[Click here to read on the Just Security website] Two important events relating to the upcoming election occurred on Monday evening, October 26: ● Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion in Wisconsin National Committee v. Wisconsin State Legislature in which he mentioned in dicta “those States [that] also want to be able to definitively …
Election Law 101: No, Trump and Kavanaugh can’t team up to throw away timely ballots not counted as of Nov. 3
Last night two things happened thirteen minutes apart. At 4:30 pm California time, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in the Wisconsin dispute over whether late-arriving mail-in ballots should be counted. Kavanaugh’s concurrence raised some eyebrows. Exactly thirteen minutes later, Trump tweeted something so inaccurate that Twitter hid it from view …
The Perfect Metaphor
I. Overblown and Empty This week’s 60 Minutes interview contained some drama. Trump kept changing his story about health care. First he said he already had a health care plan worked out to replace the Affordable Health Care Act. Then he said he would have one after he learned what the Court would do. Lesley …
Election Integrity
This question came to me through the “Ask Teri” tab on my blog 👇 Can we be sure that election results are processed fairly and honestly? Can poll workers fudge the results? Is there oversight as people count the votes? Yes, no, and yes. Elections are regulated by statute, the statutes provide for oversight, and …
Controlling the Flow of Information
Here you have it. The greatest threat to democracy: Democracy is based on rule of law, which requires a shared truth (a functioning public sphere). Fascism, to thrive, must destroy the common factuality so that myth can take hold. Trump walked out of the 60 Minutes interview in frustration because he has only one way …
Here’s the Thing about Democracy
Today I’ll answer questions that I received through the Ask Teri tab. Q: What kind of judicial and legal reforms would you pose so that no executive administration has the capacity to commit malfeasance as broadly as Trump has. I’m thinking of his use of Acting Secretaries and using agencies like the EPS to work …
Accountability, Crime, and Punishment
This question came in from the Ask Teri tab: I’m wondering if, in the next administration, it would be better to let Trump and the others off the hook or prosecute to them? I understand the need to get on with the business of running, putting back, and healing the nation, but the alternative, doing …
Accountability, Crime, and Punishment
This question came in from the Ask Teri tab: I’m wondering if, in the next administration, it would be better to let Trump and the others off the hook or prosecute to them? I understand the need to get on with the business of running, putting back, and healing the nation, but the alternative, doing …
Contemplating Retribution
Trump is reportedly making a list of the Republicans who are now distancing themselves from him. He’s “contemplating retribution:” It looks like Trump can add Texas Sen. John Cornyn to his list. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that Cornyn is distancing himself from Trump. He compared his relationship with Trump to a bad marriage. (He …
Don’t Call It Court Packing
Thank you to everyone who sent questions through the Ask Teri tab. I’ll tackle a few of them today. Question #1 from the “Ask Teri” tab: What can be done about Amy Coney Barrett lying under oath to Mr. Leahy on Day 2 of her confirmation hearing? Senators are not supposed to confirm a nominee …