrymandering case?
What a mess.
Rick H. links to the North Carolina Supreme Court’s decision in the partisan gerrymandering cases. The congressional piece of that is in front of the United States Supreme Court right now.
Earlier, I blogged about how “mootness”… Continue reading
Does Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act prohibit intentional discrimination, or only election practices that had a discriminatory effect?
The text of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, amended in 1982, contains this language:
“Pence Appears Before Grand Jury on Trump’s Efforts to Retain Power”
NYT:
Former Vice President Mike Pence appeared on Thursday before the grand jury hearing evidence about former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to cling to power after he lost the 2020 election, a person briefed on the matter said, testifying… Continue reading
“Counting Electoral Votes: How the Constitution Empowers Congress—and Not the Vice President—to Resolve Electoral Disputes”
New report from Joseph Bessette and Gary Schmitt at AEI. Highlights:
The vice president does not have “plenary” authority under the Constitution to settle disputes over Electoral College votes.
Analysis of the Constitution’s history, text, and underlying principles, along with… Continue reading
“In N.H. stop, Trump embraces woman convicted in Jan. 6 case”
WaPo:
Former president Donald Trump on Thursday praised and embraced a woman convicted of defying police orders on the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021.
“Listen, you just hang in there,” Trump told the woman, Micki Larson-Olson,… Continue reading
“This is what it took for Arizona Republicans to expel an election denier”
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez for WaPo:
The story of how Republicans decided to oust Harris — marking only the fourth time in history that an Arizona state House member has been expelled — illuminates what it takes for GOP lawmakers… Continue reading
“The Jolt: Raffensperger calls disinformation top threat to democracy”
AJC:
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was in Chicago Thursday speaking to national political reporters at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics. Georgia’s top election official discussed overseeing the 2020 Georgia elections, the lessons he learned and some… Continue reading
“Public tirades, recall threats as Shasta County roils from decision to dump voting machines”
LAT:
Weeks after deciding to dump Dominion Voting Systems and become the largest government entity in the U.S. to hand-count its votes, Shasta County officials are now grappling with the complex logistics of actually carrying out that approach, accurately and… Continue reading