Oct. 10 Online Discussion: “Civil Disagreements: Does the 14th Amendment Bar Trump from Office?”
Announcement via email from “Reform for Illinois”:
Civil Disagreements: Does the 14th Amendment Bar Trump from Office?
Join us for the latest installment of our “Civil Disagreements” series! We’re hosting a virtual panel discussion exploring whether the 14th Amendment to… Continue reading
“Republicans vow to appeal judge’s ruling upholding New Mexico congressional redistricting map”
Albuquerque Journal:
New Mexico Republicans say they will appeal a state judge’s ruling that knocked down their challenge of congressional redistricting the GOP charges undermines Republican voting strength in the southern part of the state.
In a ruling made public… Continue reading
“Amazon’s Alexa has been claiming the 2020 election was stolen”
WaPo:
Amid concerns the rise of artificial intelligence will supercharge the spread of misinformation comes a wild fabrication from a more prosaic source: Amazon’s Alexa, which declared that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Asked about fraud in the race… Continue reading
James Sample: “Necessity and Impossibility: Wisconsin and Recusal”
The following is a guest post from James Sample:
My basic reaction to Justice Protasiewicz’s opinion is one bordering on intractable depression. It’s both necessary and impossible to disaggregate the interwoven components of the entire Wisconsin political milieu. The… Continue reading
Kurt Lash: “The Meaning and Ambiguity of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment”
Kurt Lash (who will be speaking at the October 20th virtual conference on Trump’s potential disqualification sponsored by the Safeguarding Democracy Project) has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment disqualified anyone… Continue reading
“Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice rejects GOP call to recuse on redistricting cases”
AP:
The Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a 4-3 vote along partisan lines Friday, agreed to hear a challenge to Republican-drawn legislative maps after a newly elected liberal justice declined to recuse herself.
Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s decision to remain on the… Continue reading
Requiring Majority Winners in November
A couple of astute readers of my earlier blog post today asked me whether Georgia’s version of a runoff system would satisfy my proposed majority-winner requirement for congressional elections. The simple answer is no, for a reason that is explained… Continue reading
“A Guide to Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) Organizations”
Steven Sholk’s latest iteration of his useful guide.
A Simple Cure for House Chaos
As I’ve watched this week’s removal of McCarthy from the Speakership and the ensuing sense that the House may be ungovernable because of the fragmentation within its Republican conference, I return to the idea that I first advocated shortly after … Continue reading
“Kevin McCarthy’s Downfall Is the Culmination of the Tea Party”
Politico Q & A with Theda Skocpol.
“Spoiler alert: Biden world is taking third-party threats seriously”
Politico:
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman convened a Zoom call with 30 other like-minded donors this week to address a persistent fear among national Democrats: Third-party candidates who could undercut Joe Biden’s campaign.
In particular, the donors on the line were… Continue reading
Only 23.4 Percent of 18-Year-Olds Registered to Vote in Ohio
Via the indispensable Laura Brill/Civics Center. That’s 100,000 potential voters.
You can’t vote if you are not registered. So….
John Eastman, in Fundraising Email, Continues to Claim “election illegality and fraud” in the 2020 Election
Here’s a screenshot: