“How Jack Smith May Charge Trump PAC with Fraudulent Fundraising Within the Bounds of First Amendment”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy at Just Security.
Secretary of State Benson on section 3 of 14th Amendment
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson was one of three guests on Nicole Wallace’s Deadline White House today discussing procedural issues relating to litigating whether Trump is constitutionally disqualified to hold the presidency again. What stood out to me as… Continue reading
“RNC launches ‘Bank your Vote’ ad blitz ahead of debate to push Republicans to vote early in 2024 elections”
Quite notable from Fox News:
The Republican National Committee says it’s going “all in” ahead of Wednesday’s first GOP presidential nomination debate to encourage voters to turn in ballots early.
The recently-launched “Bank Your Vote” campaign seeks to motivate pre-Election… Continue reading
Announcing the Fall Webinar Series for UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project (Each event free but registration required)
Very excited to announce this lineup for the Safeguarding Democracy Project’s Fall 2023 webinar series (each event free but registration required):
September 5, 12pm-1pm – The Trump Indictments, the 2024 Elections, and Public Peace
Webinar
Ruth Ben-Ghiat (NYU)
Benjamin … Continue reading
“Where the 2024 candidates stand on elections, democracy and Jan. 6”
WaPo:
As former president Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, he is promoting false claims about the 2020 election, championing violent offenders who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and refusing to commit to abiding by… Continue reading
“Shaker Heights attorney who supported Trump jailed for felony voter fraud”
Cleveland.com:
A Shaker Heights attorney who donated to ex-President Donald Trump’s campaign was convicted Tuesday of election fraud for voting twice in the last two general elections.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Andrew Santoli ordered sheriff’s deputies to take … Continue reading
“Texas Supreme Court denies request to delay new election law despite lawsuit challenging it”
AP:
A new Republican-backed Texas law that dictates how elections will be run in the Democratic stronghold of Houston and its surrounding county will take effect as scheduled next month despite a lawsuit seeking to overturn it, the state Supreme… Continue reading
The Institutional Implications of Translation Necessity
Derek’s point about the hugely different nature of presidential elections today compared to when the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted is a crucial one and must be kept firmly in mind as one considers the question of constitutional interpretation (or is… Continue reading
John Eastman Statement in Turning Himself in for Booking at Fulton County, GA Jail
Here (via Greg Bluestein):
“”Hispanic Republicans vie to oust Democrats in diverse districts”
Roll Call:
In 2020, Republicans had a net gain of 14 seats in the House, and every seat they flipped from Democrats was captured by a woman, a veteran or a candidate of color. In 2022, the party put forth… Continue reading
Lost in translation: applying Section 3 to twenty-first century presidential elections
In 1868, when the Fourteenth Amendment (including its Section 3) was adopted, presidential elections looked something like this: Political parties gathered together in a convention to nominate candidates for president and vice president. State parties would then choose presidential electors… Continue reading
“Opinion: Is the end finally near for New York’s congressional redistricting?”
Jeff Wice and Piper Benedict oped:
The redistricting process created by the 2014 state constitutional amendment brought us to today’s situation. The amendment’s poorly developed and incomplete language should compel legislators and the public to look for a better… Continue reading
“In Trump cases, experts say defendant’s rhetoric will be hard to police”
WaPo:
At her first hearing overseeing the 2020 election obstruction case against former president Donald Trump, U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan tried to draw a line in the sand: “I intend to keep politics out of this.”
Legal… Continue reading
“The Moore the Merrier: How Moore v. Harper’s Complete Repudiation of the Independent State Legislature (ISL) Theory is Happy News for the Court, the Country and Commentators”
New Vik Amar piece, forthcoming in the Cato Supreme Court Review. Here is the abstract:
This Essay thoroughly analyzes the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court Moore v. Harper decision, examines how the ruling reflects (laudable) doctrinal movement by the various Justices,… Continue reading