April 14 event: The U.S. has an outdated election system that leaves Americans unrepresented while the country faces a polarization crisis. Most countries have chosen an electoral system very different to the one used in national elections in the United … Continue reading →
FOLLOW ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE:NYT: As corporate America continues to push back against a wave of restrictive voting laws under discussion across the United States, Big Law is joining the fight.A coalition of 60 major law firms has come together “to challenge voter suppression legislation … Continue reading →
FOLLOW ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE:Just ran across this story on the 12 most gerrymandered House districts, according to some experts The Fulcrum surveyed in 2019. Here is the comment on this district, OH 9, from Jason Fierman, founder and managing director of The Redistrict … Continue reading →
FOLLOW ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE:This is a big problem (and not just in CA): Now, months before a likely recall election followed by the 2022 campaign season where political maps will be redrawn and voters will need help navigating the changes, California finds itself in the … Continue reading →
FOLLOW ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE:Axios: Federal regulators are probing financial reporting discrepancies stemming from an effort to funnel $75 million through state Republican parties to the national GOP effort to reelect Donald Trump, Axios has learned.Why it matters: In comments to Axios and filings with … Continue reading →
FOLLOW ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE:The South Beach Wine and Food Festival will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination (Vaccine Passport) in defiance of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. DeSantis signed an executive order banning Covid-19 “vaccine passports” in the state of Florida. FUAMI (Florida Unites Against Mandated Insanity) is organizing a major protest and demonstration to be held in front of […]
FOLLOW ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE:President Biden’s Commission on the Supreme Court includes several academic figures with ties to the election-law field, including Guy-Uriel Charles, Michael Kang, Heather Gerken, Bertrall Ross, and me, as well as the Commission’s Co-Chair, Bob Bauer. It’s a terrific group … Continue reading →
FOLLOW ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE:The House Ethics Committee on Friday opened an investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz over an array of alleged lawbreaking and violations of House rules stemming from a federal sex trafficking inquiry.Among the alleged Gaetz improprieties that the ethics committee could examine are sexual misconduct, sharing inappropriate images in the Capitol, illegal drug use and acceptance of bribes.For the sophomore Florida Republican, the House probe is only the latest threat to his political future. It follows the news that a close associate, Joel Greenberg, is expected to plead guilty to a range of federal crimes and enter a potential cooperation deal with prosecutors that could add to the growing case against Gaetz.Gaetz has sharply denied the allegations and suggested he’s the victim of an extortion plot that negates the evidence against him. It’s not Gaetz’s first tangle with the Ethics Committee. In 2019, the panel conducted an inquiry into Gaetz’s Twitter
FOLLOW ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE:House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn thinks Congress can pass bipartisan legislation on stricter gun background checks rules and federal guidelines on “red flag” laws despite staunch Republican opposition, he said Saturday. In March, the House passed a Clyburn-sponsored bill increasing the waiting time required for background checks from three business days to 10. “Why is it so important to get a gun in three days? What’s wrong with 10 days? We wait 30 days to get something in the mail when we order it online,” the South Carolina Democrat said in an interview on MSNBC Saturday morning. “I believe that there are more and more people coming to that conclusion. I think that we can get a bipartisan bill done. I do believe that if the Senate were to get the bill to the floor, I think it’ll pass.”Clyburn’s legislation aims to close the so-called “Charleston loophole,” which allows people
FOLLOW ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE:Rep. Dan Crenshaw will be “effectively blind” for about a month and “off the grid” for the coming weeks after emergency eye surgery, the Texas Republican announced Saturday. Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL, lost an eye in an IED blast in Afghanistan, which also caused “extensive damage” to his other retina. Within the past few days, Crenshaw said he had begun to experience “dark, blurry spots” that were affecting his sight, after which he went Thursday to an ophthalmologist, where he learned that his retina was in the process of detaching. Crenshaw said the news was “terrifying” and the prognosis “very bad.” “Anyone who knows the history of my injuries knows that I don’t have a ‘good eye,’ but half a good eye,” Crenshaw said in a statement. “It was always a possibility that the effects of the damage to my retina would resurface, and it appears that is exactly
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