Election Law Blog1d
Sixth Circuit finds no standing for Michigan legislators to challenge ballot initiative under Elections Clause
Opinion in Lindsey v. Whitmer by Chief Judge Sutton, joined by Judges Bush and Murphy (excerpts lightly revised): In 2022, voters passed Proposal 2, which created new voter-identification options, ...
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“Trump has pressed for new voting requirements. Republicans in Congress will try to make that happen”
AP: Republicans plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress to push through ...
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“This Was the Year of the Influencer Political Takeover”
Wired: After years of sitting on the sidelines, content creators became a part of the mainstream political media this year, delivering election news, analysis, and political commentary to their online ...
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“A Razor-Thin House Majority Creates Headaches for Republicans”
WSJ: They won, but barely. Republicans held on to control of the House of Representatives in November by one of the thinnest margins in the country’s history—even smaller than in the current ...
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“A North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate’s Bid to Overturn His Loss Is Based on Theory Election Deniers Deemed Extreme”
ProPublica: Months before voters went to the polls in November, a group of election skeptics based in North Carolina gathered on a call and discussed what actions to take if they doubted any of the ...
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“How prosecutors’ evidence mistakes could let Menendez walk away from corruption charges”
Politico: Five months after a jury convicted Sen. Bob Menendez of corruption-related charges that ended his political career, federal prosecutors have admitted to a series of errors that could upend ...
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“The Big Companies Funding Trump’s Inauguration Despite Denouncing Jan. 6”
WSJ: Four years ago, dozens of companies denounced the invasion of the U.S. Capitol and pledged to withhold support from those who disputed the 2020 election results. Now, many of those companies are ...
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“Experts: Trump’s use of consumer fraud law to sue Des Moines Register unlikely to succeed”
Legal experts representing different ends of the political spectrum say the recent lawsuit by President-elect Donald Trump against the Des Moines Register is based on a strained interpretation of Iowa ...
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“This company rates news sites’ credibility. The right wants it stopped.”
WaPo: When veteran newsmen L. Gordon Crovitz and Steven Brill started their news site rating company, they were prepared for the inevitable cries of bias from both sides. What they didn’t anticipate ...
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“Trump’s Re-election Defines a New Era of American Politics”
When Barack Obama won re-election in 2012, it seemed to mark the beginning of a new era of Democratic dominance, one propelled by the rise of a new generation of young, secular and nonwhite … Continue ...
Election Law Blog2d
“Expect a quieter Jan. 6 this time around — as long as Republicans avert a looming speakership crisis”
Politico: Donald Trump’s victory has made Jan. 6 boring again. Four years after a mob of Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory, Republicans and ...
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California: “Orange County GOP pushes back on ‘false claims of voter fraud'”
LAT: The Republican Party of Orange County has forcefully swatted down unfounded claims of voter fraud in the 2024 election, debunking allegations that went viral after Democrats flipped a hotly ...