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Ed Whelan: “Mike Johnson must block Trump’s scheme on recess appointments”
WaPo: President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to turn the Constitution’s appointment process for Cabinet officers on its head. If what I’m hearing on the conservative legal grapevine is correct, ...
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Pennsylvania: “Dave McCormick once fought to have undated mail ballots counted. Now, in tight race with Bob Casey, he’s suing to block them.”
As vote counting continues this week in Pennsylvania’s tight Senate race, attention is once again shifting toward the largest and most hotly contested tranche of remaining votes that could help ...
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I Spoke to the “Speech Matters” Podcast About the 2024 Election and U.S. Democracy’s Future
The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law, 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming ...
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“As Trump Refers to Third Term, Democrat Wants to Leave No Constitutional Loophole”
NYT: When President-elect Donald J. Trump met with House Republicans on Wednesday morning, he suggested he might need their help to try to circumvent the Constitution and run for a third term in the ...
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“Hovde tells talk radio host he lost, but stops short of conceding to Baldwin”
Breaking a six-day silence after unofficial returns showed him losing to Sen. Tammy Baldwin, whom AP declared the winner of the Wisconsin U.S. Senate race by less than 1 percentage point, Republican ...
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“Jack Smith Plans to Step Down as Special Counsel Before Trump Takes Office”
NYT: Jack Smith, the special counsel who pursued two federal prosecutions of Donald J. Trump, plans to finish his work and resign along with other members of his team before Mr. Trump takes office in ...
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“Injunction Halting Kansas Election Law Reversed on Appeal”
An injunction blocking a Kansas law barring organizations from sending mail ballot applications to voters containing personalized information was reversed by the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday, The court ...
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Cleta Mitchell Wants Every Lawyer in the Voting Section (and Likely in the Civil Rights Division) of the Department of Justice to Be Terminated
The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law, 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming 2025), draft available: https://papers ...
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“Trump Allies Gain Power Over Elections in Arizona’s Largest County”
Bolts: Justin Heap, an Arizona lawmaker who has pushed for severe voting restrictions and whose campaign was led by an indicted 2020 “fake elector” for Donald Trump, has won control of one of the ...
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“Why Was There a Broad Drop-Off in Democratic Turnout in 2024?”
NYT: Voters in liberal strongholds across the country, from city centers to suburban stretches, failed to show up to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris at the levels they had for Joseph R. Biden Jr ...
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“Elon Musk’s PAC spent an estimated $200 million to help elect Trump, AP source says”
AP: Elon Musk’s super PAC spent around $200 million to help elect Donald Trump , according to a person familiar with the group’s spending, funding an effort that sets a new standard for how ...
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“Republicans inch toward ‘trifecta’ control of House, Senate, White House”
WaPo: Republicans are on the cusp of regaining the House majority for the 119th Congress and securing total control of Washington, days after the party won the presidency and control of the Senate.