The DOJ has now sued almost half of the states in the country to try to get access to their voter files. I believe that the Central District of California is first out of the gate with a written ...
Rick P. already has a great take on today’s decision in Bost, helpfully blogged by Travis. In particular, I am inclined to agree with Rick’s view that we may not see much on-the-ground difference ...
Back at the time the Court was asked to hear this case about when candidates have standing to challenge election laws in advance of an election, I supported on this blog the Court taking the case. I ...
NYT: Democratic Party insiders are beginning to puzzle over one of the more consequential decisions for the party’s future: which states should vote first in the 2028 presidential primary elections.
Supreme Court justices take two oaths. The first, required of all federal officials, is a promise to support the Constitution. The second, a judicial oath, is more specific. It requires them, among ...
WaPo: President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that Democrats would “find a reason to impeach me” if the GOP lost control of Congress — using the prediction to pressure lawmakers to unify behind a ...
Congress learned some hard lessons about the limits of its power during the first year of the second Trump administration, when Republican leaders in both chambers largely declined to check a ...
A 3-judge California district court, on a 2-1 party line vote, issued this order holding that California likely did not engage in a racial gerrymander (or violate Section 2 of the VRA) when California ...
Faux Campaign Finance Regulation and the Pathway to American Oligarchy (conference paper dated Apr. 24, 2025, draft available, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm ...
A Grand Bargain is Emerging in the Supreme Court’s Trump Cases, But Chaos May be Ahead, Slate, February 8, 2024 Donald Trump is Asking the Supreme Court for the Bush v. Gore Treatment, Slate, February ...
Weeks before a lawsuit against a recent New Hampshire voting law goes to trial in federal court, state lawmakers are pushing to tighten voting requirements further. The House passed a bill this month ...