AEI “Ballot Battles” Book Event with Ned Foley
This Monday, July 15 at 10 ET, on the revised and expanded version of Ned’s book, with live and virtual options.
Political Fragmentation: The French and UK Elections
I’ve been writing now for several years about the political fragmentation of democratic politics. The most recent French and UK elections drive home this thesis with unmistakable clarity.
France, in particular, illustrates the perversity of how political fragmentation works. On… Continue reading
“Immunity Ruling Leaves Judge Facing Tough Calls on Trump’s Election Indictment”
NYT:
Judge Chutkan will have to sort through the 45-page indictment, making decisions about which of its many allegations can move forward and which will have to be tossed out.
The Supreme Court has held that former presidents are… Continue reading
“Biden Has 100 Million Reasons to Stay In”
Charlie Spies in WSJ Opinion: “Campaign finance rules create an incentive for Mr. Biden to stay in the race through the Democratic National Convention in August. At that point, but not before, Mr. Biden would be able to transfer… Continue reading
“House Democrat joins donor discussion about replacing Biden on ballot”
Washington Post:
Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) joined a Zoom call Sunday with more than 100 wealthy Democratic donors for a legal briefing about the process for replacing President Biden on the ballot, according to multiple people who joined the… Continue reading
“How a Last-Ditch Effort to Save Menendez From Prosecution Backfired”
NYT reports on the backstory behind the trial, in which closing arguments continue today:
Last September, a prominent white-collar defense lawyer met with federal prosecutors in Manhattan in a last-ditch effort to stave off an indictment against his client.… Continue reading
Congratulations to Election Law Profs Justin Levitt, Carolyn Shapiro, and Kate Shaw, Elected to the American Law Institute
They are among the great choices announced today who write (at least partially) in the area of election law.
Eric Segall Contrasts the Speed of the Trump Disqualification Case with the Slow Walk of the Trump Immunity Case at the Supreme Court
Eric writes:
There is simply no doubt that the Court’s fast-tracking of the disqualification case way back in February combined with the slow-walking of the immunity case and its eventual holding (the last case of the term) had the… Continue reading
11th Circuit finds Younger abstention applies to Georgia campaign finance dispute
From New Georgia Project, Inc. v. Attorney General, an opinion by Judge Newsom, joined by Judges Rosenbaum and Marcus (some light revisions):
In this appeal from the grant of a preliminary injunction, we are asked to decide whether two… Continue reading
“A Florida Law Has Nearly Killed Campus Voter Registration Drives”
Inside Higher Ed: “A Florida law that went into effect last July has mostly ended paper-and-pen voter registration on the state’s college campuses, according to students and voter registration organizations. The number of groups registering voters on campuses across… Continue reading
“Here’s how the process to replace Biden would work if he withdraws”
From The Hill, with this on the impact of the pre-convention “virtual roll call,” originally planned in response to the Ohio ballot access problem:
Typically, the Democratic presidential candidate is officially selected at the Democratic National Convention, but this… Continue reading
“A billionaire is boosting a major defamation lawsuit against Fox News”
WaPo:
Smartmatic, the voting technology company enmeshed in complex defamation lawsuits against Fox News and Newsmax, has a powerful new financial ally: billionaire tech entrepreneur Reid Hoffman.
Hoffman, a co-founder of LinkedIn, has made a multimillion-dollar investment intended in… Continue reading
“Top House Dem super PAC raised $51M in past three months”
Politico:
House Majority PAC, the super PAC affiliated with the chamber’s Democratic leadership, and House Majority Forward, an associated nonprofit group, raised a combined $51 million in the second quarter of 2024.
That total is more than double what the… Continue reading
“Top Democratic lawyer backs mysterious news site”
Semafor:
A secretive local media network with ties to high-profile national Democratic operatives wants to convince regulators in Arizona that despite the political tilt of its stories, it is not a political entity and should not be subject to campaign… Continue reading