“A Reversal Cannot Undo the Damage Caused by This Voting Fraud Case”
Gregory Nolan NYT oped:
When a Texas appeals court reversed itself last week and acquitted Crystal Mason, a mother of three, in a voting fraud case, it ended almost a decade in which Ms. Mason lived in fear of… Continue reading
“In Electoral Disputes, State Justices Are Less Reliable GOP Allies than the U.S. Supreme Court—That’s the ‘Problem’ the Independent State Legislature Claim Hopes to Solve”
Rebecca L. Brown, Lee Epstein, and Michael J. Nelson have this new article in the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Here is the abstract:
Scholars have identified serious drawbacks to the independent state… Continue reading
“Political Parties and Loser’s Consent in American Politics”
Geoffrey Layman , Frances Lee, and Christina Wolbrecht have this new article in the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Abstract:
Social science has established that political parties have been indispensable to American democracy and… Continue reading
“Tarrant County approves use of pre-numbered ballots. Do they ensure election integrity?”
Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
The Tarrant County Election Board Tuesday approved an initiative to use pre-numbered ballots in the general election in November.
In a briefing to the county commissioners ahead of the board’s vote, Tarrant County Election Administrator Clint… Continue reading
“Contra FIRE: Hasen on how the government should identify professional journalists for access and protection – First Amendment News 418”
Ron Collins for First Amendment News on my new draft paper, From Bloggers in Pajamas to The Gateway Pundit: How Government Entities Do and Should Identify Professional Journalists for Access and Protection. FIRE attorneys are going to respond in… Continue reading
“The 2024 US Election Is Already Being Fought in the Courts”
“Democratic tactics against RFK Jr. are rattling his campaign”
Politico:
A billboard truck paid for by the DNC has been circling Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign events. Protesters picketed his vice presidential announcement rally. The website’s grassroots organizing forum was flooded with fake, provocative event pages. And a job… Continue reading
“Despite vote count, Nebraska lawmakers begin debate of winner-take-all election system”
Lincoln Journal-Star:
Nebraska lawmakers briefly started — and then stopped — debate Wednesday on legislation that would replace the state’s unique system for presidential elections with the winner-take-all model deployed in 48 other states.
Sen. Julie Slama of Dunbar filed an … Continue reading
“Prosecuting Political Leaders During an Election”
New report from Protect Democracy.
“How Did Corporations Get Stuck in Politics and Can They Escape?”
Jill Fisch and Jeff Schwartz have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, University of Chicago Business Law Review). Here is the abstract;
Corporations have always been involved in politics, but today is different. They are publicly taking positions, either directly… Continue reading
“Trump Denies Elections and Praises Rioters, but R.F.K. Jr. Says It’s Biden Who Threatens Democracy”
NYT:
Former President Donald J. Trump has refused to accept his loss in the 2020 election, painted as martyrs the supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, laid groundwork to deny the 2024 election results if he loses,… Continue reading
“North Carolina election law attorney, nominated 4 times to US District Court judgeship, dies at 69”
Fox News:
Thomas Farr, a longtime North Carolina redistricting and election law attorney who regularly defended Republican interests but whose 2018 federal judgeship nomination was scuttled by two GOP senators, has died, a legal colleague said Tuesday. He was 69.… Continue reading
“Wisconsin voters OK amendments aimed at private election grants after ‘Zuckerbucks’ scrutiny”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Wisconsin voters on Tuesday approved two referendums that change the state Constitution to prohibit clerks from using private grants to administer elections and add that only appointed election officials can perform tasks to conduct elections.
With over 99%… Continue reading