I Spoke to Harry Litman on the Talking Feds Podcast About the Trump Colorado Disqualification Case at SCOTUS
You can watch here.
“Cases and Materials on California’s Political and Election Laws”
Newly published by Chris Mitchell.
Learning the Lesson of January 6
A new Common Ground Democracy column:
Hopefully, after this year’s elections, America will get another chance to adopt the structural reforms necessary to assure that elections produce the results that a majority of voters want.
“Justices to Decide Whether Trump Is Eligible for Colorado Ballot”
Adam Liptak for the NYT:
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether former President Donald J. Trump is eligible for Colorado’s Republican primary ballot, thrusting the justices into a pivotal role that could alter the course of this… Continue reading
Watch Video of My Appearance with Anderson Cooper on CNN Discussing Supreme Court Taking Trump Disqualification Case
You can watch the video at this link.
Watch Video of My Appearance with Ari Melber on MSNBC Discussing Supreme Court Taking Trump Disqualification Case
You can watch at this link.
Breaking: Supreme Court Will Hear Trump’s Challenge to Disqualification in Colorado on Expedited Schedule; Oral Argument Feb. 8: What It Means
You can find the Court’s order granting cert. and expediting the case at this link.
The cert. grant and expediting of time was expected, given the national importance of this issue and in particular of removing a major candidate from… Continue reading
Must-Read Sam Issacharoff: “Old Constitutional Provisions and Presidential Selection: The folly of exhuming Section 3 of the 14th Amendment”
Sam, at Just Security:
The moves to disqualify former President Donald Trump in Colorado and Maine will doubtless force the Supreme Court to confront the obscure Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. In his petition for certiorari, and in… Continue reading
“Trump’s campaign guided filing of Michigan’s false electors certificate, emails show”
Craig Mauger for the Detroit News:
Then-President Donald Trump’s campaign directly orchestrated the filing of a certificate, signed by 16 Michigan Republicans, that falsely claimed he won the state’s 2020 election, according to internal campaign emails obtained by The Detroit… Continue reading
Must-read Jamelle Bouie: “If Trump Is Not an Insurrectionist, What is He?”
In the NYT:
The unspoken assumption behind the idea that Trump should be allowed on the ballot and that the public should have the chance to choose for or against him yet again is that he will respect the… Continue reading
What happens to votes cast in Colorado for Trump in the primary?
From the conclusion of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision in Anderson v. Griswold:
“Twelve Questions Shaping Democracy and Voting Rights in 2024”
New at Bolts.
Trump Cert. Petition 23-719 Now Docketed on SCOTUS Website
“In Tense Election Year, Public Officials Face Climate of Intimidation”
NYT:
The caller had tipped off the authorities in Maine on Friday night: He told them that he had broken into the home of Shenna Bellows, the state’s top election official, a Democrat who one night earlier had disqualified former … Continue reading