News
- US legal advocacy group files ethics complaint against former lawyer of January 6th riot witnessA bipartisan legal advocacy group Wednesday filed an informal ethics complaint against Stefan Passantino, the former lawyer of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson. The 65 Project argued that Passantino committed a series of ethics violations during his time as Hutchinson’s lawyer. As a result, the group asked that the… Read more »
- Georgia judge allows release of portions of 2020 election interference grand jury reportA Georgia Superior Court judge Monday issued an order directing the release of three portions of a Georgia special purpose grand jury’s report regarding alleged 2020 general election interference on February 16. The three parts of the report that will be released this Thursday are the introduction, conclusion and the section… Read more »
- Georgia grand jury investigating alleged 2020 election interference dissolvedA Georgia state judge Monday issued an order dissolving a special purpose grand jury investigating potential criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 general election. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis began her investigation with the grand jury in May 2022. Judge Robert McBurney of the Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia… Read more »
- Michigan Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging 2020 presidential election resultsThe Michigan Supreme Court Tuesday issued an order that denied plaintiff’s leave for appeal in William Bailey v. Antrim County. The court said it was “not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.” Instead, the court held that “the Court of Appeals properly rejected plaintiff’s argument… Read more »
- Georgia governor must testify before grand jury investigating possible 2020 election interferenceA Georgia state judge Monday held that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp must testify before a grand jury investigating possible 2020 election interference by former president Donald Trump and his allies. Because Kemp is running for reelection in the 2022 general election, the judge held that Kemp does not have to… Read more »
- US federal judge orders Senator Lindsay Graham to testify before special Georgia grand juryA US federal judge Monday told US Senator Lindsay Graham that he must testify before a Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury about efforts to overturn the 2020 US presidential election in that state. District Attorney Fani Willis seeks to question Graham surrounding two telephone calls that Graham made to Georgia… Read more »
- Michigan AG claims Republican opponent participated in conspiracy to break into voting equipmentMichigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Monday alleged that her Republican opponent Matt DePerno led a conspiracy to break into voting equipment in Richfield Township, MI. Nessel sent a request for a special prosecutor to step in to continue the investigation due to her conflict of interest. The request states that… Read more »
- Massachusetts court rules in favor of mail-in voting, early voting lawThe Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Monday ruled that no-excuse mail-in voting and early voting are permissable under the state’s constitution. After Massachusett Governor Charlie Baker signed the VOTES Act in June, the law faced legal challenges from Massachusetts Republicans. On Monday, the court declined to grant an injunction blocking the law’s… Read more »
- Georgia grand jury subpoenas Rudy Giuliani, Trump allies in connection with 2020 election fraud claimsA grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia Tuesday subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s campaign lawyer, as a witness. Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis claims Giuliani attempted to improperly influence the 2020 election by trying to show the existence of election fraud in the Georgia election. On December 3,… Read more »
- US House democrats introduce bill guaranteeing paid time off to voteA group of Democrats in the US House of Representatives Monday introduced the Time Off to Vote Act, which would require employers to give their workers at least two hours of paid time off to vote in federal elections, either on election day or on a day with early voting.… Read more »
- Texas state bar files complaint against former Trump attorney for alleged misconductA standing committee of the State Bar of Texas filed a complaint in the District Court of Dallas County, Texas against former president Donald Trump’s attorney Sidney Powell, claiming that she engaged in misconduct by pursuing baseless lawsuits alleging fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The complaint, which was filed… Read more »
- January 6 Committee subpoenas Rudy Giuliani and other prominent Trump supportersThe House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol Monday announced that it has issued subpoenas to Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, and Boris Epshteyn. Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) explained the subpoenas, saying: The four individuals we’ve subpoenaed today advanced unsupported theories… Read more »
- Georgia poll workers file federal defamation suit against Giuliani and OAN over election fraud claimsTwo Georgia election workers filed a complaint Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against Rudy Giuliani and One America News Network (“OAN”) for promoting claims that they engaged in election fraud during the vote-counting process in the state of Georgia during the 2020 presidential election.… Read more »
- Georgia judge dismisses 2020 presidential election fraud caseA Georgia Superior Court chief judge on Wednesday dismissed a case alleging election fraud against Georgia election officials. Supporters of former US President Donald Trump initiated legal action on December 23, 2020, against individual defendants and Fulton County alleging “violations of their state constitutional equal protection and due process rights.”… Read more »
- Attorneys file ethics complaint against DOJ official over 2020 electionA group of attorneys on Tuesday filed an ethics complaint against Jeffrey B. Clark, a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia, former Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), and former Acting Chief of the Department’s… Read more »
Commentary
- Here is How America’s Subtle Alterations to Democracy and Social Justice Avoid Political MonopoliesTo a U.S. immigrant who grew up (1972-1992) under a de facto dictatorship where election fraud and accepted discrimination were a societal norm, the concepts of fair and transparent elections, “All men are created equal,” and “equal opportunity …” were unfamiliar. They became a substitute of justice for the customary… Read more »
- The Myth of the Technological Deep StateClaims of fraud figure prominently in the fallout from last November’s Presidential election. Some claim that voting machines actually manipulated votes and vote counts. These claims are sufficient widespread that Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D Nevada) and Senator Tom Carper (D Delaware) refuted those claims on the Senate floor during… Read more »
- Will Trump’s Attempted Electoral Coup Succeed?Joe Biden has won states worth 306 Electoral College votes, 36 more than the 270 needed to win, and received in excess of 5 million more popular votes than Donald Trump. Yet Trump insists the election was stolen from him and he is the victor. Trump started attacking the election… Read more »
- After the American Election: Overcoming Plague, Chaos and “Mass”“The mass-man has no attention to spare for reasoning; he learns only in his own flesh.” – Jose Ortega y’Gasset, The Revolt of the Masses (1930) In the United States, prima facie, presidential elections represent a core fixture of democracy. Nonetheless, though necessary – and never more so than in… Read more »
- Vote With Your Feet: Foot Voting and Political FreedomThe United States has just completed a historically divisive election. As I write, the winner of the presidential election is not yet definitively known, though it seems highly likely that Democratic candidate Joe Biden will ultimately prevail when all the votes are counted. Whatever the outcome, many millions of people… Read more »
- Preserving and Protecting the Rule of Law Now That the Election is OverThe election is over. The process has begun to transition to the next administration. What must be preserved is the Constitution of the United States. The cornerstone to the success of the Republic is the rule of law. Without it we are no different than any tinpot government in some… Read more »
- Incarcerated Americans in Maryland and Voting RightsEvery four years, Americans are met with countless ads and displays encouraging them to vote. However, current and formerly incarcerated Americans are continuously left out of the conversation. Our criminal justice system is so stigmatized that we discount incarcerated Americans from the voting process: the pillar upon which our democratic… Read more »
- Has the Supreme Court Finally Become a Major Issue in a Presidential Election?The U.S. Supreme Court has emerged as a significant election issue for the first time in more than fifty years. The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett has riveted the nation’s attention on the Court in a way that rarely if ever has… Read more »
- Speaker Pelosi Is Second in Line for the Presidency: Claims to the Contrary Are Weak and DangerousIs Nancy Pelosi, as Speaker of the House of Representatives, properly and constitutionally second in line for the presidency? The question has urgent new relevance in light of President Donald Trump becoming sick with Coronavirus and the spread of COVID infections at the top levels of the administration. If a… Read more »
- The Social Justice Vice PresidencyJoe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for President of the United States, will soon be announcing his choice for Vice President. Biden himself served two-terms as President Barack Obama’s Vice President. If elected, Biden will become the oldest President in American history. His choice of a Vice President is therefore… Read more »