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Apr 24, 2024 | 
homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Walter Olson
IMMIGRATIONThe Right’s Bogus Claims about Noncitizen Voting FraudPublished 24 April 2024Bogus claims of widespread voter fraud, even when they do not stoke hatred and fear of the foreign‐born, are grossly irresponsible. They exacerbate polarization and malign honest election administrators. Most of all, they undermine public confidence in our election system.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
open.substack.com | Walter Olson
Elon Musk. Credit: Frederic Legrand, COMEO. Shutterstock. If you believe Elon Musk, “Democrats” are permitting large numbers of immigrants into the country on purpose in order to win elections.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
theunpopulist.net | Walter Olson
If you believe Elon Musk, “Democrats” are permitting large numbers of immigrants into the country on purpose in order to win elections.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
statecourtreport.org | Anthony Sanders |Walter Olson |Nancy Watzman |Kathrina Szymborski Wolfkot
Can singing or writing violent song lyrics be used as evidence that a person has committed a violent crime? Over and over again, in state courts across the country, prosecutors are trying to do just that. The question for courts, including in a recent case in Iowa, is whether this tactic risks convicting people not because of what they did or didn’t do, but because of how jurors react to their taste in music. But it’s not all musical genres that have the attention of prosecutors.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
nxtmine.com | Steven Rosenfeld |Walter Olson
Walter OlsonDonald Trump’s ongoing claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him occupy a curious position in our current political discourse. They are plainly of the highest importance, and yet they are seldom scrutinized with much empirical or statistical care. Polls find that something on the order of a third of Americans and a majority of Republican voters accept the idea that Joe Biden was not the lawful winner in 2020.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
theunpopulist.net | Walter Olson
Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit this week, Donald Trump is arguing sweeping claims of immunity from prosecution for acts he committed as president.
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Aug 28, 2023 | 
plus.thebulwark.com | Walter Olson |Damon Linker |Linda Chavez
[On the August 25, 2023 edition of The Bulwark’s “Beg to Differ” podcast, host Mona Charen asked the panelists about the law review article by William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen arguing that state election officials can exclude Donald Trump’s name from the ballot for federal office because he “engaged in insurrection” after having “taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution.”]Walter Olson: I have a somewhat middle-of-the-road and equivocal view. . . .
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
b2d.thebulwark.com | Mona Charen |Damon Linker |Walter Olson |Linda Chavez |William Galston
Appears in this episodeWrites Linda Chavez SubscribeWrites Walter Olson SubscribeA weekly roundtable hosted by Mona Charen along with syndicated columnist Linda Chavez, Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution, and Damon Linker of The Week. Respectful, rational, civil. Walter Olson of CATO joins the panel for debate analysis, including the rise of “RamaSMARMY.” Plus, a discussion of the 14th Amendment argument for disqualifying Trump, and disentangling the Hunter Biden story threads.
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Aug 9, 2023 | 
theunpopulist.net | Walter Olson
Shutterstock. Lev RadinJust over a year ago, the Cato Institute’s Walter Olson published a landmark piece at The UnPopulist calling for the prosecution of former President Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and illegally remain in office.
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Aug 4, 2023 | 
open.substack.com | Walter Olson
Shutterstock. Lev RadinJust over a year ago, the Cato Institute’s Walter Olson published a landmark piece at The UnPopulist calling for the prosecution of former President Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and illegally remain in office.
