Election & Political Law

Campaign finance spending from Big Law firms and lawyers; state and federal judicial nominations

  • Daily Business Review

    Elections Bill Draws First Amendment Challenges

    By Jim Saunders | May 26, 2023

    Organizations such as the League of Women Voters of Florida, the NAACP and Hispanic Federation filed three federal lawsuits arguing that the new restrictions on voter-registration groups violate First Amendment rights and will harm efforts to sign up Black and Hispanic voters.

    5 minute read

  • New York Law Journal

    Argument Date Is Set for New York Redistricting Appeal

    By Brian Lee | May 26, 2023

    A 2022 New York court case contributed to flipping the political balance in the U.S. House of Representatives to the GOP for the midterm elections. The new case may revise the lines created under that order.

    6 minute read

  • Daily Report Online

    N.C. Gerrymander Ruling Gives Electoral Gift to GOP in Congress

    By Gary D. Robertson | The Associated Press | May 25, 2023

    While Democrats only need to flip five GOP seats overall to regain control, experts say the state Supreme Court decision means four Democratic incumbents in the state — three of them first-term members — are vulnerable.

    4 minute read

  • Daily Report Online

    Trump's Freewheeling, Stream-of-Consciousness Speaking Style Draws Legal Attention Amid Probes

    By Trenton Daniel and Eric Tucker |The Associated Press | May 25, 2023

    In a March interview on Fox News Channel, the Republican former president said he had "the right to take" classified documents with him to his Florida resort and wouldn't say he hadn't looked at the records since leaving office. During a CNN town hall this month, he said he told a Georgia elections official "you owe me" votes in the 2020 election.

    6 minute read

  • New York Law Journal

    Goldfeder's Modern Election Law—Sixth Edition

    By Gerald Lebovits and Jabari Matthew | May 24, 2023

    The latest edition of Goldfeder's Modern Election Law is an essential and accessible edition that continues, with new co-authors, Jerry Goldfeder's ability to bring clarity to the complexities of New York election law without sacrificing substance, a Manhattan judge writes in this review.

    9 minute read

  • Daily Business Review

    Federal Appeals Court Urged to Hear Elections Law Fight

    By Jim Saunders | May 24, 2023

    Voting-rights groups want the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to take up a fight about whether a 2021 Florida elections law made changes that discriminated against Black voters.

    4 minute read

  • Daily Report Online

    As Lawyers in Grand Jury Probe Allege Ethics Violations, Professors Weigh In on Issues

    By Everett Catts | May 22, 2023

    As part of her May 5 motion in opposition to Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis's and special prosecutor Nathan Wade's April 18 motion to disqualify Kimberly Debrow as the lawyer representing 10 of the fake electors, Debrow, who now no longer represents two of them, also filed a motion for sanctions against Wade.

    8 minute read

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Democrats Retain Pennsylvania House Majority

    By Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press | May 22, 2023

    Democrats maintained their narrow Pennsylvania House majority May 16 by winning a special election and along with it continued control over how the chamber will handle abortion, gun rights and election law legislation.

    3 minute read

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Capitol Report

    By Max Mitchell | May 22, 2023

    Following is a listing of executive and legislative action from the week of May 15. The Pennsylvania Senate is scheduled to return to session on June 5, and the House of Representatives was scheduled to return to session on Monday.

    6 minute read

  • Daily Report Online

    Prosecutor Suggests Any Indictments in Trump Election Investigation Would Likely Come in August

    By Kate Brumback / The Associated Press | May 19, 2023

    Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis Thursday sent a letter to county Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville indicating that she plans to have much of her staff work remotely for most days during the first three weeks of August and asking that judges not schedule trials and in-person hearings during part of that time.

    3 minute read

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