Election Law Blog2d
“Gillibrand Presses Biden to Amend the Constitution to Enshrine Sex Equality”
NYT: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is on a mission in President Biden’s final days in office. She wants to convince him that he can rescue his legacy by adding the century-old Equal Rights ...
Election Law Blog5d
“Trump’s claim that Democrats are ‘fighting hard’ to keep the Electoral College sparks confusion”
President-elect Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Sunday night and declared that Democrats were “fighting ...
Election Law Blog2d
“Most Third Party Voters Support Ranked Choice Voting and Preferred Trump Over Harris, Poll Finds”
FairVote: A new nationwide poll from FairVote and Lake Research Partners surveyed Americans who voted for third-party and independent candidates for president. Key findings include: The November ...
Election Law Blog3d
“Trump’s DOJ civil rights pick built her name antagonizing California Democrats”
Politico: Donald Trump’s pick to lead the civil rights division at the Department of Justice built a national profile as the ultimate San Francisco contrarian — representing conservative college ...
Election Law Blog2d
“A botched election? Dozens of voters may have received the wrong ballot in a Georgia House race”
AJC: Tucked in a jagged corner on the Georgia House map, Donna Harris and her neighbors voted last month for the candidates they thought could be their next representative. It now appears they cast ...
Election Law Blog4d
“NC elections officials reject GOP request to throw out 60,000 votes. Races for Supreme Court, state legislature affected”
WRAL: State elections officials on Wednesday denied efforts by the North Carolina Republican Party to throw out tens of thousands of ballots cast by voters in this year’s elections. The GOP had ...
Election Law Blog2d
“F.B.I. Didn’t Instruct Informants to Encourage Violence at Capitol, Report Says”
NYT: More than two dozen F.B.I. informants were in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, but contrary to widespread conspiracy theories, bureau officials did not order anyone to break the law as a pro-Trump mob ...
Election Law Blog6d
“This Race Was Decided by 734 Votes. The G.O.P. Wants to Disqualify 60,000 Ballots.”
From voter ID laws to district map-drawing to judges redeciding cases, North Carolina has long been a laboratory of sorts in ways to amass political power. In recent years, Republicans in particular ...
Election Law Blog4d
“Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump’s Inaugural Fund”
WSJ: Meta Platforms has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, the latest step by Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to bolster his once-fraught relationship with the ...
Election Law Blog4d
Jaffer & Lakier: “The Supreme Court Must Intervene in the TikTok Case”
Last week, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a federal law that threatens to shut down TikTok in the United States. The court’s most consequential conclusion: The First ...
Election Law Blog5d
Democratic Lawyer Marc Elias Calls on DOJ to Dismiss All Pending Voting Rights Lawsuits Before Trump Administration Gains Control of DOJ
Democrats Sure Aren’t Acting as If Trump Beating Biden is an Existential Threat to Democracy, Slate, July 10, 2024. Trump Immunity Ruling Will Be John Roberts’ Legacy to Ameri ...
Election Law Blog5d
“Manhattan DA urges judge not to toss out guilty verdict in Trump hush money case”
Politico: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says Donald Trump’s imminent return to the presidency is not a reason to throw out the 34-count conviction that jurors delivered in the hush money ...