Fifth Circuit Grants Rehearing En Banc in Case That Struck Down Mississippi Felon Disenfranchisement Law
Raffi Melkonian with the order.
Here’s my earlier coverage of the 2-1 panel ruling.
Fifth Circuit Panel, on Party Line Vote, Delays Louisiana Voting Rights Act Congressional Redistricting Case, Potentially Pushing Any Remedy to 2026
Michael Li with the details on what he terms a “terrible ruling:”
https://twitter.com/mcpli/status/1707483620514927098
“Biden Issues a Blistering Attack on Trump”
NYT:
President Biden issued a broad and blistering attack against former President Donald J. Trump on Thursday, accusing his predecessor and would-be successor of inciting violence, seeking unfettered power and plotting to undermine the Constitution if he returns to office… Continue reading
“Republican Group Running Anti-Trump Ads Finds Little Is Working”
NYT:
A well-funded group of anti-Trump conservatives has sent its donors a remarkably candid memo that reveals how resilient former President Donald J. Trump has been against millions of dollars of negative ads the group deployed against him in two… Continue reading
“After two rejections, is Ohio attorney general slow-walking anti-gerrymandering amendment?”
Ohio Capital Journal:
One might think that a movement associated with a former state Supreme Court chief justice could draft a petition summary that passes legal muster. But twice already, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has rejected summaries of a… Continue reading
“Judge Denies Trump’s Request That She Recuse Herself in Election Case”
NYT:
The judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s trial on charges of seeking to overturn the 2020 election denied on Wednesday his attempt to disqualify her from the case for supposedly being biased against him.
In a strongly worded… Continue reading
“Media network paid by GOP groups is behind deluge of election records requests”
Votebeat:
In North Carolina, Local Labs wanted obscure voter records that would take weeks, or even months, to prepare. In Georgia, the company requested a copy of every envelope voters used to mail in their ballots. And in dozens of… Continue reading
“Twitter Fires Election Integrity Team Ahead of 2024 Elections”
Rolling Stone:
NEXT YEAR WILL see dozens of elections around the globe, but X (formerly Twitter) has seemingly abdicated responsibility for protecting users from misinformation during these democratic processes.
Several European staffers working on a threat disruption team for the… Continue reading
“Redistricting redux: North Carolina lawmakers to draw again new maps for Congress and themselves”
AP:
With a new state budget completed, North Carolina legislators now turn their attention yet again to mapping the state’s congressional and General Assembly districts.
The House and Senate redistricting committees scheduled hearings this week — the last one… Continue reading
Kirkus Reviews Calls My Forthcoming Book, A Real Right to Vote, “A persuasive, up-to-date proposal that deserves widespread attention.”
My book, A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy, is out February 20 from Princeton University Press. (You can preorder now at Amazon, Bookshop, Barnes and Noble. There is also… Continue reading
“Voter Suppression, New York Style; Few states make it harder to participate in primary elections, which frequently determine the eventual winner.”
Howard Husock for City Journal.
“Pluribus AM: All redistricting, all the time”
From Reid Wilson’s indispensable morning newsletter on news around the states:
In Politics & Business
We should just rename this section “Today in Redistricting Litigation”
ALABAMA: The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Alabama’s bid to keep a U.S. House district map that… Continue reading
“Trump Lawyers Assail Gag Order Request in Election Case”
NYT:
Lawyers representing former President Donald J. Trump against federal charges accusing him of seeking to overturn the 2020 election offered an outraged response on Monday to the government’s request for a gag order, saying the attempt to “muzzle” him… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of Today’s Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar, “How Should Platforms Handle Election Speech and Disinformation in 2024”
This was a great conversation with Katie Harbath, Josh Lawson, Yoel Roth and Brandon Tucker. I moderated this event, which was cosponsored at UCLA Law with the Safeguarding Democracy Project and the Institute for Technology, Law & Policy. Watch: