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Election Law Blog
8h ago
KC Star:
Former Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden investigated Johnson County Election Commissioner Fred Sherman over allegations of voter intimidation, according to records obtained by The Star. The case was the only one Hayden, a Republican, ever sent to Johnson…
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Election Law Blog
14h ago
NYT:
There is no universally accepted definition of a constitutional crisis, but legal scholars agree about some of its characteristics. It is generally the product of presidential defiance of laws and judicial rulings. It is not binary: It is a…
The post Must Read Adam Liptak in the NYT: “Trump’s Actions Have Created a Constitutional Crisis, Scholars Say” (Gift Link) appeared first on Election Law Blog ..read more
Election Law Blog
14h ago
Washington Post:
Federal judges have issued President Donald Trump stinging legal rebukes in the early clashes over his blitz of executive orders, and two of his top advisers have responded by suggesting that his administration defy the courts and move…
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Election Law Blog
14h ago
NYT:
The Justice Department on Monday ordered federal prosecutors to drop the corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, a remarkable incursion into a continuing criminal case that raises questions about the fair administration of justice during President…
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Election Law Blog
14h ago
NYT:
Hours after being sworn in as President Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi declared to the entire Justice Department work force, “This shameful era ends today.”
That assertion, in one of 14 memos she issued on Wednesday, underscored what many…
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Election Law Blog
14h ago
NYT:
President Trump on Monday ordered a pause in the enforcement of a federal law aimed at curbing corruption in multinational companies, saying it creates an uneven playing field for American firms.
The law, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,…
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Election Law Blog
18h ago
AP:
In the first three weeks of his administration, President Donald Trump has moved with brazen haste to dismantle the federal government’s public integrity guardrails that he frequently tested during his first term but now seems intent on removing entirely.…
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Election Law Blog
18h ago
Steve Levitsky in The Atlantic:
With the leader of a failed coup back in the White House and pursuing an unprecedented assault on the constitutional order, many Americans are starting to wrap their mind around what authoritarianism could look like…
The post Levitsky: “The New Authoritarianism: This isn’t single-party rule, but it’s not democracy either.” appeared first on Election Law Blog ..read more
Election Law Blog
1d ago
The following is a guest post from Wendy Weiser & Andrew Garber:
Last month, congressional Republicans pledged to fast-track the SAVE Act (H.R. 22), a bill that would require all Americans to provide a birth certificate, passport, or one…
The post Weiser and Garber: “The SAVE Act Would Undermine Voter Registration for all Americans” appeared first on Election Law Blog ..read more
Election Law Blog
2d ago
Maggie Haberman for the NYT:
Just eight days after he won a second term, Mr. Trump — whose supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an effort to prevent Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory from being certified…
The post “Trump Muses About a Third Term, Over and Over Again” appeared first on Election Law Blog ..read more