“The failure of America’s geographic-based Winner Take All system”
Steven Hill at Democracy SOS.
“A MAGA Troll’s Memes Were Blatant Disinformation. But Were They a Crime?”
The Intercept reports on the Mackey appeal; oral argument is Friday morning.
Here’s my earlier Slate piece on the case; and here’s my amicus brief with Protect Democracy and Yale’s MFIA Clinic.
Danforth, Luttig Amicus Brief in SCOTUS Trump Immunity Case Warns of Dangers to Democracy If President Has Immunity to Steal the Next Election
From the Introduction:
Presidential immunity, under any label, should never be so broad as to embolden an outgoing President’s violations of federal criminal statutes as part of efforts that would prevent what Article II mandates—the vesting of the authority… Continue reading
“Jeffrey Clark’s bid to aid Trump election scheme violated attorney rules, DC Bar panel finds”
Politico:
A disciplinary panel in Washington has found that Jeffrey Clark, a former high-ranking Justice Department official, violated ethics rules for lawyers in his attempt to aid Donald Trump’s bid to subvert the 2020 election.
The three-member disciplinary committee determined… Continue reading
“No Labels Will Abandon 2024 Presidential Campaign Effort”
WSJ:
No Labels, the centrist group which has sought to field a third-party presidential bid, is abandoning efforts to create a “unity ticket” aiming to win the White House, according to people familiar with the plans.
Nancy Jacobson, No Labels’… Continue reading
“Fulton judge rejects Trump free speech challenge to election charges”
AJC:
A Fulton County judge on Thursday refused to drop election interference charges against Donald Trump and his co-defendants saying the criminal counts did not violate their constitutional right to free speech.
The former president had argued the charges against … Continue reading
“Inside a G.O.P. Plan to Encourage Early Voting Despite Trump’s Attacks”
“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