Jonathan Diaz

@jonathandiaz

Voting lawyer @campaignlegal.org adjunct faculty @georgetownlaw.bsky.social movie musical enthusiast @ everywhere Cuban bre(a)d, Miami built. he/him/él

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Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Jul 6

The VAR officials at Azteca:

I am going to create an environment that is so toxic

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Jun 30

It’s only the SECOND DAY of knockouts I don’t know if I can handle the rest

A group chat screaming with unrestrained excitement about the World Cup

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Jun 25

@jamellebouie.net is right. It's never been about "fraud." It's always been about who is American "enough" to have a say in our society and our government. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/o...

"Voter fraud" is not about fraud. It is about who votes and how. It is about the breadth and scope of the political community. It is, as with most MAGA obsessions, about who can call themselves Americans - entitled to govern as equals -- and who are mere subjects. Trump's obsession with voter fraud is just another expression of the reactionary populist belief that the people who inhabit a place are not equivalent to "the people," who are entitled to rule.

Excerpt from Jamelle Bouie's opinion piece, The Real Reason Trump Never Stops Talking About Voter Fraud, published in the New York Times on June 17, 2026.

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Jun 25

TL;DR - the federal government has no authority to create a national citizenship database and force states to use it to administer elections. USPS has no legal authority to issue binding regulations on mail-in voting, and the President can't force USPS to set any.

An excerpt from a federal court decision stating that the President and DHS lack legal authority to compile lists of voters for each state or create their own voting database.

An excerpt from a federal court decision holding that USPS cannot compile its own lists of individuals eligible to vote by mail and refuse to deliver ballots to anyone not on that list. Neither Congress nor the Executive Branch (including USPS) can determine who is eligible to vote.

An excerpt from a federal district court order holding that USPS lacks any legal authority to issue binding regulations on mail-in voting.

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· May 19

It's primary Election Day in Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon, and Pennsylvania! Need to find your polling place? Check your registration status? Report an incident at the polls? Call 866-OUR-VOTE or check 866ourvote.org for nonpartisan assistance. We're here to help!

Call 866-OUR-VOTE or visit 866ourvote.org for information about how to register to vote, check your status, find your polling location, and more.

Your vote is your voice!

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· May 6

Five years ago, I wrote an essay for @brightwalldarkroom.com on Buena Vista Social Club (www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2021/02/22/d...), accompanied by artwork by the amazing Tony Stella. I’m so sad to hear about his passing, and so grateful for all the amazing pieces he left behind.

Art by the late Tony Stella, depicting a shot from the music documentary Buena Vista Social Club (1999)

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Apr 29

This is what the Roberts Court's 20-year campaign to dismantle the Voting Rights Act has always been about. From Justice Alito's majority opinion in Callais:

an excerpt from the majority opinion in Callais v. Louisiana, in which Justice Sam Alito eviscerated what remained of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The highlighted quote reads: "The States and Federal Government have no compelling interest in generally remediating past discrimination in a particular industry or region or the effects of societal discrimination."

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Apr 22

Proud to work at @campaignlegal.org, and proud to stand with @splcenter.org in the face of the administration’s baseless attack on a pillar of the civil rights community. SPLC brought down the Klan. They’ll win this fight too.

A statement from Trevor Potter, president of the nonpartisan nonprofit Campaign Legal Center, in response to the Trump administration bringing baseless criminal charges against Southern Poverty Law Center. The statement celebrates SPLC’s critical work defending civil rights, including the freedom to vote, and condemning the administration’s dismantling of civil rights protections and attack on SPLC.

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Apr 20

Hey @edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social did you know that Miami beat FSU, Florida, Ohio State, and Notre Dame last year? And did you know that the combined score of those games was 105-67 (plus fees)? $105.67 x 12 months = $1268.04 on the board for the U

A confirmation receipt showing a monthly donation of $108.47 to New American Pathways, a nonprofit organization that helps newly arrived refugees in Georgia.

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Mar 31

Read @votebeat.org, listen to @danilang-votes.bsky.social

VOTEBEAT
Nonpartisan local reporting on elections and voting
Experts said the order will be immediately challenged and that, practically speaking, even if it weren't, it would be difficult to
implement before the November election.
"The president has no power to direct the creation of any of these lists or to restrict the delivery of mail ballots to any given list," said Danielle Lang, vice president for voting rights at the nonprofit Campaign Legal Center, which represented plaintiffs suing over Trump's first executive order on elections.

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Mar 1

Since day one

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Jan 9

ITS GREAT TO BE A MIAMI HURRICANE

THE MIAMI HURRICANES ARE FIESTA BOWL CHAMPIONS AND WILL PLAY IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Jan 2

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...

The Jan. 6 era turns five years old on Tuesday. The anniversary will always be a mournful one for America. The nation’s challenge now is to ensure that the day is ultimately viewed as it initially was: as an aberration. Americans must summon the collective will to bring this era to an end and make certain that the violence, lawlessness and injustice of Jan. 6 do not endure.

Excerpt from a New York Times Editorial Board Opinion piece titled “Trump is the Jan. 6 President.”

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Dec 25

Happy Pawlidays

Two dogs (one black, one brown and white) and two cats (one orange, one grey and white) pose for a Christmas photo

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Nov 27

The haters have never been more wrong

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Nov 27

Every day is an opportunity to review film

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Nov 1

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Sep 4

Plain and simple.

“The USCIS decision to bar nonpartisan organizations from providing voter registration services at naturalization ceremonies is an attempt to keep new citizens from accessing their full rights.”

“By shutting out the League [of Women Voters] and other civic partners, USCIS is making it harder for new citizens to register to vote, which is yet another intimidation tactic and attack on the immigrant community. Our democracy is stronger with the voices of new citizens.”

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Sep 2

Jonah Hill talks on a cell phone with bleach blonde hair slicked back

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Aug 28

State and local election administration may be the last line of defense against full on authoritarianism. Our team at @campaignlegal.org will continue to fight for free and fair elections and a transparent, inclusive, and representative government.

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Aug 17

Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002)

Screenshot of a tweet by @AlexBlechman

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale

Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel Don’t Create the Torment Nexus

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Jun 27

Justice Jackson, also in dissent: this decision is a dangerous threat to the rule of law.

Excerpt from Justice Jackson’s dissent in CASA v. Trump

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Jun 27

Justice Sotomayor is right - this decision isn’t about “universal injunctions,” it’s about undermining our entire system of rights and laws. Today, the SCOTUS majority (once again) abandons the judiciary’s responsibility to ensure the other branches follow the law and the constitution.

Excerpts from Justice Sotomayor’s dissent in CASA v. Trump

Excerpt from Justice Sotomayor’s dissent in CASA v. Trump

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· May 11

A 5 star review on Letterboxd for the 2014 film Selma, directed by Ava DuVernay.

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Apr 24

If you were wondering what @campaignlegal.org is up to - it's winning victories in court on behalf of voters. Today's ruling makes clear: the President has no legal authority to change election rules. Grateful to our partners at @sddaction.bsky.social and our clients LULAC, SFI, and ASA.

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Apr 15

The University of Miami was founded 100 years ago this month. So that means $100 (+ processing fee) monthly to @newap-georgia.bsky.social, and 1200 points on the board for The U in the 2025 EDSBS Charity Bowl. 🙌🏼 @hollyanderson.bsky.social @edsbs.bsky.social

Receipt for $102.65 monthly recurring donation to New American Pathways, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization working to help newly-arrived refugees make themselves at home the United States.

Donated on behalf of the University of Miami as part of the annual EDSBS Charity Bowl.

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Apr 14

An excerpt from the Atlantic article linked in the post below.

The Trump administration is defying a Supreme Court order to retrieve a man it marooned in a Gulag abroad, while pretending to comply with it. What it could do to him, it could do to anyone. More significantly, if the Trump administration can defy court orders with impunity, and Congress is unwilling to act, there is no reason for it to respect the constitutional rights of American citizens either. The Roberts Court will now have to decide
whether to side with the Constitution or with a lawless president asserting the power to disappear people at will. This is not a power that any person, much less an American president, is meant to have.

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Mar 28

Clearly illegal, under both federal and Wisconsin law.

Section 597 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code, the federal anti-vote buying statute.

Heading: Expenditures to Influence Voting -
Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate . . . shall be fined or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

The Wisconsin anti-vote buying statute.

Wisconsin Election Code, Section 12.11. Heading - Election bribery.

Any person who offers, gives, lends, or promises to give or lend, or endeavors to procure, anything of value (including money or any object with a value in excess of $1) in order to induce any voter to: (1) go to or refrain from going to the polls; (2) vote or refrain from voting; (3) vote or refrain from voting for or against a particular person; (4) vote or refrain from voting for or against a particular referendum; or (5) on account of having done any of the above, commits a felony under Wisconsin law.

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Mar 9

60 years later, the march continues.

The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, during the 60th commemoration of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.

Jonathan Diaz@jonathandiaz· Mar 7

Remembering why we do the work. @legacysites.eji.org