[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/30/19

Wed May 29 20:43:44 PDT 2019

“What’s Trump’s actual strategy with black voters?”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105345>
Posted on May 29, 2019 8:36 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105345> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Fix reports<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/29/whats-trumps-actual-strategy-with-black-voters/?utm_term=.e1b8f4f6dda1>. “But, of course, Trump doesn’t need to win black voters. There are two strategies that may prove just as useful: Doing a bit better with black voters than he did in 2016 or keeping black turnout down. Or, really, both.”
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Posted in campaigns<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

“The Movement To Skip The Electoral College Is Picking Up Steam”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105343>
Posted on May 29, 2019 8:31 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105343> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

FiveThirtyEight reports.<https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-movement-to-skip-the-electoral-college-is-picking-up-steam/>
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Posted in electoral college<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=44>

“Robert Mueller Was Telling Nancy Pelosi to Begin Impeachment Proceedings”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105341>
Posted on May 29, 2019 10:09 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105341> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I have written this piece<http://%20https/slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/robert-mueller-to-nancy-pelosi-begin-impeachment-proceedings.html> for Slate. It begins:

Special counsel Robert Mueller issued a final statement<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/us/politics/robert-mueller-transcript.html> on Wednesday before resigning<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/us/politics/mueller-special-counsel.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage> from the Department of Justice, which clearly appeared aimed at one person: Nancy Pelosi. Mueller’s simple message to Pelosi is that it is the constitutional duty of Congress—and her sworn duty as Speaker of the House—to begin an investigation of the president and seriously consider impeaching him.
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Posted in chicanery<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, Department of Justice<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>

My Thoughts About Whether The House Should Pursue Impeachment Inquiry of President Trump Based on His Alleged Obstruction of Investigation into Russian Interference in 2016 Electon<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105339>
Posted on May 29, 2019 8:31 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105339> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

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This seemed to be the purpose of the statement.
Mueller's 's given everything Congress needs to start impeachment proceedings if it so chooses. He couldn't have been clearer. There's certainly enough to investigate impeachment based on Trump's obstruction in the report itself.
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Posted in chicanery<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

“Faithless Electors Are Still a Problem”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105337>
Posted on May 29, 2019 7:56 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105337> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jonathan Bernstein:<https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-29/faithless-electors-are-still-a-problem>

You know what both U.S. political parties aren’t paying enough attention to? Electors. That is, the actual people who will cast electoral votes in the next election. They’ll be chosen, using state-by-state procedures, sometime next year, and they’ll be expected to vote for their party’s presidential nominee if he or she wins their state.In 2016, an unusual number of “faithless” electors did not vote for the candidate they were supposed to. Five Democrats failed to support Hillary Clinton and two Republicans didn’t vote for Donald Trump. Three more Democrats attempted to defect but were blocked by state laws.Although the 2016 election was abnormal in several respects, individual electors have defected six different times over the past 40 years. Most of them were likely engaging in symbolic protests, and would’ve acted differently had the contest been close. But it’s certainly possible that faithless electors could change a future election result, either deliberately or accidentally if enough of them in a close contest all think that they’re casting harmless protest votes.There’s no justification for any of it. Whether one supports the Electoral College or not, personal choices by the electors simply aren’t part of the system – and never have been, despite the Framers’ intentions, basically since the Constitution was adopted.The best fix would be a constitutional amendment making the votes automatic.
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Posted in electoral college<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=44>

“Kellyanne Conway dismisses Hatch Act violation: ‘Let me know when the jail sentence starts'”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105335>
Posted on May 29, 2019 7:54 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105335> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Awful.<https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/445914-kellyanne-conway-dismisses-hatch-act-violation-let-me-know-when-the>
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Posted in conflict of interest laws<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=20>, ethics investigations<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=42>

“Loopholes Allow Foreign Adversaries to Legally Interfere in U.S. Elections”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105333>
Posted on May 29, 2019 7:52 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105333> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Fred Wertheimer<https://www.justsecurity.org/64324/loopholes-allow-foreign-adversaries-to-legally-interfere-in-u-s-elections/> for Just Security.
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Posted in campaign finance<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, chicanery<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

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