Feb. 1 Voting Rights Symposium at University of St. Thomas in Minnesota
Looks like some good panels here.
“A Partisan Solution to Partisan Gerrymandering: The Define–Combine Procedure”
Maxwell Palmer, Benjamin Schneer and Kevin DeLuca in Political Analysis. Abstract:
Redistricting reformers have proposed many solutions to the problem of partisan gerrymandering, but they all require either bipartisan consensus or the agreement of both parties on the… Continue reading
“Trump: The Political Threats Will Stop … When You Agree With My Lies”
Rolling Stone:
AT THE START of this election year, Donald Trump spoke of “bedlam” breaking out if criminal prosecutions prevent him from retaking the White House. But the chaos the former president is threatening isn’t an abstraction. It’s already… Continue reading
“Law School Lounge Podcast”
Dan Tokaji and I did this podcast about our election law casebook (also edited by Rick Hasen and, formerly, Dan Lowenstein). We covered a range of topics including democratic theory, voting, redistricting, and campaign finance. Thanks to our publisher, Carolina… Continue reading
“Full Appeals Court Spurns Request by Trump to End Gag Order in Election Case”
NYT:
The full federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday rejected former President Donald J. Trump’s bid to lift a gag order imposed on him in the criminal case in which he stands accused of trying to subvert the results… Continue reading
“Most N.H. GOP primary voters say Trump fit for presidency even if convicted”
WaPo:
Early exit polling in New Hampshire shows just how much former president Donald Trump’s falsehoods about the 2020 election — and his continued accusations about the legal cases against him being politically based — have taken root in his… Continue reading
“Conservative Appeals Judges Question Felon Voting Ban Claims”
Bloomberg Law:
Conservatives on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit seemed skeptical of ruling for convicted felons seeking to declare a lifetime voting ban in Mississippi cruel and unusual punishment under the US Constitution.
Republican appointees on… Continue reading
“No Labels Sued by New York Donors Claiming ‘Bait and Switch'”
NYT:
Two members of the powerful Durst real estate family in New York have sued the centrist group No Labels, accusing it of pulling a “bait and switch” by seeking donations for a bipartisan governing group and then moving to… Continue reading
“How Joe Biden won a write-in campaign after skipping New Hampshire’s primary”
Feb. 7 Brookings Event: “Assessing the Impact of Generative AI and Other Online Threats in a Historic Election Year”
Check this out. Great lineup.
“Florida rejects books on voting, Tuskegee airmen for museum’s storytime”
Sun Sentinel:
Florida’s Department of State tossed out the entire slate of books recommended by the civil-rights Grove Museum for the first six months of its 2024 monthly storytime program for young children, including books on voting rights and Black… Continue reading
Trump Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Supporting Constitutionality of Florida’s Social Media Law
“‘Officer of the United States’ in Context”
Smart Sam Bray at Volokh, which leaves me wondering why Trump’s lawyers devoted so much time and prime brief real estate to this argument:
I have not been deep in the weeds of the arguments about Section 3 of the… Continue reading
Federal District Court Issues Order Explaining Why South Carolina and the SC Democratic Party Did Not Violate Cenk Uygur’s Rights in Keeping Him Off Presidential Primary Ballot
This court issued this order on January 16 but it was only brought to my attention now. I also understand that the Fourth Circuit has denied Uygur’s request for an expedited appeal.
This is potentially relevant for the Trump disqualification… Continue reading