[EL] Hope for the best, expect the worst

Mon Sep 16 11:09:02 PDT 2019

Slate has been flogging it in the Twitter sphere.  It’s a great example of
media ethics failure.  I hear there is also a series in the making:

What if Obama crosses the Potomac with the army ?

Fears that W and Clinton might seize the White House.  What then?

On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 11:34 Smith, Brad <BSmith at law.capital.edu> wrote:

> *OK, what the hell. I’ll bite.*
>
>
>
>
> *I thought this story was pretty funny: **“What Happens if Trump Won’t
> Step Down? National security expert Josh Geltzer on why we should be
> prepared for the worst.”
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fp%3d107332&c=E,1,K_7GCbJmBI0_DCZ6Ba69cJQ6Rr-VegwTy6_VUgziim7iU6A2-uvlVeYvNdw7GGFU5t7T_aErm_Q24bKVvv36_OobIZSsEZ77goQWegwZSbw,&typo=1>*
>
>
>
> A few fun quotes:
>
> *“When he wrote his essay suggesting that perhaps it was time to start
> preparing for if Trump, who has repeatedly shown a willingness to overstep
> his constitutional authority, simply refused to leave the Oval Office,  he
> was met with silence.” *
> Of course, I suppose four years ago one might have written with an equally
> straight face, “perhaps it is time to start preparing for if Obama, who has
> repeatedly shown a willingness to overstep his constitutional authority,
> simply refused to leave the Oval Office.”
>
>
>
> *“Mitch McConnell refuses to even consider legislation to secure the
> vote.” *Oh no, Mitch McConnell disagrees with us on the merits of
> legislation—he must be planning to keep Trump in power! What other possible
> conclusion can there be?
>
> *“And even if Trump is truly joking when he tweets that he deserves to be
> credited two extra years in his existing term, years he believes were lost
> to the Mueller probe, or riffs on staying on the job long after he’d been
> term-limited out, the tweets send a dangerous message to his loyalists.”*
>
>
>
> Oh those “dangerous” deplorables, who hear dog whistles everywhere but
> can’t understand an above-board joke, ever ready to explode and overthrow
> our democratic republic. Next thing you know they’ll want to abolish the
> electoral college, dump the senate, and pack the Supreme Court. Meanwhile,
> headline, CNN, July 28, 2015: “Obama jokes about third term.”
>
>
>
> *“this notion that there might be foreign election interference in favor
> of the Democrats seemed to test Trump’s ability to call into question
> election results he didn’t like. So, if the Dems won big in a way that
> embarrassed Trump, he might say the results were inflated—and, at least
> conceivably, even contest them.”*
>
>
>
> Umm, … has this guy followed the news the last three years regarding who
> is claiming foreign interference in our elections? Read any recent Ellen
> Weintraub press releases?
>
> Good lord, people, get a grip. Let’s focus on the crucial issues of
> American democracy, like whether or not Andrew Yang can offer a chance to
> win $1000/month to register on his campaign site. That’s where America’s
> future hangs in the balance!
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>
> Bradley A. Smith
>
> Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault
>
>   Professor of Law
>
> Capital University Law School
>
> 303 E. Broad Street
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> (617) 236-6317
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>
> *From:* Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> *On
> Behalf Of *Rick Hasen
> *Sent:* Monday, September 16, 2019 10:10 AM
> *To:* Election Law Listserv <law-election at uci.edu>
> *Subject:* [EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/16/19
>
>
>
>    ** [ This email originated outside of Capital University ] **
> “Supreme Court Says Judges Are Above Politics. It May Hear a Case Testing
> That View.”
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fp%3d107340&c=E,1,W_V9jVe6MN9HXT3hO1TeXMs9fSnapK6C1OMy0GPdGEUk7Se-qsXf5dtZi8og0LY5ARNwtHvYVR6hiPqaObDxm6PZq3QSslrgbc8GJ4LEOCKrPCoNLruuDM5Zpg,,&typo=1>
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> Posted on September 16, 2019 7:06 am
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fp%3d107340&c=E,1,fzGdwKyz_Zjj7q2bUnW5Zwru9hj7jC6oHr2jZkHT0H5pCknD_pGkWW33WDQsv3NKMnMshk_9U_nBine-XvnD31rhbBNSP4YLfcvn3It7xc9OERra33H8&typo=1>
>  by *Rick Hasen*
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,YJ6YXstpVvpvBuN2a8TtdosvyHcc4BGsLemBeqg0RgT-UWaCgOlbOGyuve6TIGxrWFSacKGA5bbHWMPzHlL5haPAhqnoU12VzrpHY4WufL8,&typo=1>
>
> Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar:
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/us/politics/supreme-court-judges-partisanship.html>
>
> *The court will decide whether to hear the case, Carney v. Adams
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.supremecourt.gov%2fsearch.aspx%3ffilename%3d%2fdocket%2fdocketfiles%2fhtml%2fpublic%2f19-309.html&c=E,1,7IaqxKEYrOaG4OnPAmvQB6ODy6fnvBIGXnfoLuR4u0zg9tVcWIGsMUs3k7r9Byn4cpXK6aBNMuMshNTRZDhnSlNOsnzSDMtmu7wszC7GrhAtIEkcnnittQ,,&typo=1>,
> No. 19-309, sometime this fall.*
>
>
> * Delaware’s Constitution says that judges affiliated with any one
> political party can make up no more than a “bare majority” on the state’s
> highest courts, with the remaining seats reserved for judges affiliated
> with the “other major political party.”*
>
>
> *James R. Adams, a retired lawyer and registered independent, challenged
> the balancing provision, saying it violated the First Amendment. “If
> Delaware had a Constitution that said, you know, a certain race or religion
> or gender was eliminated from being judges, everyone would say that’s
> obviously discrimination,” he said in a deposition
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.documentcloud.org%2fdocuments%2f6401526-Adams-Sj.html&c=E,1,BcHLOdV4B5EJI4Wc3He22b0sG5Z3MHGkHn8x_FhE04nWQAHVkSD7IWHt0GBY6QcwNUKJt4Z5L8skEG_u5roL78CrczljC87Qjj-sWqgdRYynJMK1G2tioJ7V_er9&typo=1>.
> Since he was an independent, he said, he was ineligible to be considered
> for a seat on the state’s three highest courts.*
>
>
>
> * “It’s kind of like those old discrimination cases about whether you’re
> in the front of the bus or the back of the bus,” Mr. Adams said. “The
> Delaware Constitution has decided that sometimes independents are allowed
> in the back of the bus and sometimes they can’t get on the bus.” David L.
> Finger, a lawyer for Mr. Adams, said the balancing requirement was an
> insult to judicial independence. “It assumes,” he said, “that judges cannot
> put aside their political philosophies to decide the cases before them.”*
>
>
>
>
> *Supreme Court precedents, the appeals court said, have drawn a line. On
> the one hand, politics may play no role in the hiring and firing of most
> government workers. On the other, it is perfectly acceptable to consider
> politics for those in “policymaking positions.” In other words, it is
> unlawful to hire, say, prison guards or tow-truck drivers based on their
> political affiliations. But it is fine to consider politics in the
> appointment of officials who have a role in making policy like, say,
> prosecutors and public information officers. Which side of the line do
> judges fall on? The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,
> in Philadelphia, ruled for Mr. Adams
> <https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/181045p.pdf>, striking down the
> balancing requirement.*
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> Posted in Supreme Court
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> “Warren releases plan to tackle Washington corruption”
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fp%3d107338&c=E,1,dXaK6LCV_ViPtGrmhlxfGu_e_8R0EF6UJniiEYRyRQpUR16sDDZxvo8AsFbKANizpQaA6welx5PkcjWlJ2AOIl7-Z8vOkl-TmrCRvvmSzY4,&typo=1>
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> Posted on September 16, 2019 7:01 am
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>  by *Rick Hasen*
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,6mLrEJPmKCi-_NKRPdD8jLp91buo1US-vPQS7fj4ee6XWNGSDwcoVWJ9GvmoMG3MaiMT3XlRRXyugsZtZLdrpjRb73miCP17H0d0ghM2P72blQ,,&typo=1>
>
> WaPo:
> <https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/warren-releases-plan-to-tackle-washington-corruption/2019/09/16/4a9c2724-d81e-11e9-adff-79254db7f766_story.html>
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>
> *Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a new plan Monday to tackle corruption in
> Washington, part of the Democratic presidential candidate’s ongoing
> promises to enact “big structural change” if elected. Warren’s wide-ranging
> new proposal seeks to dramatically limit the influence of federal lawmakers
> and lobbyists while also expanding protections for workers. Under the plan,
> lobbyists would be banned from all campaign fundraising activities —
> including serving as campaign bundlers — and campaigns themselves would not
> be able to receive “intangible benefits” such as opposition research from
> foreign governments. Under a new definition of “official act,” politicians
> would not be able to accept gifts or payments in exchange for government
> action. Senior government officials and members of Congress would be
> prohibited from serving on for-profit boards, even if they receive no
> compensation.*
>
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> Posted in campaigns
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> , chicanery
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> , conflict of interest laws
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> “A Surprise Vote, Thrown Phone And Partisan ‘Mistrust’ Roil N.C. As Maps
> Are Redrawn”
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fp%3d107336&c=E,1,n56qD875ubaMVcBGsbETyl4t3FBD6y-hu_IPBpgJqXn1PBY_k6JT0a-AATvBCgUKH7P_0cbUI1vbHMuQPshx7_NLdG0PZDzOchDgt2Rh_TA_r8yNmoWVLM_54Q,,&typo=1>
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> Posted on September 16, 2019 6:55 am
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>  by *Rick Hasen*
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,EqwjERaup8bHjQVMsAzIw6HXX7xIzqv-VRTf6GMBoxLaVpL76uQP1jBdpzSjiOT1LbugybgU-z7jaounMwnYq6SsKfgA9tvqwJ4fhqhy5XhwrteXkOYDRBCE7g,,&typo=1>
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> NPR
> <https://www.npr.org/2019/09/16/760177030/a-surprise-vote-thrown-phone-and-partisan-mistrust-roil-n-c-as-maps-are-redrawn>
> :
>
> *Despite the assertions of Senate leaders, there remains some skepticism
> about whether the court will agree to enact the maps the legislature
> approves.*
>
>
>
> * Stanford University professor and election law expert Nathaniel Persily
> was appointed Friday to help the court review the maps — and help draw new
> maps if the General Assembly’s lines are deemed unlawful. “I would be
> surprised if this court accepts the maps that this General Assembly
> develops,” said freshman Democrat Sen. Michael Garrett. “I think the
> behavior of this body and the nearly decade of gamesmanship that’s gone on,
> there’s just too much mistrust.”*
>
>
> * That mistrust has been amplified in recent months with the unearthing of
> files from longtime Republican strategist Thomas Hofeller
> <https://www.npr.org/2019/06/06/730260511/redistricting-gurus-hard-drives-could-mean-legal-political-woes-for-gop>,
> who died in 2018. Hofeller was thought of as something of a gerrymandering
> wizard, and the files, which have been reviewed by The New Yorker
> <https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-secret-files-of-the-master-of-modern-republican-gerrymandering> and The
> New York Times
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/us/republican-gerrymander-thomas-hofeller.html>,
> added new details about his involvement in helping North Carolina lawmakers
> draw the maps to such a Republican advantage….*
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> *But an analysis done by Wang of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project
> found that the House map still contained between “one-half and two-thirds
> of the partisan advantage that was present in the illegal gerrymander.” “To
> make an analogy to card games, a stacked deck can’t produce a fair deal,”
> Wang wrote. “And I have some questions about the deck.” The whole process
> took place against a backdrop of extreme divide and tension last week that
> culminated on Wednesday when Republicans sprang a surprise vote on
> Democrats that had lawmakers screaming
> <https://www.npr.org/2019/09/11/759899423/north-carolina-republicans-pass-budget-by-holding-surprise-vote> at
> each other on the House floor. Later that day, a Democratic senator grabbed
> a reporter’s phone and threw it. And all week, accusations flew about maps
> being drawn in secret and violations of the court order. “It is a very
> intense, very partisan, very polarized environment that the state has been
> going through since 2008 really,” said J. Michael Bitzer, a political
> scientist at Catawba College in North Carolina.*
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> Posted in redistricting
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> “Federal judge dismisses voting security lawsuit in Tennessee”
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fp%3d107334&c=E,1,zTNVsdzF6jxBobFvLMtlELGL3y3w8-YjKAGegUcBdCRfDUszRyc_AztCJCaRYO7aGoXoss-BXqxv9IISNxNrWTH7wLtFtiuMqgb8LsOuuHmai9D4hPmU_w,,&typo=1>
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> Posted on September 14, 2019 1:40 pm
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>  by *Rick Hasen*
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,KIWaRGWi6-P6C-iHSVh7Ms6Sn33aOx7MnaiTRZK8B4TUS_tmIlHQB5NyUmO8hNxpvq-6T1dii5iNdVghS3oCuQuMsgWd-n6OuPnEKBu9pTVEhE2UTR96CwI,&typo=1>
>
> AP
> <https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-dismisses-federal-voting-security-220720950.html>
> :
>
> *A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Friday challenging the security of
> voting machines in Tennessee’s largest county and calling for a switch to a
> handwritten ballot and a voter-verifiable paper trial.*
>
>
> * U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker ruled that the lawsuit filed by a
> group of Shelby County voters in October 2018 failed to show that any harm
> has come to the plaintiffs and that they have no standing to bring the
> suit.*
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> Posted in election administration
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> “What Happens if Trump Won’t Step Down? National security expert Josh
> Geltzer on why we should be prepared for the worst.”
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fp%3d107332&c=E,1,K_7GCbJmBI0_DCZ6Ba69cJQ6Rr-VegwTy6_VUgziim7iU6A2-uvlVeYvNdw7GGFU5t7T_aErm_Q24bKVvv36_OobIZSsEZ77goQWegwZSbw,&typo=1>
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> Posted on September 14, 2019 1:38 pm
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>  by *Rick Hasen*
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,u0pUQZGPqM8NdhbfrrNQU8no1lb_bAcbszBdd-uV3eWwxVBMR7Ed129AfUqT5ADRuINqT804w8UexdEdPubl2ssNKEwC6-ScX5Z4U9Rl&typo=1>
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> Dahlia Lithwick interview.
> <https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/09/joshua-geltzer-election-peaceful-transition-of-power-donald-trump.html>
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> Posted in Election Meltdown
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> “Letter to NC Election Board: Voting equipment approval didn’t follow law”
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fp%3d107330&c=E,1,6KVa6yB6pv2QArzWaD6joT78YBNoACPDHxgQhJpZQvwM14xB5_6ZdRdvaVZMRIB1PD2qqOmXKDJdz_dU4n0-83wZNx4XH4YX5aQgl9_36crFcgw,&typo=1>
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> Posted on September 14, 2019 1:35 pm
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fp%3d107330&c=E,1,iMiYhXTvOe8lonqqC8qH_KJTw8rwgrMtbU3Ty22gqzWQ97NHswjjIeMbkb-UvDDZQcszS9ZZ0k0LR_Vm9z3YpQFERKpGBACTzHyytJdTaVqG-29Gx8hE70RHeK6V&typo=1>
>  by *Rick Hasen*
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,d-fsMGImr1xFmna7xZaQvYxxqqwnKlyeOC1pie1pBY1oN4MAjyv3AW14_jV69XRp9EUXi-P2xX9kJg621OwbD8Gr-qINB6Bh-h7SBz1lBF4x2chXbqGyTJ6qjw,,&typo=1>
>
> Carolina Public Press:
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fcarolinapublicpress.org%2f29303%2fletter-to-nc-election-board-voting-equipment-approval-didnt-follow-law%2f&c=E,1,-gZgjcebbsyXBsZWIRhXAJsj5Qf41lBQp_pHAfFtuGWwKRVVTPN1bMvl7doCpX8NvagrtkWYDvCpMdb71Wpfa6jx_FqLQ-v0t0MQIF8awhNuh8Rhf8itWQ,,&typo=1>
>
>
>
>
>
> *North Carolina’s recent decision
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fcarolinapublicpress.org%2f29234%2fnc-certifies-barcode-ballot-voting-systems-despite-security-concerns%2f&c=E,1,24iqiotq8QP5-1yYNKia8Vl5v5OUEhS4hH0TCrb9eSzh_ARRmdjfz4NrMXQOwP3IUqWfgRY6niFlSKiHsHkObyksyTi9t1t7q0aNmChWSWmXNXo84D41oSFGNQ,,&typo=1> to
> certify new voting systems for use next year did not follow state law,
> according to a letter that a group of experts on election security and
> administration sent to the N.C. Board of Elections late Wednesday night.
> North Carolina has been in the process of reviewing new voting systems for
> certification for over two years. The system that is currently in use
> across the state was certified in 2005. The law requires
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww4.ncleg.net%2fenactedlegislation%2fstatutes%2fhtml%2fbychapter%2fchapter_163a.html&c=E,1,nKJlXg4IdXLz07wmd1tVXvGRYfhxUyVqVCbdbF-UcHfVi2Os4npS5tviKTLRkyFgxWmEPjpUS8vLLhhbmMFN27qaJZ57kXyKRzRRl0amy7AbSJOLkjh7Esz8PPo9&typo=1> a
> security review of the source code of all voting systems before they are
> certified for use in the state. The letter states that there is no
> indication that the state, either through its own contractors or through
> required federal testing, reviewed the source code for the computers in the
> voting systems it recently certified. The experts in question, including **Duncan
> Buell*
> *, a professor of computer science at the University of South Carolina,
> reviewed testing documentation from the state and from the federal
> government. “You read all of that, and it’s clear,” Buell said. “There was
> no source code review conducted. That would certainly seem to suggest that
> things are not in accordance with North Carolina law.”*
>
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> Posted in election administration
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> , voting technology
> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%3fcat%3d40&c=E,1,O8g4JXEnyGdkAoVqfgxaArv-gQg1pzdDfZcOHj_0yLMHts5_T0l6VArTI8bXzzNGK79-TffZSvUL3_8ZLw6JmMariDh2xRNDcL4xRB37fbA78KIjPw,,&typo=1>
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>
> --
>
> Rick Hasen
>
> Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
>
> UC Irvine School of Law
>
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>
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> 949.824.3072 - office
>
> rhasen at law.uci.edu
>
> http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/
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