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NYT: The Justice Department is facing mounting pressure to prosecute former President Donald J. Trump after the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack laid out its argument for a potential criminal case on Wednesday night, placing ...
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  1.  “Pressure on Justice Dept. as Jan. 6 Panel Lays Out Case Against Trump”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127955>
  2.  “New evidence shows Trump was told many times there was no voter fraud — but he kept saying it anyway”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127951>
  3.  “Report finds problems with Michigan’s post-election audits”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127949>
  4.  More Critiques of Strong Version of Independent State Legislature Theory (Josh Douglas, Ian Millhiser, Brennan Center), as NC and PA Cases Pend Before SCOTUS<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127947>
  5.  Susan Greenhalgh and Philip Stark: “Setting the record straight on the security review in the Georgia voting machine lawsuit”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127945>
  6.  “Wisconsin Supreme Courts picks Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ maps in redistricting fight”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127943>
  7.  White & Kistler: “Will the Supreme Court’s Originalists Be Open to New Originalist Evidence and Reject the Independent State Legislature Theory?”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127941>
  8.  “There’s no legal way to decertify the 2020 election, but the Gableman report is forcing Republican candidates to confront the question”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127939>
  9.  “Georgia’s race to oversee voting pits an election denier against an election defender”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127937>
  10. Cheap Speech Book-Related Virtual Appearances Next Week with Nate Persily, Jeffrey Rosen, and Trevor Potter<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127935>

“Pressure on Justice Dept. as Jan. 6 Panel Lays Out Case Against Trump”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184371300&f=1116553&c=8236166&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 04, 2022
NYT:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/us/politics/trump-justice-department-january-6.html> The Justice Department is facing mounting pressure to prosecute former President Donald J. Trump<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~www.nytimes.com/spotlight/donald-trump> after the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~www.nytimes.com/news-event/capitol-riot> laid out its argument for a potential criminal case<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/us/politics/trump-criminal-charges-jan-6.html> on Wednesday night, placing Attorney General… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127955>

“New evidence shows Trump was told many times there was no voter fraud — but he kept saying it anyway”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184371302&f=1116553&c=8236166&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 04, 2022
WaPo<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/03/trump-election-jan-6/>: A data expert for former president Donald Trump’s campaign told him bluntly not long after polls closed in November 2020 that he was definitely going to lose his campaign for reelection.In the weeks that followed, multiple top… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127951>

“Report finds problems with Michigan’s post-election audits”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184371304&f=1116553&c=8236166&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 04, 2022
Detroit Free Press<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/03/04/michigan-elections-auditor-general-report/6979835001/>: The Michigan Bureau of Elections should do more to ensure local election officials are trained in how to conduct post-election audits, Michigan Auditor General Doug Ringler said in a report released Friday.And inadequate oversight and reporting… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127949>

More Critiques of Strong Version of Independent State Legislature Theory (Josh Douglas, Ian Millhiser, Brennan Center), as NC and PA Cases Pend Before SCOTUS<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184371306&f=1116553&c=8236166&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 04, 2022
Josh Douglas<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~washingtonmonthly.com/2022/03/04/another-scheme-to-curtail-voting-rights/> for Washington Monthly Ian Millhiser<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~www.vox.com/22958543/supreme-court-gerrymandering-redistricting-north-carolina-pennsylvania-moore-toth-amy-coney-barrett> for Vox Ethan Herenstein and Thomas Wolf<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/supreme-court-should-shut-down-latest-bid-rewrite-elections-clause#.YiFyNl0xwU8.twitter> for the Brennan Center And now some opposition briefs in the PA case (via All About Redistrictin) Chapman (Acting Sec. of the Commonwealth)<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~redistricting.lls.edu/wp-content/uploads/pa-toth-220303-scotus-oppose-chapman.pdf>… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127947>

Susan Greenhalgh and Philip Stark: “Setting the record straight on the security review in the Georgia voting machine lawsuit”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184371308&f=1116553&c=8236166&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 04, 2022
The following is a guest post from Susan Greenhalgh<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~freespeechforpeople.org/susan-greenhalgh/> and Philip Stark:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~statistics.berkeley.edu/people/philip-b-stark> Last month, Election Law Blog highlighted a Votebeat  newsletter<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127250> published January 29 by Jessica Huseman, a response to a story<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~www.ajc.com/politics/secret-report-on-georgia-voting-system-finds-flaws-but-state-shows-no-interest/YKFEET2WE5BBPJ7TYVOYMBTIKQ/> in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The newsletter… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127945>

“Wisconsin Supreme Courts picks Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ maps in redistricting fight”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184371310&f=1116553&c=8236166&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 03, 2022
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/03/wisconsin-supreme-courts-picks-evers-maps-redistricting-fight/9363175002/> The state Supreme Court approved election maps Thursday that were drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers but will give Republicans the upper hand in races for the Legislature. Thursday’s ruling builds off of a 4-3 ruling… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127943>

White & Kistler: “Will the Supreme Court’s Originalists Be Open to New Originalist Evidence and Reject the Independent State Legislature Theory?”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184371312&f=1116553&c=8236166&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 03, 2022
Guest post from Helen White & Cameron Kistler of Protect Democracy<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~protectdemocracy.org/>: After months of percolating, at least one redistricting case<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/21/21A455/215064/20220225161437927_2022-02-25%20Moore%20Emergency%20Application.pdf> invoking the so-called “independent state legislature” theory has finally reached the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket.”  In the briefest terms,… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127941>

“There’s no legal way to decertify the 2020 election, but the Gableman report is forcing Republican candidates to confront the question”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184371314&f=1116553&c=8236166&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 03, 2022
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/03/03/gableman-report-forces-republicans-confront-theory-can-decertify-2020-election/6981022001/>: A long-awaited report from a former Supreme Court justice hired by Assembly Republicans to review the 2020 election sought to give legitimacy to a legally debunked idea the same lawmakers have been trying stomp out for… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127939>

“Georgia’s race to oversee voting pits an election denier against an election defender”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184371316&f=1116553&c=8236166&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 03, 2022
Miles Parks<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~www.npr.org/2022/03/03/1082841586/georgias-race-to-oversee-voting-pits-an-election-denier-against-an-election-defe> for NPR: There has never been evidence to support that claim. No major or widespread issues with the 2020 election were uncovered anywhere in the United States, and paper ballots in Georgia were recounted multiple times, including… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127937>

Cheap Speech Book-Related Virtual Appearances Next Week with Nate Persily, Jeffrey Rosen, and Trevor Potter<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184371318&f=1116553&c=8236166&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 03, 2022
My Cheap Speech<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~sites.uci.edu/cheapspeechbook/> book is out Tuesday<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~www.amazon.com/Cheap-Speech-Disinformation-Poisons-Politics-ebook/dp/B09S5HSTV8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=>. Here are my appearances next week in book-related events<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~sites.uci.edu/cheapspeechbook/book-tour/> (all virtual and free with registration): March 8, 12 pm PT, Stanford Law School, Stanford CA<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/events/cheap-speech> (in conversation with Nate Persily) March 10,… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8236166_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127935>
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