NYT on what is perhaps the worst ruling on freedom of the press that I’ve ever read:
A federal appeals court on Friday paused a lower court’s ruling that had required the White House to allow journalists from The Associated… Continue reading
AJC:
A man falsely accused of voting fraud in the conspiracy film “2000 Mules” tried to hold its producers responsible Friday, asking a federal judge to rule in his favor.
But the moviemakers, including conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza and the… Continue reading
Always appreciate the excellent work of my fellow ELB contributors! I’m back in this week, before a big stretch of ELB contributors through June and July:
Week of June 16, 2025Rick PildesWeek of June 23, 2025Justin LevittWeek of June 30,… Continue reading
Earlier this year, I wrote about how potential reform over the “universal” or “nationwide” injunction might affect a set of election law cases. The Supreme Court’s recent oral argument in Trump v. CASA has brought the debate about nationwide injunctions… Continue reading
Decision by Judge Murphy, joined by Judges Bush and Larsen, in Tennessee Conference of the NAACP v. Lee. From the introduction:
Tennessee grants the right to vote only to some convicted criminals. When processing voter-registration forms, then, state officials… Continue reading
Chicago Tribune:
In the closing hours of the Illinois General Assembly’s spring session, Senate President Don Harmon tried to pass legislation that would have wiped clean a potential multimillion-dollar fine against his political campaign committee for violating election finance… Continue reading
New article by Gillian Metzger in the Harvard Law Review:
This essay analyzes Trump v. Anderson and Trump v. United States. It argues that, despite surface similarities—not least that they both helped smooth the path to Trump’s re-election as President—the two decisions differ in… Continue reading
New publication from Matthew D. Kim in the Texas A&M Law Review:
The American public has become deeply distrustful of elections. This distrust is partly due to Supreme Court decisions curtailing campaign finance restrictions, on First Amendment grounds, to… Continue reading
New York Times:
Long after seeing millions of Italians emigrate as they fled poverty and war, Italy has now become a country to which millions of people have migrated, its schools and neighborhoods filling with Africans, Asians, Latin Americans… Continue reading
MLive investigation here, with some notable election rules:
Conservation district elections occur in unconventional locations like vineyards, barns and park gazebos. Votes are sometimes handwritten and manually tallied without privacy booths or computerized ballots. Voter turnout is extremely… Continue reading
Associated Press:
Squeezed between glacier-packed mountains and Alaska’s Prince William Sound, the cruise-ship stop of Whittier is isolated enough that it’s reachable by just a single road, through a long, one-lane tunnel that vehicles share with trains. It’s so… Continue reading
Hi, all. Justin again.
Last week, I blogged the Civil Rights Division’s first voting case of the new Administration: the suit alleging that North Carolina violated HAVA when it didn’t require driver’s license numbers or Social Security digits for… Continue reading
NBC News:
President Donald Trump on Saturday said there would be “serious consequences” if tech mogul Elon Musk funds Democratic candidates to run against Republicans who vote in favor of the GOP’s sweeping budget bill.
“If he does, he’ll have… Continue reading