by jpitney | Apr 20, 2023 | Elections, Electoral College, Vice President
Joseph M. Bessette and Gary J. Schmitt have a report at AEI titled Counting Electoral Votes: How the Constitution Empowers Congress—and Not the Vice President—to Resolve Electoral Disputes Key Points The vice president does not have “plenary” authority under the...
by jpitney | Mar 26, 2023 | Asian American, Crime, Elections
Asian Americans to Democrats: “we want safe streets, good schools and less progressive ideology.” That’s the message and 2024 warning from San Francisco. Footnote about our unfortunate experience at the end. @OutFrontCNN story features @JoelEngardio....
by jpitney | Mar 10, 2023 | California Politics, Civility, Congress, Elections
Judy Kurtz at Yahoo: Ben Savage wouldn’t just add some star power to Congress, the “Boy Meets World” actor says — his House bid aims to get rid of the “negativity” in Washington. “It’s about doing good and it’s about doing the right thing,” Savage, who announced his...
by jpitney | Dec 12, 2022 | Elections, Tim Scott
Marianne Levine at Politico: Joni Ernst is “very excited” about a potential Tim Scott presidential run. John Cornyn would “advise him to go for it.” And John Barrasso said it “doesn’t get any better than Tim Scott.” Even Sen. Lindsey Graham, who spent much of Donald...
by jpitney | Nov 23, 2022 | Elections, Electoral College, Vice President
At AEI, Joseph Bessette and Gary Schmitt find no support for the view that the Vice President has unilateral constitutional authority to resolve electoral vote disputes. Our analysis proceeds in four stages. First, we show that the framers viewed the Vice Presidency...
