Watch Video of Panelists Discussing Ann Southworth’s Terrific New Book, “Big Money Unleashed”
This was a great discussion of Ann Southworth’s must-read new book, Big Money Unleashed. I was honored to be part of the discussion. Watch:
I’ll Be Delivering the 42nd Dunwody Distinguished Lecture at the University of Florida
I’m honored to have been invited to deliver this lecture in the spring. The day before the lecture, there will be panel discussions on election integrity, election litigation, and gerrymandering.
Some of the previous Dunwody lecturers include Justice Ruth Bader… Continue reading
“U.S. stops helping Big Tech spot foreign meddling amid GOP legal threats”
Troubling developments, from Washington Post, in response to lower-court decision and other factors:
The U.S. federal government has stopped warning some social networks about foreign disinformation campaigns on their platforms, reversing a years-long approach to preventing Russia and other… Continue reading
“Should Election Authorities Publish the Records of Individual Votes?”
Analysis from Cato’s Walter Olson of an emerging set of issues:
The controversy involves two different information formats often confused with each other that should be kept straight. Cast vote records are electronic summaries of individual ballots and the choices… Continue reading
“Scoop: No Labels abandons its in-person presidential convention”
From Axios:
No Labels — the bipartisan group plotting a third-party presidential bid — is pulling the plug on its Dallas convention next spring and will instead conduct its “selection process virtually,” Axios has learned.
Why it matters: The group… Continue reading
“Attorney warned Trump ‘it’s going to be a crime’ if he didn’t comply with subpoena for classified docs: Sources”
From ABC News:
One of former president Donald Trump’s current attorneys told special counsel Jack Smith’s team that, within days of the Justice Department issuing a subpoena last year for all classified documents at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, she “very clearly”… Continue reading
“Court filing reveals Rep. Scott Perry’s vast web of contacts in bid to reverse 2020 election”
Politico:
At 11:08 p.m. on Dec. 30, 2020, days before Donald Trump prepared to install Jeff Clark atop the Justice Department amid his frenzied push to remain in power, Clark got a text from one key ally, Rep. Scott… Continue reading
“Arizona Officials Charged With Conspiring to Delay Election Results”
From NYT:
Two Republican county supervisors in Arizona were indicted Wednesday on felony charges related to their attempts to delay the certification of 2022 election results.
Kris Mayes, the state attorney general, announced in a statement that Peggy Judd and… Continue reading
“Wisconsin Judge Dismisses Felony Charge in ‘Ballot Selfie’ Case”
NYT:
A Wisconsin judge on Monday dismissed a felony charge against a school board candidate who had posted a photograph on Facebook of a ballot with his name filled in.
In his ruling, the judge, Paul V. Malloy of Ozaukee… Continue reading
Walter Horn Reviews My Upcoming Book, “A Real Right to Vote”
Horn writes:
As Hasen patiently explains, the case law on these matters has swerved hard right since the halcyon Warren Court days, perhaps because Republican appointees to the Supreme Court have at least acted as if they have been fueled… Continue reading
“New Mexico Supreme Court upholds Democratic-drawn congressional map”
Appears from this story that the lower courts held that this was a partisan gerrymander, but that it was not an “egregious” partisan gerrymander, and therefore it did not violate the state constitution. But can’t tell anything from the Supreme… Continue reading
“Trump Seeks to Use Trial to Challenge Findings That 2020 Election Was Fair”
Donald Trump seeks to re-litigate the 2020 election as part of his criminal defense. From the NYT:
Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump said in court papers that they planned to question the findings of several government agencies… Continue reading
NH Supreme Court, on 3-2 Vote, Holds Partisan GM Claims Not Justiciable under NH Constitution
Opinion here:https://www.courts.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt471/files/documents/2023-11/2023059brown.pdf
“Congress should preempt the Supreme Court on Section 2 of Voting Rights Act”
Maureen Edobor is a new election-law academic recently hired as an assistant professor at Washington and Lee. Here’s an excerpt from a piece she just published in The Hill, which criticizes the 8th Circuit’s holding that no private right of… Continue reading