If you're eligible & want to vote, making sure you can, it's meaningful, and it sticks. Former DOJ, former Natl Voter Protection Dir, forever @KenDaneykoMSG fan
Oct 27, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
In WI case, Justice Kavanaugh says that 2000 unanimous SCOTUS decision “stated” that “the text of the Constitution requires federal courts to ensure that state courts do not rewrite state election laws.” supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
Of course, what that 2000 Court actually “stated,” explicitly, was that it would “decline at this time to review the federal questions asserted to be present.”
Translation: we have thoughts, but we’re not going to make a decision right now.
@Tierney_Megan And here's the map of states most likely to be hurt (to the tune of billions of $ and multiple congressional seats) by a census count rushed to hit a Dec. deadline, based on the count so far. (1/4)
The states farthest behind where they were OTD in 2010: MT, SC, NM, TX, AK, ND, NY, WY, NC, RI, OK, HI, TN, WV, AR, MO, CA, IA, PA, LA
(2/4)
Jun 27, 2019 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
And … we have the gerrymandering cases. Looks like federal courts are out of the partisan gerrymandering business.
Now the fight against unfair districts turns to ballot initiatives and state courts. And where those don’t work? You’ll need the party in power to be either afraid of or surprised by an electoral tsunami.
Jan 30, 2019 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Over the last 2 years, I've been highlighting briefs by DOJ political appointees that career lawyers won't sign. There are only a few. It's a red flag.
Nothing about that 2011 action has changed. And Texas's incentives have only gotten worse.
Apr 12, 2018 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Unwarranted screaming about voter fraud can impair confidence in elections and foster bad policy. Today’s important suit flags a different cost: when voter fraud vigilantes get sloppy, the specific people targeted pay the price. 1/7 documentcloud.org/documents/4436…
I've written on the real danger of voter fraud vigilantes. That piece led with a challenge that would have cut off an Army Reservist’s voting rights as he deployed to Iraq, all b/c he sent mail to his mom while serving overseas. 2/7 campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/29/the…
