Elections
There are 30 posts filed in Elections (this is page 1 of 3).
Slate: Trump’s Lawyers Made Some Very Odd Strategic Choices in the Supreme Court Ballot Case – Trump or his lawyers must have calculated that a technical argument would be more appealing to the conservative majority. (by Rick Hasen, via Election Law Blog)
Lawfare Media: What Justice Scalia Thought About Whether Presidents Are “Officers of the United States” – In a 2014 concurrence and a short letter elaborating on it, Scalia indicated that the president was an “officer of the United States.”
The Big Lie continues in 2024
Kaitlan Collins presses Rep. Norman on 2021 text message calling for martial law
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) about a 2021 text message he sent to Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, pleading for the former president to declare martial law. Norman also references other alleged incidents of voter fraud, which Kaitlan Collins refutes.
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The New Republic: Republican Rep. Has No Regrets About That “Marshall Law” Text – Years later, Ralph Norman still stands by his infamous text to Mark Meadows after the 2020 election.
South Carolina Public Radio: Leaked 2021 text from SC Rep. Ralph Norman calls for martial law; Congressman says message came from ‘frustration’
Voting Booth: Election Defenders’ Top 2024 Worry: Online Rumors, Deceptions, Lies Swaying Masses
The Fulcrum: Scholars unmask Trump election lawyers’ use of falsified evidence – Study finds a cottage industry of bogus claims and statistics – the post links to a working paper (Dropbox link to PDF) analyzing 38 claims of election fraud “…Regardless of the reason why, every claim we analyze fails to provide evidence of illegality or fraud.” (page 3) (via Election Law Blog)
Arizona Republic editorial: Title: “Stay in this race, Nikki Haley, and make Donald Trump set himself on fire” – offers a speech that Nikki Haley could give to really enrage Trump, best quote is this one after the suggested speech: “That should do it. That should ignite the afterburners in Trump’s ears and eye sockets.”
New York Times: “Here Is One Way to Steal the Presidential Election” by Lawrence Lessig and Matthew Seligman – Gives an overview of how state legislators could direct electors on how to cast their electoral votes, and some ideas to stop this. I would say this could happen – let’s be careful out there!
New York Magazine: Do You Remember the Ecstasy of Electing Joe Biden? How the coalition that defeated Donald Trump crumbled. – I don’t agree with the title of this post. I think that coalitions can be rebuilt to keep Trump out of the Oval Office, but there has been some “splintering” since January 2021.
NBCWashington4: Prince William County admits election tally in 2020 shorted Joe Biden – A Northern Virginia county acknowledged it underreported President Joe Biden’s margin of victory over Donald Trump there in the 2020 presidential election by about 4,000 votes, the first detailed accounting of errors that came to light in 2022 as part of a criminal case. (via Election Law Blog)