Pro-Democracy Advocates and Experts Prepare for a Tense Post-Election Period in the 2024 Presidential Election
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Pro-Democracy Advocates and Experts Prepare for a Tense Post-Election Period in the 2024 Presidential Election

India Today  

The upcoming presidential election will be a stress test for the new guardrails and systems put in place to ensure the peaceful transfer of power in the aftermath of the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol. Voters are concerned about the post-election period and the potential for legal challenges, disinformation, and voter intimidation. The new Electoral Count Reform Act has been amended to streamline the process but is not ironclad, and the focus is on ensuring legal challenges are resolved quickly and efficiently. The new law requires 20% of the House and Senate to challenge a state's electors to force a vote on rejecting them, rather than a single member threshold from each chamber. The election will be a critical test for the future of American democracy, and the outcome will have significant implications for the country's future.

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Presidential Election Post-Jan. 6: A Test for New Guardrails
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Presidential Election Post-Jan. 6: A Test for New Guardrails

Associated Press  

This article discusses the upcoming presidential election and the potential challenges it may present due to the Jan. 6 insurrection. It highlights the new Electoral Count Reform Act, which aims to streamline the post-election process and prevent legal challenges from disrupting the results. However, it also acknowledges the potential for post-election strife and disinformation, which could undermine the integrity of …

Why the Supreme Court May Not Decide the 2024 Election After All
54 years, 11 months ago

Why the Supreme Court May Not Decide the 2024 Election After All

Slate  

Some have speculated that the Supreme Court has kept its fall schedule light in case it decides to take up litigation that could affect the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. After the state Supreme Court threw out that case on technical grounds, voting rights advocates filed a new suit directly in the state Supreme Court, asking it to take …

Prosecutors Reveal New Evidence in Trump's 2020 Election Interference Case: A Roadmap to Trial
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Prosecutors Reveal New Evidence in Trump's 2020 Election Interference Case: A Roadmap to Trial

Associated Press  

Prosecutors have released new evidence in the Trump 2020 election interference case, detailing Trump's increasingly desperate efforts to cling to power even as those close to him sought to convince him that he had lost the presidency. This evidence could potentially move forward to trial, despite the Supreme Court's recent ruling that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution.

'Buckle up': Experts say Trump just filed pivotal objection in election interference case
2 months, 3 weeks ago

'Buckle up': Experts say Trump just filed pivotal objection in election interference case

Raw Story  

Donald Trump just delivered a slew of objections over new evidence special counsel Jack Smith wants to appear on the public docket and that the former president's attorneys hope to hide, according to court records and legal analyses. Trump filed to Washington D.C. federal court Tuesday a seven-page response to a new 180 page document that could contain new evidence …

'Sleeper case' could severely weaken Trump efforts to undo an election loss in November
3 months, 1 week ago

'Sleeper case' could severely weaken Trump efforts to undo an election loss in November

Raw Story  

A long-dormant lawsuit seeking to limit Donald Trump's efforts to overturn a potential election loss has finally begun to show signs of life again. The lawsuit was originally filed in the days following the 2020 election and has moved slowly through the federal courts in Washington, D.C., while an appeals court considered his claims of presidential immunity from civil lawsuits, …

January 6 evidence against Trump may be released before election after judge’s decision
3 months, 2 weeks ago

January 6 evidence against Trump may be released before election after judge’s decision

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Prosecutors may release never-before-seen evidence in the federal election interference …

Trump Immunity Ruling Invites Presidents to Commit Crimes
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump Immunity Ruling Invites Presidents to Commit Crimes

Bloomberg  

The Supreme Court, in perhaps its most consequential decision about the powers and parameters of the US presidency, ruled on Monday that Donald Trump cannot be tried in a criminal court for any “actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority” while serving in the White House. The most direct result of the ruling is that Trump, a twice-impeached convicted …

Nakedly partisan Supreme Court lets Trump dance above the law
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Nakedly partisan Supreme Court lets Trump dance above the law

Raw Story  

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court decided to hear Donald Trump’s claim that he — or any president — is immune from criminal prosecution. Given that SCOTUS decided Bush v. Gore in a matter of days, deciding the 2000 presidential election in Bush’s favor, the Supreme Court’s delay on Trump’s behalf appears intentional. Justice Clarence Thomas apparently did not recuse himself …

What’s next as Trump tries to stave off his 2020 election trial? All eyes are on the Supreme Court
10 months, 2 weeks ago

What’s next as Trump tries to stave off his 2020 election trial? All eyes are on the Supreme Court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In Donald Trump’s federal 2020 election interference case, all eyes are on the Supreme Court, whose next moves could determine whether the former president stands trial in Washington before the November election. The ruling forces Trump to move quickly to ask the conservative-majority Supreme Court to intervene in the landmark case accusing Trump of conspiring to overturn his …

US prosecutors urge court to reject Trump's immunity claim in 2020 polls case
11 months, 3 weeks ago

US prosecutors urge court to reject Trump's immunity claim in 2020 polls case

Hindustan Times  

US prosecutors on Saturday urged a federal appeals court to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he cannot face criminal charges for seeking to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. Former President Donald Trump Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is overseeing the prosecution, argued in a court filing that nothing in the U.S. Constitution or American legal tradition …

Trump tells Supreme Court to slow down decision on ‘presidential immunity’ in election conspiracy case
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Trump tells Supreme Court to slow down decision on ‘presidential immunity’ in election conspiracy case

The Independent  

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Supreme Court to hear January 6 cases that could affect Trump
1 year ago

Supreme Court to hear January 6 cases that could affect Trump

The Independent  

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Column: Trump’s legal strategy makes a lot of noise, but it hasn’t solved his problems in court
1 year, 1 month ago

Column: Trump’s legal strategy makes a lot of noise, but it hasn’t solved his problems in court

LA Times  

Former President Trump, waiting to testify in New York last week, has portrayed himself as a martyr — helping his standing in GOP polls if not in the courts. “The judges are bending over backwards to avoid litigation over whether Trump’s rights are being infringed,” said Donald B. Ayer, who was a top Justice Department official in the George H.W. …

Trump’s lawyers file challenges to Washington election subversion case, calling it unconstitutional
1 year, 1 month ago

Trump’s lawyers file challenges to Washington election subversion case, calling it unconstitutional

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Donald Trump are raising new challenges to the federal election subversion case against him, telling a judge that the indictment should be dismissed because it violates the former president’s free speech rights and represents a vindictive prosecution. The lawyers claim prosecutors are attempting to criminalize political speech and political advocacy, arguing that First Amendment protections extend …

Election Day is Nov. 8, but legal challenges already begin
2 years, 1 month ago

Election Day is Nov. 8, but legal challenges already begin

Associated Press  

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Election Day Is Nov. 8, But Legal Challenges Already Begin
2 years, 1 month ago

Election Day Is Nov. 8, But Legal Challenges Already Begin

Huff Post  

Rolls of "I Voted Early" stickers await voters in the final hours of early voting in the primary election in Noblesville, Ind., May 2, 2022. “We’re now at the point where charges of fraud and suppression are baked into the turnout models for each party,” said Benjamin Ginsberg, co-chair of the Election Official Legal Defense Network and former counsel to …

Supreme Court to hear case on state authority over elections
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court to hear case on state authority over elections

Associated Press  

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a case that could dramatically change the way elections for Congress and the presidency are conducted by handing more power to state legislatures and blocking state courts from reviewing challenges to the procedures and results. Taken to its extreme, it would be a radical reworking of our system of running elections.” …

What is really behind Trump’s legal challenges?
4 years, 1 month ago

What is really behind Trump’s legal challenges?

Al Jazeera  

Trump’s goal is not to overturn the election – it is to undermine the Biden administration. The Republican leadership have also expressed support for Trump’s legal challenges and have made claims of widespread voter fraud. Legal challenges We are in for a rocky ride until election results are officially certified, which could take weeks, because of the legal challenges Trump …

US judge sceptical of Trump campaign’s Pennsylvania challenge
4 years, 1 month ago

US judge sceptical of Trump campaign’s Pennsylvania challenge

Al Jazeera  

The Trump campaign is suing to prevent certification of results that give Joe Biden the state’s 20 electoral votes. A judge on Tuesday appeared sceptical of President Donald Trump’s request to block officials from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, underscoring the difficulties the Trump campaign has faced in challenging the outcome of the US election. As …

Experts: Trump’s election court cases are going nowhere
4 years, 1 month ago

Experts: Trump’s election court cases are going nowhere

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — With the presidential election rapidly slipping away from him, President Donald Trump has initiated a patchwork strategy of legal challenges to contest vote counting in states around the country to underpin his unsubstantiated claims the election is being stolen. Lisa Manheim, a University of Washington election law expert who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, told Raw …

US Supreme Court May Not Have Final Say in Presidential Election, Despite Trump Threat
4 years, 1 month ago

US Supreme Court May Not Have Final Say in Presidential Election, Despite Trump Threat

News 18  

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