May 7 CAP Online Event on Citizens United Includes Sheldon Whitehouse, Shana Broussard, Jamie Raskin, Sarah Haan and Tom Moore
“Meta Faces E.U. Investigation Over Election Disinformation”
NYT:
Meta, the American tech giant, is being investigated by European Union regulators for the spread of disinformation on its platforms Facebook and Instagram, poor oversight of deceptive advertisements and potential failure to protect the integrity of elections.
On Tuesday,… Continue reading
Trump in TIME Interview: “I Think a Lot of People Like” Talk of Dictatorship
TIME Magazine interview:
Toward the end of our conversation at Mar-a-Lago, I ask Trump to explain another troubling comment he made: that he wants to be dictator for a day. It came during a Fox News town hall with… Continue reading
“Why an Immunity Ruling in Trump’s Favor Might Not Alter the Shape of His Trial”
Charlie Savage in the NYT:
If the Supreme Court rules that Donald J. Trump is immune from being charged with crimes over official actions he took as president, it would be a momentous decision for the future of executive power … Continue reading
“How do you fix Congress?” (The missing answer.)
Twelve departing members of Congress offer their thoughts in a N.Y. Times opinion video. The responses focused on attempting to fix the culture of Congress–how members from opposite parties used to get along but now don’t. To the extent,… Continue reading
Louisiana Wants Entire 5th Circuit to Hear Its Appeal (Bypassing a 5th Circuit Panel) Arguing that Private Plaintiffs Don’t Have the Right to Sue Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
Aggressive.
(via Hansi Lo Wang)
Federal courts toss challenges by state legislators in Pennsylvania, Michigan over lack of standing
The most recent edition of our federal courts casebook (with co-authors Arthur Hellman, David Stras, Ryan Scott, and Andy Hessick), I took some time reshape some of the focus of the chapter on “standing” to expound upon some increasing recurring… Continue reading
“Michigan AG executes search warrants on Google and X in ongoing 2020 fake electors probe”
Marshall Cohen for CNN:
Google and X, formerly Twitter, recently provided hundreds of files to Michigan prosecutors for their 2020 election subversion probe, complying with search warrants that investigators obtained after CNN revealed secret social media accounts belonging to pro-Trump lawyer… Continue reading
“Surprise Tactics and Legal Threats: Inside R.F.K. Jr.’s Ballot Access Fight”
NYT:
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign mounts a bruising state-by-state battle for ballot access, he has often credited enthusiastic volunteers and grass-roots backers with driving the effort.
In fact, the operation has become increasingly reliant on consultants… Continue reading
“Wisconsin Republicans recruiting legion of monitors to observe polls, set stage for lawsuits”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
The Republican National Committee and Trump campaign plan to deploy tens of thousands of volunteers and attorneys to monitor and challenge voting processes in battleground states, including Wisconsin — an effort rooted in the former president’s false… Continue reading
Important New Student Note: “Voting Wrongs and Remedial Gaps”
There’s a great new student note at the intersection of election law and remedies, authored by Delaney Herndon, in the Harvard Law Review. Here is the abstract:
Today, voting rights plaintiffs largely seek injunctive relief.1 This wasn’t always… Continue reading
California: “Many O.C. residents skeptical of election results, potentially swaying key races, poll finds”
LAT:
Alex Lopez doesn’t contest that Joe Biden was elected president in 2020.
His concern lies with how those results came to be.
“By the numbers? He absolutely won it. Ethically? Probably not,” said the 38-year-old Anaheim resident, who works… Continue reading