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“Trump Moves to Replace Officials Whom New Presidents Traditionally Leave Alone”
President-elect Donald J. Trump has moved to install loyalists in jobs that Congress did not intend for new presidents to replace at the start of their terms, eroding a traditional constraint on ...
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“Judges increasingly alarmed as Trump’s Jan. 6 clemency decision nears”
Politico: U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan says she has often reassured police officers traumatized by the violence of Jan. 6, 2021, that “the rule of law still applies.” But as President-elect ...
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“Patel floated criminally probing police, lawmakers involved in Jan. 6 committee”
WaPo: Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, has suggested that multiple individuals previously critical of the president-elect should be criminally investigated, according to a review by ...
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Co-president’ Elon Musk? Trump ally tests influence in spending fight”
WaPo: Elon Musk has never been elected to office. President-elect Donald Trump has not tapped him to serve in any role inside the government. Until the July assassination attempt, he never even ...
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Ninth Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Holds Unconstitutional Campaign Contribution Limits in Oxnard, California Elections
The majority and dissent agreed to apply the Supreme Court’s Randall framework, but disagree on application. Perhaps the Ninth Circuit will take up this case en banc, as it seems in tension with other ...
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“States Must Take the Lead on Election Security”
American elections face increasingly complex cyber and physical security threats from foreign adversaries, emerging technology, and escalating risks of political violence. Fortifying election systems ...
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“Online Ad Spending in the 2024 Election Topped $1.35 Billion”
New from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, OpenSecrets, and the Wesleyan Media Project. Key findings: As the authors explain, transparency rules for online spending are weak compared to those ...
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ELB Book Corner: Nick Stephanopoulos: “Aligning Election Law – The Law of Alignment”
I am pleased to welcome Nick Stephanopoulos to the ELB Book Corner, writing about his new book, Aligning Election Law. This ...
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“Can Democracy Survive the Disruptive Power of AI?”
Muller, Election Subversion and the Writ of Mandamus, William & Mary Law Review (forthcoming) Spencer Overton, Power to Regulate Social Media Companies to Prevent Voter Suppression. GWU Legal Studies ...
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“How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge”
WSJ: To adapt the White House around the needs of a diminished leader, they told visitors to keep meetings focused. Interactions with senior Democratic lawmakers and some cabinet members—including ...
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“Republican Appeals Court Judge Griffin asks the NC Supreme Court to throw out votes”
Republican Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to do what the state Board of Elections would not — throw out tens of thousands of votes on the belief that ...
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“Georgia Court of Appeals strips Fulton DA Fani Willis of Trump election interference case”
AJC: The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office should be removed from the 2020 election interference case, a bombshell decision ...