Naomi Schalit
@democracyeditor.bsky.social
Politics and Legal Affairs Editor @us.theconversation.com; co-founder w/hubby John Christie of The Maine Monitor. Family of journos & writers. We proofread menus.
"..., to interfere with the franchise of voting in a way that the federal government has never attempted to do, and certainly the president has never attempted to do before.It literally could disenfranchise thousands and thousands of voters...I can’t think of any historical analog to this case" 2/2
September 9, 2026 at 1:58 PM
"..., to interfere with the franchise of voting in a way that the federal government has never attempted to do, and certainly the president has never attempted to do before.It literally could disenfranchise thousands and thousands of voters...I can’t think of any historical analog to this case" 2/2
As a news editor who works with scholars, I have learned from this post and comments on it that scholars actually CAN write fast. I did not know this until now
September 3, 2026 at 2:30 AM
As a news editor who works with scholars, I have learned from this post and comments on it that scholars actually CAN write fast. I did not know this until now
How many of them used to be journalists?
August 10, 2026 at 1:15 AM
How many of them used to be journalists?
Jones said no. “In an election where every vote matters, we will not disenfranchise potentially eligible voters based solely upon the allegations of a private foundation,” he wrote in his memorandum on the case 5/5 END
July 28, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Jones said no. “In an election where every vote matters, we will not disenfranchise potentially eligible voters based solely upon the allegations of a private foundation,” he wrote in his memorandum on the case 5/5 END
In a case filed just prior to the November 2020 presidential election, a conservative legal foundation sued Pennsylvania’s top election official, alleging that she had allowed 21,000 dead people to remain on the voter rolls. The group asked Jones to stop those people from voting 4/5
July 28, 2026 at 4:34 PM
In a case filed just prior to the November 2020 presidential election, a conservative legal foundation sued Pennsylvania’s top election official, alleging that she had allowed 21,000 dead people to remain on the voter rolls. The group asked Jones to stop those people from voting 4/5
Jones: "As a practical matter, we’re down to just over three months before the midterms. I very much doubt a majority of the high court will want to wade into this controversy, given the virtual impossibility of implementing the order even if they granted the requested relief" 3/5
July 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Jones: "As a practical matter, we’re down to just over three months before the midterms. I very much doubt a majority of the high court will want to wade into this controversy, given the virtual impossibility of implementing the order even if they granted the requested relief" 3/5
...and give control of mail balloting to the U.S. Postal Service & DHS; how the constitutional design of U.S. voting bars such federal control; and how Trump’s order would disenfranchise voters and has been the subject of lawsuits by voting rights groups and 23 states 2/5
July 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
...and give control of mail balloting to the U.S. Postal Service & DHS; how the constitutional design of U.S. voting bars such federal control; and how Trump’s order would disenfranchise voters and has been the subject of lawsuits by voting rights groups and 23 states 2/5