Update to SCOTUS Argument in Moore v. Harper Today Could Portend The End Of American Democracy. Election law expert Rick Hasen has his hot take on today’s oral argument. Live-Blogging the Supreme Court’s Oral Arguments in the Moore v. Harper (Independent State Legislature); Now UPDATED with Analysis and Reason to Think Court Will Reject Maximalist … Read more
Raphael Warnock has defeated Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate four times in two years in the red state of Georgia. Candidate quality matters. And Donald Trump is toxic to voters. Trump’s endorsed candidates for governors and senators in the “battleground” states all lost this year, with the exception of J.D. Vance in Ohio, who required a massive … Read more
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” -President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Today is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. It may also be the next December 7 date “which will live in infamy” in … Read more
CNN reports, House January 6 committee has decided to make criminal referrals, chairman says: The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has decided to make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice, the panel’s chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, told reporters Tuesday. Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, said the committee … Read more
Special Counsel Jack Smith is focusing on the fake GQP electors scheme in a new batch of subpoenas to local state elections officials. NBC News reports, Special counsel Jack Smith subpoenas local officials in Trump investigation: Special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed local officials in key presidential swing states for any and all communications involving … Read more