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12 Sep 2023, 7:29 am by Rick Hasen
Trump has a clear advantage in the battleground states that decide the Electoral College? [read post]
10 Sep 2023, 1:50 am by Ron Coleman
We should reject calls to destroy the “anti-democratic” Electoral College and Senate. [read post]
8 Sep 2023, 12:37 pm by Kalvis Golde
§ 1512(c) cover only acts that affect the integrity or availability of evidence, or whether they criminalize advocacy, lobbying, and protest in connection with congressional proceedings that are neither inquiries nor investigations, such as Congress’ joint session to certify the Electoral College vote count; and (2) whether Section 1512(c)’s “corruptly” element requires proof that the defendant acted with the intent to obtain an unlawful benefit,… [read post]
6 Sep 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
” Sackcloth and ashes became the order of the day, as media bigwigs decided that they needed to elevate the supposedly ignored voters who had unexpectedly turned what should have been a rout by Clinton into a non-majority threading of the Electoral College needle by Trump.The ensuing frenzy of mea culpas quickly descended into self-parody. [read post]
31 Aug 2023, 4:05 pm by Lawrence Solum
Therefore, even strong purposivists might embrace certain workarounds—including workarounds to the Senate filibuster, the statutory debt ceiling, and the Electoral College. [read post]
26 Aug 2023, 12:26 pm by Mark Graber
  Perhaps electoral college majorities ought to decide whether former insurrectionists should hold office. [read post]
23 Aug 2023, 9:05 pm by renholding
This post comes to us from Professor Alvaro Pereira at Georgia State University College of Law. [read post]
23 Aug 2023, 12:25 pm by Lawrence Solum
Michael Morley (Florida State University - College of Law) has posted Election Emergencies (Oxford Handbook on American Election Law (Eugene Mazo, ed. [read post]
15 Aug 2023, 3:29 pm by Melody McDonald Lanier
”The indictment alleges that Trump and his co-defendants used several schemes to try and reverse the electoral loss, including:Making false statements to state legislators and other top state officials;Generating fake Electoral College documents and recruiting supporters to cast false votes at the Georgia Capitol;Harassing Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman;Corruptly soliciting senior Justice Department officials and then-Vice President Mike Pence;Tampering… [read post]
11 Aug 2023, 7:00 am by Alan Neff
§2(b) states that a violation …is established if, based on the totality of circumstances, it is shown that the political processes leading to nomination or election in the State or political subdivision are not equally open to participation by members of a class of citizens. . . in that its members have less opportunity than other members of the electorate to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice. [read post]
11 Aug 2023, 4:00 am by Michael C. Dorf
In college and law school, I made the acquaintance of people who would go on to have a substantial impact on the republic. [read post]
11 Aug 2023, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
The Court, Waldman points out, was able to do this because of a “supermajority” of six very conservative justices, all appointed by Republican presidents, and of whom five were picked by a president who took office after losing the popular vote (but winning in the Electoral College). [read post]
10 Aug 2023, 5:58 am by Rabia Shuja | JURIST Staff, PK
The verdict effectively puts an end to his electoral prospects, provided his appeal is unsuccessful. [read post]
8 Aug 2023, 6:05 am by Albert W. Alschuler
He appears to have significant culpability for acting in lockstep with Trump and, in particular, for taking an active role in implementing the fake-electors scheme. [read post]
6 Aug 2023, 9:00 pm by Austin Sarat
Views expressed do not represent Amherst College. [read post]
Because Trump and the unnamed “Co-Conspirators” continued to claim that various forms of vote tampering occurred in those states, such that electors certified for now-President Biden should not be counted for Biden in the electoral college, and because they attempted to persuade former Vice President Pence to reject those electors on January 6, the prosecution argues that Trump and the “Co-Conspirators” conspired to defraud the United… [read post]