Elise Stefanik, If She Had Been Vice President in 2020, “Would Not Have Done What Mike Pence Did,” Suggesting She Would Have Acted to Subvert the 2020 Election
THIS is troubling (via Political Wire).
DNC Files FEC Complaint Claiming Illegal Coordination Against RFK Jr. and a Supportive PAC That is Allegedly Helping Him with Ballot Access
You can find the complaint here.
“Election officials go on offense to prevent disruptions of 2024 vote”
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez for WaPo:
In training poll workers for this year’s presidential election, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is preparing them for a series of worst-case scenarios, including combat.
His office is coordinating active-shooter drills for election… Continue reading
“How to Depolarize American Politics”
Eric Maskin and I have co-authored a Project Syndicate column that describes a “top three” variation of California’s “top two” electoral system. It would enable effective electoral competition by a new third party in between MAGA Republicans on the right… Continue reading
Trump v. Anderson v. Celebrezze
Professor Marty Lederman has significantly expanded his analysis of the Anderson v. Celebrezze issue in Trump v. Anderson over at Balkinization, here. As ELB readers may recall, I flagged the Anderson issue back in October, and my briefing… Continue reading
“A Ruling for Trump on Eligibility Could Doom His Bid for Immunity”
Adam Liptak for the NYT:
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and his colleagues seemed ready on Thursday to start to rebuild the court’s reputation by presenting themselves as unified and apolitical.
He has had a bumpy ride of late,… Continue reading
“Civil Rights Groups Secure Victory in LandmarkCase Challenging Racial Discrimination inLouisiana’s State Legislative Maps”
Release:
In a victory for fair maps, a federal court today ruled in favor of Louisiana voters, agreeing that the current state House and Senate district maps violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
The plaintiffs who challenged the… Continue reading
Did Justice Gorsuch, Ever So Subtly Suggest He Thinks That Donald Trump is “the President” and Not “the Former President?” (Update: Probably NOT!)
A careful listener pointed to to the exchange in the oral argument at around 2:30-31 on the audio.
It’s not clear where the emphasis is from the transcript on the words “in your view,” but it sure sounded from the… Continue reading
“Some on the Right Flirt With a Voting Method the Left Loves”
Michael Wines for the NYT:
Long viewed as an intriguing, if somewhat wonky, approach to conducting elections, ranked-choice voting — allowing voters to list candidates in order of preference instead of selecting just one — appears to be having a… Continue reading
“Domestic Disruptions Are Equal Risk to Foreign Interference in 2024 Election, Experts Say”
Governing:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cautions that domestic actors have introduced new unknown factors into the 2024 election cycle. Its 2024 threat assessment warns that DHS expects the upcoming election cycle to be “a key event for possible… Continue reading
“Democrats sound alarm, take action against Biden’s third-party threats”
WaPo:
Democratic alarm over third-party challengers spoiling President Biden’s reelection has been growing in recent weeks, prompting a new push both inside the party and among allied outside groups to step up their efforts fighting back.
The Democratic National Committee… Continue reading
Special Counsel Report on Biden Classified Documents Probe Calls Him “a sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.”
This is going to have big political implications. (quote is on p. 6 of the report)
More detail:
Special counsel report states that BIDEN “did not remember when he was Vice President” and did not remember “when his son… Continue reading
My New One at Slate: “A Grand Bargain Is Emerging in the Supreme Court’s Trump Cases, But Chaos May Be Ahead”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
After oral arguments at the Supreme Court in Trump v. Anderson, a grand bargain that appears to make practical sense as a compromise is beginning to come into view: the Supreme Court… Continue reading
Rick Hasen Live Blog of Oral Arguments in Trump Disqualification Case at Supreme Court (Updates Complete)
[This live blog is concluded. Stand by for thoughts on the argument.]
Today the Supreme Court hears oral argument in Trump v. Anderson. The first thing I’ll be listening for is whether Trump’s lawyer gets any traction with the hyper-technical… Continue reading