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Follower of American constitutional law and federal courts. Poster of news — legal and political. Lisa Blatt fan for reasons that are unclear.

Joined October 2021
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New filings at the Supreme Court each day can be found here, by @tommy_bennett. A great resource! s2.smu.edu/~tbbennett/dashbo…
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Blue-Rimmed Gold Coin Commemorating the Supreme Court’s Gutting of the Voting Rights Act in Louisana v. Callais Decorated Federalist Society Luncheon Tables electionlawblog.org/2026/blu…

Blue-Rimmed Gold Coin Commemorating the Supreme Court's Gutting of the Voting Rights Act in...

Mere debating society? Heh. This detail from Joan Biskupic’s CNN report from the Federalist Society annual convention is something else: Members reveled in recent Supreme Court decisions overturning...

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“Pittsburgh bank executive charged with voter fraud” electionlawblog.org/2026/pit…

"Pittsburgh bank executive charged with voter fraud" #ELB

WPXI: A Mt. Lebanon woman was charged Thursday on accusations that she attempted to register to vote under her dead mother’s name. Investigators said Michelle Ziolkowski, 54, mailed a registration...

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We Filed an Amicus Brief Supporting Voters’ Motion to Summarily End DOJ’s 9th Circuit Appeal Seeking to Block Certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate Race electionlawblog.org/2026/we-…

We Filed an Amicus Brief Supporting Voters' Motion to Summarily End DOJ's 9th Circuit Appeal...

Along with Nat Back and Andrea Del-Carmen Gonzalez of the Manatt firm, Shelby Wayment and I filed this (proposed) amicus brief in the 9th Circuit supporting Common Cause and the League of Women...

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“Alaskans vote to keep ranked choice voting, open primaries” electionlawblog.org/2026/ala…

"Alaskans vote to keep ranked choice voting, open primaries" #ELB

The Hill: Alaskans have rejected another effort to repeal the Last Frontier’s unique, ranked choice voting system and open primaries, Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) projects.  Alaska adopted ranked choice...

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“SCOTUS Does Its Job: Rich Bernstein On The 2026 Election Rulings” electionlawblog.org/2026/sco…

"SCOTUS Does Its Job: Rich Bernstein On The 2026 Election Rulings" #ELB

Video at Checks & Balances.

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“Members of Georgia’s Election Board Have Been Coordinating With Cleta Mitchell’s Network” electionlawblog.org/2026/mem…

"Members of Georgia’s Election Board Have Been Coordinating With Cleta Mitchell’s Network" #ELB

ProPublica: In the run-up to the midterms, members of Georgia’s State Election Board and much of its professional staff were coordinating with an activist group led by Cleta Mitchell, the conservat...

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“The Midterms: What Went Right and What Went Wrong” electionlawblog.org/2026/the…
"The Midterms: What Went Right and What Went Wrong" #ELB

"The Midterms: What Went Right and What Went Wrong" #ELB

Nov. 16 12 pm ET ABA webinar with Jason Torchinsky and Brian Svoboda, moderated by Jerry Goldfeder.

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“Trump’s Electoral Fraud Claims Are Now Evidence-Proof” electionlawblog.org/2026/tru…

"Trump’s Electoral Fraud Claims Are Now Evidence-Proof" #ELB

Will Saletan for The Bulwark: But 2026 didn’t turn out like 2024. This year’s pre-election surveys looked bad for the GOP, but the actual election results were even worse. So Trump has reversed his...

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“A blue wave helped offset for now a falling tally of Black members in the U.S. House” electionlawblog.org/2026/a-b…

"A blue wave helped offset for now a falling tally of Black members in the U.S. House" #ELB

NPR: A U.S. Supreme Court ruling this year that further weakened the Voting Rights Act raised the possibility of a record drop in Black representation in Congress. But a Democratic blue wave in the...

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“Callais and Systematic Governance” electionlawblog.org/2026/cal…

"Callais and Systematic Governance" #ELB

Manoj Mate has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming U. Penn. J. Constitutional Law). Here is the abstract: In its most recent October Term, the Supreme Court delivered a devastating blow to...

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“A Guide to Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) Organizations” electionlawblog.org/2026/a-g…

"A Guide to Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) Organizations" #ELB

Steven Sholk’s 2026 update.

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Alaska State Court Denies Peltola Campaign’s Demand for Election Officials to Turn Over Certain Records Related to Rejected Absentee Ballots electionlawblog.org/2026/ala…

Alaska State Court Denies Peltola Campaign's Demand for Election Officials to Turn Over Certain...

Here is the opinion.

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DOJ’s Threats to Congress and Teeth Gnashing Cannot Obscure The Agency’s Substantially Weakened Position Protecting Trump electionlawblog.org/2026/doj…

DOJ's Threats to Congress and Teeth Gnashing Cannot Obscure The Agency's Substantially Weakened...

It’s no coincidence that the DOJ is featured in two major simultaneous New York Times pieces: White House Threatens Congress, Saying Aggressive Investigations Could Be Crime and A Diminished Justice...

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Richard Posner, 7th Circuit Judge, U Chicago Professor, and Law & Economics Pioneer, Has Passed Away; Some Reflections electionlawblog.org/2026/ric…

Richard Posner, 7th Circuit Judge, U Chicago Professor, and Law & Economics Pioneer, Has Passed...

Just received the sad news that Judge Richard Posner has died at age 87. Condolences to his family and friends. It is fair to say that Posner was one of the legal giants of the second half of the...

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“Democrat Scott Colom will win a US Senate seat in deep-red Mississippi, CNN projects” (Update: After AP Calls Race: Hyde-Smith Concedes) electionlawblog.org/2026/dem…
"Democrat Scott Colom will win a US Senate seat in deep-red Mississippi, CNN projects" #ELB

"Democrat Scott Colom will win a US Senate seat in deep-red Mississippi, CNN projects" #ELB

CNN: Scott Colom will defeat GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a major upset to become the first Democrat that voters in deep-red Mississippi have elected to the chamber in more than four decades, CNN’s...

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Judge Carter, in Agreeing to DOJ’s Request to Dismiss Its Lawsuit against California Seeking Ballot Segregation, Has a Few Valuable Words about DOJ Trying to Subvert Democracy electionlawblog.org/2026/jud…

Judge Carter, in Agreeing to DOJ's Request to Dismiss Its Lawsuit against California Seeking Ballot...

I was traveling yesterday and did not have the chance to post this minute order from Judge Carter: This lawsuit attempted to disrupt an ongoing election and create confusion and uncertainty for...

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ELB Podcast 8:3  After the Vote: What We Learned from the 2026 Midterms (Grose, Sadwani, Tausanovich) electionlawblog.org/2026/elb…
ELB Podcast 8:3 After the Vote: What We Learned from the 2026 Midterms (Grose, Sadwani, Tausanov...

ELB Podcast 8:3  After the Vote: What We Learned from the 2026 Midterms (Grose, Sadwani, Tausanov...

Season 8, Episode 3: What did Democrats “blue tsunami” signal about voters’ views and concerns? What will the new Congress be able to accomplish with Donald Trump still as President? Will 2027 open...

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Mississippi: “Hinds County Accepts 817 Affidavit Ballots, Rejects 1,609; Count Still Ongoing” electionlawblog.org/2026/mis…

Mississippi: “Hinds County Accepts 817 Affidavit Ballots, Rejects 1,609; Count Still Ongoing” #ELB

Mississippi Free Press: Hinds County Election Commissioners completed the affidavit curing process, rejecting the majority of affidavit ballots cast in Mississippi’s largest county. The county...

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Vladeck HLR Foreword: “The Court Against the Courts” electionlawblog.org/2026/vla…

Vladeck HLR Foreword: “The Court Against the Courts” #ELB

Steve Vladeck has written this important Foreword to the Harvard Law Review Supreme Court issue: With the federal judiciary under siege from without, one might expect the Supreme Court, led by the...

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Must-read Franita Tolson in Harvard Law Review: “The Graveyard of Constitutional Rights: Legal, but Unconstitutional, Disenfranchisement in the Age of Callais” electionlawblog.org/2026/mus…

Must-read Franita Tolson in Harvard Law Review: “The Graveyard of Constitutional Rights: Legal, but...

New HLR case comment from Franita: This Comment shows how the Callais decision fits within the hollowing out of four decades of voting rights jurisprudence. The Court’s approach in recent cases,...

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