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

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>From Section Chair Michael Morley: Dear Colleagues of the Section on Election Law,I hope you have been doing well this summer! Especially since so many professors still must restrict their travel due to COVID, we thought it would be nice… Continue ...
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Election Law Blog: ELB News and Commentary
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  1.  Networking Event for AALS Election Law Section Members<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123453>
  2.  “Manchin Says No Filibuster Exception for Voting Rights Bill:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123450>
  3.  A Historical Perspective on the Current Voting Rights Battles<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123448>
  4.  The Latest on the Arizona “Audit”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123444>
  5.  Today’s Hearing on the Implications of Brnovich<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123441>
  6.  “Texas Democrats find voting rights are a tough sell as Capitol Hill turns its focus to Biden’s economic agenda”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123439>
  7.  Reminder: ELB Will Be Down for Much of Friday, July 16 for Move to New Server<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123437>
  8.  “Top generals mobilized on fears Trump wanted military post-election coup, book details”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123433>
  9.  “American Airlines, other companies resume donations to Republicans who objected to election results”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123431>
  10. Senator Mike Lee Demanded That Sen. Padilla and I Apologize for Saying Justice Alito’s Brnovich Decision Goes Against Textualism and Is Not Faithful to the Voting Rights Act; I Doubled Down on the Claim<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123429>
  11. Drawing Maps that Comply with the VRA<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123425>
  12. “How corporations give Republicans a massive financial advantage in state politics”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123422>
  13. Voting Rights Tensions Flare at Pérez Confirmation Hearing<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123420>

Networking Event for AALS Election Law Section Members<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179508223&f=1116553&c=7827473&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 16, 2021
>From Section Chair Michael Morley: Dear Colleagues of the Section on Election Law,I hope you have been doing well this summer! Especially since so many professors still must restrict their travel due to COVID, we thought it would be nice… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123453>

“Manchin Says No Filibuster Exception for Voting Rights Bill:<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179508225&f=1116553&c=7827473&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 16, 2021
Bloomberg<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-15/manchin-says-no-filibuster-exception-for-voting-rights-bill>: “Senator Joe Manchin said he wouldn’t carve out an exemption to the chamber’s filibuster rule for voting rights legislation, effectively dashing chances that Democrats could maneuver around Republican opposition to overhauling the nation’s elections laws.”

A Historical Perspective on the Current Voting Rights Battles<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179508227&f=1116553&c=7827473&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 16, 2021
>From Jamelle Bouie<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/opinion/republicans-democrats-voter-suppression.html>: For as much as Jim Crow dominates our collective memory of voting restrictions, it is the attack on suffrage in the North in [the] last decades of the 19th century that might actually be more relevant… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123448>

The Latest on the Arizona “Audit”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179508229&f=1116553&c=7827473&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 16, 2021
Arizona Republic<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/07/15/arizona-audit-senate-seek-more-maricopa-county-election-records/7973154002/>: Arizona Senate President Karen Fann said Thursday that the Legislature needs more materials and data from Maricopa County for an unprecedented and controversial review of 2020 election results that is deep into its third month….Also during the… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123444>

Today’s Hearing on the Implications of Brnovich<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179508231&f=1116553&c=7827473&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 16, 2021
Here are<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~judiciary.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=4632> the witness list, written testimony, and video link for the hearing before the house House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties at 1:00 ET. Scheduled to testify: Mr. Sean Morales-DoyleActing Director, Voting Rights… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123441>

“Texas Democrats find voting rights are a tough sell as Capitol Hill turns its focus to Biden’s economic agenda”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179508235&f=1116553&c=7827473&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 16, 2021
WaPo reports<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/texas-democrats-find-voting-rights-are-a-tough-sell-as-capitol-hill-turns-its-focus-to-bidens-economic-agenda/2021/07/15/f881e386-e570-11eb-8aa5-5662858b696e_story.html>: “Texas state legislators … arrived in Washington just as the congressional Democrats they are trying to prod into action on voting legislation have turned their full attention toward a trillion-dollar infrastructure deal and a potentially historic $3.5 <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/14/biden-congress-spending-bill/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4> … Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123439>

Reminder: ELB Will Be Down for Much of Friday, July 16 for Move to New Server<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179508237&f=1116553&c=7827473&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, July 15, 2021
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“Top generals mobilized on fears Trump wanted military post-election coup, book details”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179508239&f=1116553&c=7827473&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 15, 2021
NBC News<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/top-generals-mobilized-fears-trump-wanted-military-post-election-coup-n1274059> on the revelations in Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker’s forthcoming book I Alone Can Fix It: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, worried that then-President Donald Trump would try to use the military… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123433>

“American Airlines, other companies resume donations to Republicans who objected to election results”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179508243&f=1116553&c=7827473&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 15, 2021
WaPo<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/15/american-airlines-overturn-election-january-6/>: According to a June report<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/this-sedition-is-brought-to-you-by/> from the nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, more than $5 million in corporate or industry money has already gone to lawmakers who contested the election results or to aligned party… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123431>

Senator Mike Lee Demanded That Sen. Padilla and I Apologize for Saying Justice Alito’s Brnovich Decision Goes Against Textualism and Is Not Faithful to the Voting Rights Act; I Doubled Down on the Claim<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179508245&f=1116553&c=7827473&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, July 15, 2021
This all happened at Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/restoring-the-voting-rights-act-after-brnovich-and-shelby-county> on voting rights after Brnovich and Shelby County. You can watch Senator Padilla ask me the initial question in the video<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/watch?hearingid=197B3F0D-5056-A066-602D-C69CB2A55416> at the 2:56:42 mark. Senator Lee’s rant, where he… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123429>

Drawing Maps that Comply with the VRA<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179508249&f=1116553&c=7827473&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, July 15, 2021
Dave’s Redistricting App (<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~davesredistricting.org/maps#home>DRA), which is free, has become an extraordinarily powerful tool in this decade for individuals and groups seeking to draw their own redistricting maps. Thousands of DRA users have created more than half-a-million Congressional, state legislative,… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123425>

“How corporations give Republicans a massive financial advantage in state politics”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179508251&f=1116553&c=7827473&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 15, 2021
Popular Information<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~popular.info/p/how-corporations-give-republicans?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMTkxMTU0NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6Mzg3NzE0NzEsIl8iOiJxQ254ViIsImlhdCI6MTYyNjM2MzM5NiwiZXhwIjoxNjI2MzY2OTk2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMTY2NCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.31_hJNEJ1_UWcrC_fjPSyg-4UJ-Rd9kIz7kOBku9hZ4> on CPA’s report Conflicted Consequences<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~www.politicalaccountability.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Conflicted-Consequences.pdf>: “Over the last decade, public corporations have given Republicans at the state level a financial advantage that exceeds $200 million, according to new research<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~www.politicalaccountability.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Conflicted-Consequences.pdf> provided exclusively to Popular Information by the Center… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123422>

Voting Rights Tensions Flare at Pérez Confirmation Hearing<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179508253&f=1116553&c=7827473&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 15, 2021
Bloomberg reports<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~www.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberglawnews/exp/eyJjdHh0IjoiTFdOVyIsImlkIjoiMDAwMDAxN2EtYTYwMS1kMDQzLWE5N2ItYmVlZGMxMGQwMDAxIiwic2lnIjoibEk1dHhTWHVGRWRCOGNKMG1IZGJuVkJpRUJJPSIsInRpbWUiOiIxNjI2MzQ3MjYxIiwidXVpZCI6ImNnazhzVDZ6bFJlRWUyT0Y0enJjVnc9PUlkYzdYUDdRNzhvUWxIV3haUGFZM2c9PSIsInYiOiIxIn0=?bwid=0000017a-a601-d043-a97b-beedc10d0001&cti=LSCH&emc=blwnw_nl%3A2&et=NEWSLETTER&isAlert=false&item=read-button&qid=7139754&region=featured-story&source=newsletter&uc=1320041183&udvType=Alert&usertype=External> on questions from Senators Cruz, Hawley, and others: Partisan controversy over voting rights flared at a confirmation hearing for a New York-based federal appeals court nominee who was questioned by conservative lawmakers over her record working on election… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7827473_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123420>
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