“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”: https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I

“How an Adam Schiff indictment could shake the Senate” electionlawblog.org?p=152959

“Trump Loyalists Push ‘Grand Conspiracy’ as New Subpoenas Land” electionlawblog.org?p=152957

“Insider: Mike Rogers ties 2024 Senate loss to a ‘van in Detroit with ballots'” electionlawblog.org?p=152955

“Only 2 DOJ election monitors in Fresno County for Prop 50 vote, despite controversy” electionlawblog.org?p=152949

Republicans Ask for Preliminary Injunction in Prop 50 Case (It May Not All Get Resolved in Time for 2026 Elections) electionlawblog.org?p=152951

As for who will hear the case: The case was assigned to U.S. district judge Josephine Staton (an Obama appointee). We're still waiting for the appointment of the other two members of the panel.

NEW: The California Republican Party and other plaintiffs have filed a motion asking for a preliminary injunction blocking the new California congressional map. Their brief here: drive.google.com/file/d/1O1UX...

This seems right to me

One of the key things the Supreme Court is supposed to do on an emergency motion is to balance the hardships to each sides. Here it is not even close--people starving v. the government not tapping a reserve they are supposed to tap anyway in the event of an emergency

Link to the filing: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

the protests from this Administration that their hands are tied by the law and the need not to step on Congress's prerogatives in making SNAP payments available to poor people would be laughable if it weren't so pernicious

Talk about a way to ruin a weekend

Is it possible that Trump DOJ is so mad at judges they just want to get a stay to prove a point and will make the payments anyway? It's all very weird.

How indispensable is @chrisgeidner.bsky.social? Very. He is on top of these very important legal disputes every day.

BREAKING: First Circuit denies DOJ's request for an administrative stay of the SNAP benefits TRO out of Rhode Island. DOJ's stay request remains pending, and the panel is working on a ruling on that.

BREAKING: A federal court ruled that the Trump admin violated federal workers’ First Amendment rights by adding partisan speech in their out-of-office emails. As our amicus brief emphasized, this ruling reaffirms that nonpartisanship is a bedrock principle of civil service. 1/3

The Onion, yet again, FTW.

California's redistricting commission has been good in isolation but unilateral disarmament from the start since the GOP drew several times more districts nationwide than Dems did after 2010. Dems tried to ban gerrymandering nationwide in 2019 & 2021—but the GOP balked. This is the logical response

Wow: California’s turnout rate was higher for Tuesday’s redistricting referendum than for the 2022 midterms

My torts exam writes itself.

But I am really struck by the rapidity and scale of the government's retreat from its much more extensive and destructive list of demands that it tried to impose on schools at the start of this mess. It would be far better if Cornell and other schools simply said "no." But still, a notable shift.

“Why Democrats Could Win the Redistricting War” electionlawblog.org?p=152947

seems worth a trillion dollar compensation package

My new one @slate.com: "Gavin Newsom Just Proved It: Voters Want Democrats to Fight Fire With Fire" slate.com/news-and-pol...

This (unfortunately) was my best work of the day

We voted in class about whether a hot dog should be classified as a sandwich 😂

A real "hero"

They couldn't stomach a guilty verdict.

Building off the work of the great @fishkin.bsky.social

Our most recent Bright Line Watch report measures public preferences by party for fighting fire with fire in response to democratic norm violations brightlinewatch.org/violence-red...

“Gavin Newsom Just Proved It: Voters Want Democrats to Fight Fire With Fire” electionlawblog.org?p=152943

My new one @slate.com: "Gavin Newsom Just Proved It: Voters Want Democrats to Fight Fire With Fire" slate.com/news-and-pol...

What if the jurors do some off the books experimentation?

See all the great programming at @crossroadstalks.bsky.social every week!

Watch Video of My “America at a Crossroads” Conversation with Larry Mantle on Prop 50, Redistricting Litigation, and the Integrity of the 2026 Midterm Elections www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb2c...

“Kansas mayor charged with alleged voter fraud; state leader says ‘hundreds’ more cases expected” electionlawblog.org?p=152939

“Two Republican Incumbents Will Face Off as Red Turf Shrinks in California” electionlawblog.org?p=152941

The Complaint Filed By Republicans Against the Maps Created by California’s Prop 50 Raising Racial Gerrymandering and Intentional Discrimination Claims Faces an Uphill Battle, Especially Given 2026 Timing electionlawblog.org?p=152920

Starting in a few minutes. Join us!

The tension is killing me

Tired: mustard gas Wired: mustard

Just one more beat on the case for including enlarging the house in any reform: it helps give current incumbents some assurance that they have a decent chance of being elected again. If you un-gerrymander the country without adding seats, many reps will be out of a job, which makes passage tough.

“Republicans Swiftly File Lawsuit in Bid to Block California’s New House Maps” electionlawblog.org?p=152926

One interesting element that came up a couple of times in the tariffs oral argument today is conservative fear that a Dem president could use Trump's tariffs powers to tackle climate change

“Redistricting Battles, Set Off by Trump, Have Few Parallels in U.S. History” electionlawblog.org?p=152924

Elections (still) matter. We need to keep it that way, with free and fair elections, in 2026. SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org.

Big thread!

The Complaint Filed By Republicans Against the Maps Created by California’s Prop 50 Raising Racial Gerrymandering and Intentional Discrimination Claims Faces an Uphill Battle, Especially Given 2026 Timing electionlawblog.org?p=152920

It’s getting a bit lame and tired every time Trump loses an election he claims without evidence it’s because of cheating and “fraud.” Now he’ll roll out some new measure to make it harder for people to vote because he can’t admit to losing. C’mon. Who’s fooled at this point. It’s tiresome.