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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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: