[EL] FW: Election Law Blog: ELB News and Commentary

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CNN: In states like Texas and North Carolina, Republican lawmakers in charge of redrawing the political maps for the next decade say that the new plans are “race blind.” Their opponents in court say that the claim is implausible… Continue reading
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  1.  “‘They know where Black voters live’: Challengers say ‘race blind’ redistricting maps are anything but”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126570>
  2.  Must-read AP: “‘Slow-motion insurrection’: How GOP seizes election power”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126568>
  3.  “Why So Many Democracies Are Floundering”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126566>
  4.  “Facebook’s Pushback: Stem the Leaks, Spin the Politics, Don’t Say Sorry”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126563>
  5.  Unredacted Opinion in Giffords v. FEC Shows Reasons for Long Delay in Consideration of Campaign Finance Complaints Against NRA<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126561>
  6.  Virtual Event: “Safeguarding Democracy: Lessons Learned from 1/6”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126557>
  7.  “Ethics Investigators in Congress Increasingly Run Into Walls”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126555>
  8.  “Michigan’s new congressional map: 3 battlegrounds, 1 Dem-vs.-Dem primary”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126553>

“‘They know where Black voters live’: Challengers say ‘race blind’ redistricting maps are anything but”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182956410&f=1116553&c=8109742&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 29, 2021
CNN<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/~www.cnn.com/2021/12/29/politics/redistricting-race-blind-maps-texas-north-carolina/index.html>: In states like Texas and North Carolina, Republican lawmakers in charge of redrawing the political maps<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/www.cnn.com/2021/12/10/politics/redistricting-map-house-2022-election/index.html> for the next decade say that the new plans are “race blind.” Their opponents in court say that the claim is implausible… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126570>

Must-read AP: “‘Slow-motion insurrection’: How GOP seizes election power”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182956412&f=1116553&c=8109742&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 29, 2021
Nicholas Riccardi for AP<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/~apnews.com/article/donald-trump-united-states-elections-electoral-college-election-2020-809215812f4bc6e5907573ba98247c0c>: In the weeks leading up to the deadly insurrection<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/~apnews.com/hub/capitol-siege> at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a handful of Americans — well-known politicians, obscure local bureaucrats — stood up to block then-President Donald Trump’s unprecedented… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126568>

“Why So Many Democracies Are Floundering”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182956416&f=1116553&c=8109742&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, December 29, 2021
This is my latest NYT essay<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/opinion/democracy-fragmentation-america-europe.html>. It reflects ideas in this article<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/~papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3935012>, which is still a work-in-progress. An excerpt from today’s essay: We pay too little attention to delivering effective government as a critical democratic value. We are… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126566>

“Facebook’s Pushback: Stem the Leaks, Spin the Politics, Don’t Say Sorry”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182956420&f=1116553&c=8109742&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 29, 2021
The latest <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/~www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-whistleblower-pushback-political-spin-zuckerberg-11640786831?st=9mbp1qend6cy7mg&reflink=share_mobilewebshare> from the WSJ.

Unredacted Opinion in Giffords v. FEC Shows Reasons for Long Delay in Consideration of Campaign Finance Complaints Against NRA<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182956424&f=1116553&c=8109742&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 29, 2021
Opinion here.<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/~electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/giffords.pdf> After Republican commissioners delayed consideration of the matter, FEC Commissioner Petersen recused himself once he accepted a post-FEC job at Holtzman Vogel, depriving the FEC of a quorum.

Virtual Event: “Safeguarding Democracy: Lessons Learned from 1/6”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182956428&f=1116553&c=8109742&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 29, 2021
ACS:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/events/event/987?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=events&utm_source=20211221_Jan6invite> In the year since the Capitol building was stormed by an angry mob intent on overturning the results of the 2020 election, congressional leaders and Department of Justice prosecutors have been working to hold those who orchestrated the… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126557>

“Ethics Investigators in Congress Increasingly Run Into Walls”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182956430&f=1116553&c=8109742&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 29, 2021
NYT:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/us/politics/congress-ethics-investigations.html> In 2009 and 2010 — the first Congress scrutinized by the Office of Congressional Ethics, which was created in 2008 — three lawmakers refused to cooperate with the office’s 68 investigations, a noncooperation rate of just 4 percent.This… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126555>

“Michigan’s new congressional map: 3 battlegrounds, 1 Dem-vs.-Dem primary”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182956434&f=1116553&c=8109742&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 29, 2021
Politico reports.<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8109742_/~www.politico.com/news/2021/12/28/michigan-redistricting-congressional-map-526227?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=0000014e-f109-dd93-ad7f-f90d0def0000&nlid=630318>
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