HeyJaredWalter Olson
Writer and author, especially on legal subjects. Cato Institute, election law, and Maryland civic stuff.
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The Court’s Ruling on Mail Ballots (opens the original)
Now Can We See Why We Shouldn’t Let Washington, DC Take Over Elections? (opens the original)
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[reprinted from Ripon Forum, September 2026] Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution provides that the legislature of each state shall prescribe the “times, places and manners” of holding elections for the U.S. Congress, “but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations.” Congress has long used its override powers sparingly, and Republicans in particular have warned against both micromanaging how states do their job and the specter of a federal takeover. That remains the c
Dolly Parton Let Her Life Sing (opens the original)
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I wrote the following at Cato in 2019 about one of the nation’s great entertainers, Dolly Parton, who has died at age 80.*A profile in the New York Times finds it “odd” that almost everyone loves country entertainment legend Dolly Parton even though she “has remained reluctant to make the slightest hint of a political statement.” I think that should win some sort of prize for statements that are best at missing w
About the SPLC Prosecution (opens the original)
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In April, the US Department of Justice brought an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center, a prominent left-of-center nonprofit, charging it with offenses including making false statements to a federally insured bank and wire fraud at the expense of its donors. The charges relate to SPLC’s longstanding and highly successful program to recruit covert informants and agents within groups known for advancing racial hatred, publicize the information thus obtained, and by that and various o
New Jersey’s Voter Registration Debacle (opens the original)
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As we now know, New Jersey mistakenly registered roughly 6,600 persons to vote between June 12, 2023, and June 25, 2024 even though they had affirmed they were not US citizens. Of these, somewhat fewer than 400 later voted.So far as I am aware, this is by far the biggest instance of unlawful noncitizen voting in the US unearthed in the past generation, so it may matter that it seems to be widely agreed that the mistaken registration did not result from intentional misconduct by the persons added
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