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WaPo: When the Republican Party voted to censure two of its own members of Congress last week at its winter meeting in Salt Lake City, it justified the move in part by declaring that efforts to investigate the Jan.… Continue reading
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  1.  “‘Legitimate political discourse’: Three words about Jan. 6 spark rift among Republicans”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127544>
  2.  “Opinion: More evidence the Supreme Court is hostile to the Voting Rights Act”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127542>
  3.  “Trump will keep trying to to overturn the 2020 election ‘until we get the correct result,’ spokeswoman says”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127540>
  4.  “The Supreme Court Has Crossed the Rubicon”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127538>
  5.  “Voting Laws Roundup: February 2022”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127536>
  6.  “North Carolina elections board says it has power to disqualify Rep. Cawthorn from running over January 6”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127534>
  7.  Attack on ERIC: “Right-wing conspiracies have a new target: a tool that fights actual voter fraud”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127532>
  8.  “Flood of Voting Laws Confront Rights Enforcers With Uphill Fight”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127530>
  9.  Watch Video of Laura Coates Interview Derrick Johnson and Me at CNN on Supreme Court’s Stay in Alabama Voting Rights Redistricting Case<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127526>
  10. “The grim fate of the Voting Rights Act in the hands of the Supreme Court”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127524>
  11. Senator McConnell Calls Jan. 6 “Violent Insurrection,” Condemns RNC Censure of Cheney and Kitzinger<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127521>
  12. Justice Kavanaugh’s Analysis of Why It Was Appropriate to Issue a Stay in Alabama Redistricting Case Makes No Sense (as Steve Vladeck Persuasively Argues)<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127518>
  13. Challenges confronting even narrow federal jurisdiction in Electoral Count Act disputes<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127515>
  14. “The Supreme Court may completely hollow out the Voting Rights Act by 2024”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127516>

“‘Legitimate political discourse’: Three words about Jan. 6 spark rift among Republicans”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183859482&f=1116553&c=8190484&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 09, 2022
WaPo<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/08/gop-legitimate-political-discourse/>: When the Republican Party voted to censure<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/03/rnc-cheney-trump/?itid=ap_joshdawsey&itid=lk_inline_manual_2> two of its own members of Congress last week at its winter meeting in Salt Lake City, it justified the move in part by declaring that efforts to investigate the Jan.… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127544>

“Opinion: More evidence the Supreme Court is hostile to the Voting Rights Act”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183859484&f=1116553&c=8190484&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 09, 2022
Jennifer Rubin WaPo <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/09/supreme-court-order-restore-alabama-map-flashing-red-light/> column: It is hard to come to any other conclusion with this Supreme Court, after it destroyed Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and crafted an entirely new set of rules for the VRA’s Section… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127542>

“Trump will keep trying to to overturn the 2020 election ‘until we get the correct result,’ spokeswoman says”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183859488&f=1116553&c=8190484&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 09, 2022
Insider:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.businessinsider.com/trump-never-stop-fighting-2020-fraud-until-overturned-spox-2022-2> Former President Donald Trump and his allies will keep trying to overturn the 2020 election “until we get the correct result,” his spokeswoman has said.Liz Harrington made the comment during an episode of Steve Bannon’s “War Room”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-1-625-truckers-close-ambassador-bridge-tina/id1485351658?i=1000550495199> podcast… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127540>

“The Supreme Court Has Crossed the Rubicon”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183859492&f=1116553&c=8190484&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 09, 2022
Linda Greenhouse NYT column:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/opinion/supreme-court-voting-rights.html> You know the Rubicon has been crossed when the Supreme Court issues a conservative voting rights order<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21a375_d18f.pdf> so at odds with settled precedent and without any sense of the moment that Chief Justice John Roberts feels… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127538>

“Voting Laws Roundup: February 2022”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183859498&f=1116553&c=8190484&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 09, 2022
Update to the Brennan Center’s indispensable list:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-february-2022> With the 2022 regular legislative sessions starting in all but 15 states as of January 14, state lawmakers are already considering hundreds of bills aimed at voter access and the electoral process.The efforts… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127536>

“North Carolina elections board says it has power to disqualify Rep. Cawthorn from running over January 6”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183859502&f=1116553&c=8190484&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 09, 2022
CNN<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.cnn.com/2022/02/08/politics/north-carolina-elections-board-madison-cawthorn-january-6/>: The North Carolina State Board of Elections said on Monday that it has the power to block GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.cnn.com/2021/08/30/politics/madison-cawthorn-elections/index.html> from running for reelection over his role in the January 6 insurrection — an open legal question… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127534>

Attack on ERIC: “Right-wing conspiracies have a new target: a tool that fights actual voter fraud”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183859506&f=1116553&c=8190484&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 09, 2022
Miles Parks<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.npr.org/2022/02/09/1076529761/right-wing-conspiracies-have-a-new-target-a-tool-that-fights-actual-voter-fraud> for NPR: If Republicans over the past few years have made one thing clear, it’s that they really care about voter fraud.Sometimes they call it “election irregularities<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-irregularities-claims/2020/11/08/8f704e6c-2141-11eb-ba21-f2f001f0554b_story.html>” or “shenanigans<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.npr.org/2021/09/13/1036696853/if-republicans-lose-the-california-recall-election-they-might-claim-fraud>,” but the issue has… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127532>

“Flood of Voting Laws Confront Rights Enforcers With Uphill Fight”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183859510&f=1116553&c=8190484&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 09, 2022
Bloomberg Law<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberglawnews/exp/eyJjdHh0IjoiTFdOVyIsImlkIjoiMDAwMDAxN2UtYmJhNy1kOTAyLWExN2YtZmZhZmZkNzkwMDAxIiwic2lnIjoiZkdvdDhYejBUbkJtMFhCdnF4NHRXTUZ5QXpNPSIsInRpbWUiOiIxNjQ0NDA4NDYwIiwidXVpZCI6IjRoYWhrRE1XanQrN1R3bkdYZlRMZ0E9PTZDOVJ3VHVTRTdzRi81REdwZ3h4a0E9PSIsInYiOiIxIn0=?bwid=0000017e-bba7-d902-a17f-ffaffd790001&cti=LSCH&emc=blwnw_nl%3A4&et=NEWSLETTER&isAlert=false&item=read-text&qid=7244312&region=featured-story&source=newsletter&uc=1320041183&udvType=Alert&usertype=External>: The Justice Department’s voting section faces significant hurdles in challenging new state election laws and redrawn maps that Democrats say will suppress or dilute minority votes.The newly staffed-up section of the Civil Rights Division that’s already… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127530>

Watch Video of Laura Coates Interview Derrick Johnson and Me at CNN on Supreme Court’s Stay in Alabama Voting Rights Redistricting Case<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183859514&f=1116553&c=8190484&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 08, 2022
Watch here<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLAa8B-v0L4>:

“The grim fate of the Voting Rights Act in the hands of the Supreme Court”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183859516&f=1116553&c=8190484&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 08, 2022
Nick Stephanopoulos WaPo oped<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/08/supreme-court-alabama-redistricting-voting-rights-act/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_opinions>: Will anything be left of the Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court finishes with it? It’s looking pretty grim. In 2013, the Supreme Court dismantled the part of the law that required states… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127524>

Senator McConnell Calls Jan. 6 “Violent Insurrection,” Condemns RNC Censure of Cheney and Kitzinger<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183859518&f=1116553&c=8190484&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 08, 2022
NYT:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/us/politics/republicans-censure-mcconnell.html> Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, pushed back hard<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~twitter.com/JanNWolfe/status/1491135618910670851> on Tuesday on the Republican Party’s censure<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/us/politics/republicans-jan-6-cheney-censure.html> of Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger and its characterization of Jan. 6 as “legitimate political discourse,” saying the riot was a “violent… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127521>

Justice Kavanaugh’s Analysis of Why It Was Appropriate to Issue a Stay in Alabama Redistricting Case Makes No Sense (as Steve Vladeck Persuasively Argues)<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183859520&f=1116553&c=8190484&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 08, 2022
This point <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/02/the-supreme-courts-shadow-docket-rulings-keep-getting-worse.html> from Steve Vladeck seems indisputably right (and Justice Kavanaugh indisputably wrong): …Kavanaugh also attempted to suggest that Alabama would be entitled to stays of the lower-court rulings even under the court’s ordinary three-part standard. In a footnote,… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127518>

Challenges confronting even narrow federal jurisdiction in Electoral Count Act disputes<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183859522&f=1116553&c=8190484&u=102231511>
By Derek Muller, February 08, 2022
The Committee on House Administration’s majority staff (on behalf of Chair Zoe Lofgren) released a significant document<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~cha.house.gov/media/press-releases/chairperson-lofgren-releases-staff-report-electoral-count-act> a couple of weeks ago addressing Electoral Count Act reform. This document has been stunningly underexamined in media scrutiny (in my humble opinion),… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127515>

“The Supreme Court may completely hollow out the Voting Rights Act by 2024”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183859524&f=1116553&c=8190484&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 08, 2022
Joan Biskupic CNN analysis<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8190484_/~www.cnn.com/2022/02/08/politics/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-2024-election/index.html>.
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