Feb 15, 2024 · Voting in the U.S. Shouldn’t Be This Hard, MSNBC Opinion, Nov. 5, 2024. Thousands of Pennsylvania Ballots Will Be Tossed on a Technicality. Thanks SCOTUS, Slate, Nov. 4, 2024. Why the “Blue Shift” Everyone Seems to Have Forgotten About Might Be More Dangerous This Time, Slate, Oct. 24, 2024. Elon Musk …

3 days ago · Voting in the U.S. Shouldn’t Be This Hard, MSNBC Opinion, Nov. 5, 2024. Thousands of Pennsylvania Ballots Will Be Tossed on a Technicality. Thanks SCOTUS, Slate, Nov. 4, 2024. Why the “Blue Shift” Everyone Seems to Have Forgotten About Might Be More Dangerous This Time, Slate, Oct. 24, 2024. Elon Musk …

Oct 16, 2024 · As we get closer to the election, a lot of misinformation about the all-important Electoral Count Reform Act (ECRA) is beginning to rear its head. This is the statute that defines Congress’ role when it receives and counts the electoral … Continue reading The Electoral Count Reform Act Prohibits Congress From Rejecting a State’s Electoral Votes Based on Congress’ “View” about a ...

Jan 2, 2025 · See this letter from the Solicitor General requesting an extension of time into the Trump Administration to file a response to the cert. petition in the NRSC case. Here is what I wrote in an earlier post on this case: … Continue reading Biden DOJ Asks SCOTUS for Chance to Give Up Defense of Laws Limiting Political Parties from Becoming Conduits for Large Campaign Contributions; Trump DOJ ...

Jan 26, 2025 · The NYT has a long story by @miwine and @NYTnickc about the decline of competitive districts in the 2024 elections. A key point from an experienced member of Congress comes at the end of the story: “As competitive districts dwindle, so do incentives to compromise,” said Steve Israel, a former Democratic congressman from New York and the former chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign ...

Nov 1, 2024 · Voting in the U.S. Shouldn’t Be This Hard, MSNBC Opinion, Nov. 5, 2024. Thousands of Pennsylvania Ballots Will Be Tossed on a Technicality. Thanks SCOTUS, Slate, Nov. 4, 2024. Why the “Blue Shift” Everyone Seems to Have Forgotten About Might Be More Dangerous This Time, Slate, Oct. 24, 2024. Elon Musk …

Oct 23, 2024 · Genser v. Butler County Board of Elections involves a very particular issue under Pennsylvania law, but it raises a potentially larger one that could make it to the Supreme Court. To simplify just a bit: voters send in their mail-in … Continue reading Divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court, In Case Involving Mail-In and Provisional Ballots, Tees Up Potential Independent State Legislature Theory ...

Oct 29, 2024 · Politico: More than 18 months ago, as Donald Trump sought to delay several high-profile witness’ testimony to a grand jury investigating his effort to subvert the 2020 election, Washington’s top federal district judge sensed a potential calamity. “The special counsel’s … Continue reading “Unsealed court documents show …

Oct 23, 2024 · Voting in the U.S. Shouldn’t Be This Hard, MSNBC Opinion, Nov. 5, 2024. Thousands of Pennsylvania Ballots Will Be Tossed on a Technicality. Thanks SCOTUS, Slate, Nov. 4, 2024. Why the “Blue Shift” Everyone Seems to Have Forgotten About Might Be More Dangerous This Time, Slate, Oct. 24, 2024. Elon Musk …

Oct 10, 2024 · WaPo: Republican congressmen from Pennsylvania have filed a federal lawsuit seeking stricter scrutiny of votes cast by U.S. citizens living abroad, reflecting a new GOP strategy to challenge the eligibility of a group of voters that includes overseas military personnel. … Continue reading “Republicans challenge legitimacy of overseas votes, including military” →