Election Law Blog17h
Pennsylvania: “Delaware County prosecutors allege paid canvasser tried to register dead people to vote in the 2024 election”
Delaware County prosecutors announced charges Thursday against a Collingdale woman who they say repeatedly tried to submit voter registration forms for dead people and against an elderly man who cast ...
Election Law Blog17h
“Trump signals plans to use all levers of power against the media”
WaPo: For many years, Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to sue the press but often didn’t follow through. When he did, he almost always lost. But Trump’s recent settlement with ABC News and a cascade ...
Election Law Blog21h
“Rep. Kay Granger confirms she has ‘unforeseen health challenges’ but denies report she is in Memory Care”
The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law, 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming 2025), draft available: https://papers ...
Election Law Blog1d
“Justice Thomas Did Not Disclose Additional Trips, Democrats Say”
NYT: Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose two additional trips from a billionaire patron than have previously come to light, Senate Democrats revealed on Saturday after conducting a 20-month ...
Election Law Blog2d
Ninth Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Holds Unconstitutional Campaign Contribution Limits in Oxnard, California Elections
The majority and dissent agreed to apply the Supreme Court’s Randall framework, but disagree on application. Perhaps the Ninth Circuit will take up this case en banc, as it seems in tension with other ...
Election Law Blog2d
“Trump Moves to Replace Officials Whom New Presidents Traditionally Leave Alone”
President-elect Donald J. Trump has moved to install loyalists in jobs that Congress did not intend for new presidents to replace at the start of their terms, eroding a traditional constraint on ...
Election Law Blog2d
“Judges increasingly alarmed as Trump’s Jan. 6 clemency decision nears”
Politico: U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan says she has often reassured police officers traumatized by the violence of Jan. 6, 2021, that “the rule of law still applies.” But as President-elect ...
Election Law Blog2d
Co-president’ Elon Musk? Trump ally tests influence in spending fight”
WaPo: Elon Musk has never been elected to office. President-elect Donald Trump has not tapped him to serve in any role inside the government. Until the July assassination attempt, he never even ...
Election Law Blog2d
“Patel floated criminally probing police, lawmakers involved in Jan. 6 committee”
WaPo: Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, has suggested that multiple individuals previously critical of the president-elect should be criminally investigated, according to a review by ...
Election Law Blog2d
“Can Democracy Survive the Disruptive Power of AI?”
Muller, Election Subversion and the Writ of Mandamus, William & Mary Law Review (forthcoming) Spencer Overton, Power to Regulate Social Media Companies to Prevent Voter Suppression. GWU Legal Studies ...
Election Law Blog2d
“Democrats continue to dominate spending in competitive general elections”
In the 20 most expensive House races, Democrats outspent Republicans in all but two races, per AdImpact. That’s largely due to Democratic candidates’ fundraising advantage over Republicans. Across the ...
Election Law Blog3d
“Online Ad Spending in the 2024 Election Topped $1.35 Billion”
New from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, OpenSecrets, and the Wesleyan Media Project. Key findings: As the authors explain, transparency rules for online spending are weak compared to those ...