Cleta Mitchell’s Fear of Democracy
The New York Times reported last week on an under-the-radar effort pushed by a bunch of Republican-backed dark money groups to enact new voting restrictions in time for the 2024 elections. As the group Documented has shown, in the center… Continue reading
ELB Book Corner: Steve Vladeck: “Purcell and the Partisan Valence of the Supreme Court’s 2020 Election Cases”
I am pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner Steve Vladeck, author of the new book, The Shadow Docket. Here is the second of three posts:
Yesterday’s post introduced the discussion of election cases in my new book… Continue reading
Media roundup of the appeal in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
“3 senators apparently barred from reelection as Republican boycott of Oregon Senate continues”
The Oregonian:
Republicans continued their boycott of the state Capitol for a 10th day Monday, leading to the apparent disqualification of two Republicans and one Independent from reelection due to a new, voter-approved law.
No Republicans nor Sen. Brian… Continue reading
Supreme Court’s skepticism of balancing tests in California pork case (and what it might say for the Anderson-Burdick framework)
The Supreme Court issued a decision in National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, holding that California may regulate sale of pork products in state even if it may affect interstate commerce. Not much of an election law angle.
One… Continue reading
“Atlanta DA Fights Trump’s Bid to End Election Interference Probe”
Jan Wolfe in the Wall Street Journal:
Atlanta-area prosecutor Fani Willis defended her investigation of Donald Trump, urging a judge to reject the former president’s request to disqualify her from further probing efforts to overturn the November 2020 presidential… Continue reading
“Ohio supermajority amendment opponents sue, arguing ‘no legal basis’ for August election”
From the Ohio Capital Journal:
State lawmakers approved a measure to ask voters if Ohio should raise the threshold for approving constitutional amendments to 60%. But in an unusual move, they set the August date for that election through… Continue reading
“Representative Gerry Connolly staffers assaulted by man with bat at Virginia office”
Washington Post:
A man wielding a metal baseball bat assaulted two staffers in the Fairfax City office of Rep. Gerald E. Connolly on Monday, then smashed windows and a computer in an apparent rage after learning that the lawmaker… Continue reading
“FBI Faulted for Its Probe of Russian Meddling in 2016 Campaign”
Wall Street Journal:
A special counsel appointed in President Donald Trump’s administration issued a highly critical report on how the FBI handled allegations linking Mr. Trump to Russia in 2016, ending four years of work Monday after having lost… Continue reading
“What the Courts Would Do if the Succession Fire Played Out in Real Life”
I have written this piece for Slate (major spoilers!). It begins:
As election nightmares go, Sunday night’s episode of the HBO series Succession, “America Decides,” was a doozy. It was the most uncomfortable hour of scripted television I have ever… Continue reading
Supreme Court will hear South Carolina racial gerrymandering case
Appeal from a three-judge panel decision in South Carolina in Alexander v. S.C. Conference of the NAACP. Earlier ELB coverage on the panel decision is here. That panel found that South Carolina’s First Congressional District was a racial… Continue reading
ELB Book Corner: Steve Vladeck: “The Most Troubling Side of the Shadow Docket”
I am pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner Steve Vladeck, author of the new book, The Shadow Docket. Here is the first of three posts:
The subtitle of my new book on the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket,”… Continue reading
“How to Raise $89 Million in Small Donations — And Make It Disappear”
Follow the money at the New York Times:
A group of conservative operatives using sophisticated robocalls raised millions of dollars from donors using pro-police and pro-veteran messages. But instead of using the money to promote issues and candidates, an… Continue reading