Arizona Republic:
In her lengthy lawsuit first filed in December, Lake argued that based on “information and belief,” “a material number” of votes with signatures that were not properly verified were counted and could have altered the outcome of the… Continue reading
This is a co-authored post by Eric McGhee, Chris Warshaw, and me about our new article, “Non-Retrogression Without Law,” on the consequences of Shelby County v. Holder in the redistricting context:
A decade ago, the Supreme Court held… Continue reading
The following is a guest post from Ellen Katz, part of the #ELB20th Anniversary retrospective:
Don’t Change A Thing?
I found myself humming this early 80s INXS song shortly after receiving Rick’s kind invitation to post something marking the… Continue reading
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RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Election Law & Voting Rights (Topic)
As of: 19 Dec 2022 – 17 Feb 2023
RankPaperDownloads1.The New Judicial Power Grab… Continue reading
Eric McGhee, Chris Warshaw, and I just posted this paper, written for the University of Chicago Legal Forum’s symposium on Borders and Boundaries, addressing the extent of retrogression in states formerly covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights… Continue reading
Twenty years ago this month, I began the Election Law Blog. It was a continuation of sorts of news and commentary that I had been sharing with election law professors, first via a listserv Dan Lowenstein and I created that… Continue reading
NYT:
William Consovoy, a rising star within the conservative legal firmament who made his name arguing landmark cases on election law and affirmative action, often before the Supreme Court, and who represented President Donald J. Trump in his effort to… Continue reading
Last July, I testified at a Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on The Constitution, hearing entitled “Restoring the Voting Rights Act after Brnovich and Shelby County.”
Two Senators had follow-up questions, and I have now posted the questions and… Continue reading
I have written this piece with Dahlia Lithwick for Slate. It begins:
On Monday, the New York Times broke the news that last year conservative mastermind Leonard Leo had obtained control over $1.6 billion through something called the “Marble Freedom… Continue reading
Samantha Bradshaw and Shelby Grossman at Lawfare:
Editor’s Note: To fight election-related misinformation, social media platforms often apply labels that let users know the information from a post is misleading in some way. Samantha Bradshaw of American University and… Continue reading
Zach Montellaro for Politico:
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been slowly whittled away over the last decade by the Supreme Court — and a case set to be heard in the fall could shrink the protections offered by… Continue reading