The RNLA congratulates U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) on being offered the position of Attorney General for the incoming Trump Administration. Senator Sessions will need to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate before he can be sworn in as the next Attorney General.

Ed Whelan reminds us that Senate Republicans, in refusing to hold hearings on Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court, were only following the Democrats' advice (emphasis added):

Last week, Maine voters approved ranked choice voting as a means of choosing the governor and state and federal legislators:

President-Elect Donald Trump has selected the following impressive attorneys to be part of his Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee:

In all the news from the election last week, you may have missed two important changes passed by referendum in Missouri and Alaska.

The Center for Competitive Politics studied political spending in the 2016 election cycle, concluding that the data demonstrates strongly -- yet again -- that spending money does not buy electoral victory:

One of the longest lasting effects of Donald Trump's victory yesterday will be his nominations to the Supreme Court.  Mr. Trump had released a list of people from which he would select the Supreme Court Justice or Justices he will nominate as President.  Clearly, this list of principled jurists who respect the rule of law and Mr. Trump's respect for the Constitution were important factors to voters.  21% of voters said the Supreme Court vacancy was a major factor in their voting decision, and those voters voted for Trump over Clinton 57% to 40%.

In what has become a perennial problem, voters in Pennsylvania, primarily in Philadelphia experienced a number of election administration problems, voter fraud, voter intimidation, and machine problems during voting today:

Every cycle the Democrats and their allies on the left make unfounded allegations of intimidation against Republicans, yet they remain silent on actual intimidation. 

The Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) fights for open, fair and honest elections.