“Can Trump Stay on the Ballot? Recapping Trump v. Anderson (with Rick Hasen and Derek Muller)”
New “Voting Booth” podcast, hosted by John Fortier and Don Palmer.
ELB Book Corner: Ann Southworth: “The Players and the Process”
I am pleased to welcome Ann Southworth to the ELB Book Corner, author of the new book, Big Money Unleashed: The Campaign to Deregulate Election Spending (Chicago). The discount code for ELB readers is BIGMONEY2023. This is the second… Continue reading
On January 6, 2025
When Congress convenes to count electoral votes on January 6, 2025, it will face intense pressure. If the Supreme Court rejects Colorado’s effort to bar Donald Trump from the primary ballot, its path seems likely to leave the door open… Continue reading
Article II & Australian Ballots
Rick linked yesterday to a Slate column arguing that an originalist perspective on the pending Colorado case would need to conclude that states don’t have the authority to remove candidates from the ballot in a presidential election because there were… Continue reading
Listen to My Discussion with NPR’s “Here and Now” About My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”
You can listen here:
Election law expert Richard Hasen is calling for a Constitutional Amendment, that would affirmatively lay out Americans’ right to vote. He argues that it would protect voting rights, reduce discrimination at the ballot box, and also protect… Continue reading
Watch My Appearance on Morning Joe Talking About My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote,” Out Next Week
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“True the Vote fails to reveal evidence of Georgia voting fraud claims”
AJC:
Bombastic claims of voting fraud in the right-wing conspiracy movie “2000 Mules” sounded alarming, and Georgia election officials wanted to get to the bottom of it.
If there really was a massive plot to stuff ballot drop boxes and… Continue reading
“The Supreme Pressure Campaign: Trump Attorneys Gamed Out Which Supreme Court Justices Might Help Them Steal the Election”
TPM:
Donnald Trump’s attorneys in 2020 thought that they had one advantage which nobody — not the Democrats, not lower-court judges, not Congress — could outmatch: the Supreme Court.
At their most feverish, attorneys for Trump believed that the Supreme… Continue reading
“Trump’s pick to lead the RNC is facing skepticism from some Republicans”
AP:
In pushing Michael Whatley as the next leader of the Republican National Committee, Donald Trump zeroed in on the North Carolina GOP chairman’s dedication to “election integrity,” baselessly suggesting he would ensure the 2024 race “can’t be stolen.”
Some… Continue reading
“Wisconsin Republicans vote to weaken their lock on the legislature”
Patrick Marley for WaPo:
Wisconsin Republicans approved maps Tuesday that would weaken their ironclad grip on the state legislature, backing new district lines supported by the Democratic governor out of fears that the state’s top court could impose ones that… Continue reading
ELB Book Corner: Ann Southworth: “$peech”
I am pleased to welcome Ann Southworth to the ELB Book Corner, author of the new book, Big Money Unleashed: The Campaign to Deregulate Election Spending (Chicago). The discount code for ELB readers is BIGMONEY2023. This is the first… Continue reading
“The US supreme court may turn this election into a constitutional crisis”
Sidney Blumenthal for The Guardian:
Imagine it is 6 January 2025. The bell tolls for the day of electoral college certification again. All the events of 2024 converge:
The US supreme court’s likely ruling in Trump v Anderson denying Colorado’s… Continue reading
“The Case for Removing Trump From the Ballot Has a Fatal Originalist Flaw”
Brook Thomas in Slate:
Oral arguments in the Supreme Court for Donald Trump v. Norma Anderson last week exposed a historical issue that none of the excellent amicus briefs by historians anticipated. Briefs led by Jill Lepore and Vernon Burton convincingly show that the framers of Section… Continue reading
“Election Denial Can’t Overcome Election Certification Protections”
Lauren Miller:
Election certification has long been an unfamiliar term to most Americans, and for good reason. Certification, the statutory process by which officials sign off on the accuracy and completion of election results, usually serves as an important but… Continue reading