Trump Purports to Fire FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub
“Trump’s Justice Department shutters specialized FBI team combatting foreign election interference threats”
“Altered image of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate in new ad raises ethics concerns”
“A Preview of the Ohio State Law Journal 2025 Symposium”
Brennan Center: “New York State’s Public Campaign Financing Program Empowers Constituent Small Donors”
“New LEO Report Out Today”
“Johnson County Sheriff’s Office finds no evidence of voter fraud in 2020”
Georgia: “Secretary of State asks Attorney General to drop DOJ lawsuit over controversial voting law”
“Justice Dept. Says It Will Not Bring Charges in Investigation of Project Veritas”
“The Liar’s Dividend: Can Politicians Claim Misinformation to Evade Accountability?”
New Attorney General Bondi, Who Was Once a Foreign Agent for Qatar, Diminishes DOJ Criminal Oversight of Foreign Agents
“U.S. government officials privately warn Musk’s blitz appears illegal”
“The GOP keeps failing to make Nebraska a winner-take-all state. Now it might ask voters to do it”
Florida: “Russian, Uzbek nationals filed 132 fake voter registration applications in Pinellas County: DOJ”
“The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Millions of Citizens”
ELB Podcast 6:5: Fair Elections and Voting Rights: What Ahead in the Next Four Years? (Gardner, Karlan, Richer)
“Georgia Republicans renew push for closed primary elections”
Must-Read Charlie Savage NYT: “Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab” (Gift link)
“DOGE’s access to federal data is ‘an absolute nightmare,’ legal experts warn”
Three thoughts on the 4th Circuit’s decision in the North Carolina Supreme Court dispute
Pennsylvania Republicans, in Jones Day Petition, Try Again to Get U.S. Supreme Court Interested in Second Guessing State Election Law Decisions Through Independent State Legislature Theory
Fourth Circuit, in Unpublished Unanimous Order, Won’t Intervene for Now in Dispute Over Winner of North Carolina Supreme Court Election
“Jeffries Works With N.Y. Democrats to Weaken G.O.P. Control of the House”
“The guy overseeing USAID was identified two years ago as a Jan. 6 participant who entered the Capitol through a broken window.”
“Originalism, Election Law, and Democratic Self-Government”
UCI 2025 Forum for the Academy and the Public: “Facts Under Fire: Reporting in Impossible Times” on Feb. 7-8
“Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government”
“Key Trump Cabinet members refuse to acknowledge Trump lost in 2020”
“REPORT: ERN’s Groundbreaking Report Identifies Partisan Abuses of Ballot Initiatives and Proposes Nonpartisan Solutions”
“Coups and Punishment in the Constitutional Order”
February 13 Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar: “Finding Common Ground on Modernizing Voter Registration”
“Top-Two Runoff Elections (Uniquely) Dominate Plurality Rule”
“Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System”
Will Mitch McConnell Save America from the SAVE Act?
“Arizona officials struggle to straighten out voter rolls after proof-of-citizenship mixup”
“Elon Musk donated $288 million in 2024 election, final tally shows”
“Census Bureau Director Robert Santos is resigning, making way for Trump’s pick”
“D.C. U.S. attorney fires Jan. 6 prosecutors, launches new probes”
“How Trump Could Defy the Constitution — or Find a Loophole — and Seize a Third Term”
“Paramount in Settlement Talks With Trump Over ’60 Minutes’ Lawsuit” (Political Wire: Trump’s Lawsuit Settlements Look a Lot Like Bribery)
