Not normal

“Ohio governor ‘reluctantly’ signs bill eliminating grace period for late ballots” electionlawblog.org?p=153635

A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty: My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media. Huh? When did I say that?!

Bari Weiss sends an email to CBS staff defending her spiking of a story that made Trump look bad. She claims her action got lots of attention because it was "a slow news week." Um, the news week wasn't slow. Her move got attention because Americans don't like CBS turning into state-controlled media.

Oh we are so cooked www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...

Someone should write a book on that. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Liptak on @martylederman.bsky.social: How a Scholar Nudged the Supreme Court Toward Its Troop Deployment Ruling www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...

😅

Trump doesn't want another conservative outlet. He wants a more loyalist outlet that will be less likely to investigate and report the truth. And the "60 Minutes" debacle shows he's already getting it.

Glad to see the report I helped write get some news attention!

“As more states pass proof of citizenship laws, report points to Kansas as cautionary tale” electionlawblog.org?p=153632

“US bars former EU commissioner Thierry Breton and others over tech rules” electionlawblog.org?p=153628

I don’t wanna sound partisan but I think it’s bad when the president keeps raging publicly about free speech and late night comedy he doesn’t like and threatening state censorship all the time, and also using language that is easily construed as calling for someone’s death

Very helpful analysis.

if you call them “interim orders,“ they won’t be controversial

“Voters sue to suspend Missouri’s new congressional map until a referendum” electionlawblog.org?p=153624

“Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon; Lobbyists close to Trump say their going rate to advocate for a pardon is $1 million” electionlawblog.org?p=153622

“Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives” electionlawblog.org?p=153620

This from Ilya Somin at @volokhc.bsky.social is well worth your time: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Whoa, @leahlitman.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social being marketed by Ticketmaster next to Nick Lowe. Perhaps they could work in "Cruel to Be Kind" in their next discussion of SCOTUS.

Big ups to Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social who flagged this argument that SCOTUS relied on (that regular forces refer to military forces, not federal law enforcement).

Not only is this Supreme Court order making it harder for President Trump to send national guard into American cities welcome, Justice Kavanaugh seems to want to pull back from his earlier concurrence where he suggested race and ethnicity could be the basis for immigration checks. Now he says this:

And there are signs of foreign actors involved in the wave of anonymous pizza deliveries that various judges perceived as an intimidation tactic:

NEW: One brought a gun home. One moved. Others improved home security. Life as a federal judge in the age of Trump: www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

“To Slobber and Protect: Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Kept an Election Safe” electionlawblog.org?p=153618

I know this is a glitch at the NYT website, but it seems telling overall.

Must-read @nedfoley.bsky.social commentary: www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/redi...

If anything, the internal criticism at NPR should be directed at journalists if there is a sense they are not doing the work they need to find a broader and more nuanced set of legal experts to call on—rather than snarkily suggesting the expert they are citing is to blame.

He's a smart and knowledgeable guy who plays things down the middle. I totally agree that reporters should call a range of sources, but you could do a lot worse than calling him when you're on deadline. (To be clear, I sometimes disagree with the substance of his quotes, but that's irrelevant.)

i came out to have a good time and honestly....

“New Jersey Gubernatorial Election is Sixth Most Expensive in US History” electionlawblog.org?p=153612

“Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office” electionlawblog.org?p=153614

“Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.” electionlawblog.org?p=153606

Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way. by Ezra Klein

“Fulton County admission on unsigned voting tabulations brings back spotlight on 2020 election” electionlawblog.org?p=153604

“Trump’s DOJ offers states confidential deal to remove voters flagged by feds” electionlawblog.org?p=153600

“How the Supreme Court’s Mail-In Ballot Ruling Could Affect Voters” electionlawblog.org?p=153602

endorse

“Koch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle” electionlawblog.org?p=153592

“Democrats Just Won Seats in Mississippi. The Supreme Court Could Block a Repeat.” electionlawblog.org?p=153596

“Coldwater community supports former Mayor at first court appearance since election fraud accusations” electionlawblog.org?p=153598

“Explainer: Can the Federal Government Force States to Hand Over Citizens’ Voter Information?” electionlawblog.org?p=153590

“The Escalating Race to Redistrict: Your Questions Answered” electionlawblog.org?p=153588

NEW: We asked Bolts readers to send us questions about mid-decade redistricting. We got many — and we answer a bunch today. How are the new maps changing the midterms? Would proportional representation help? Why are courts not doing more? And more! Read on:

Johnnymanders

We should stop calling this “gerrymanders” and come up with something based on John Roberts’s name.

"Memorial"

“US Department of Justice sues Georgia over voter information” electionlawblog.org?p=153584

“I Drove 700 Miles Through California’s Absurd New Congressional District” electionlawblog.org?p=153586