NYT:
The Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to enact major elements of its agenda have led to a series of courtroom clashes between increasingly skeptical judges and the beleaguered lawyers responsible for defending the government’s positions, which some have come to… Continue reading
Charles Stewart and Joseph Loffredo have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In recent years, confidence and trust in the American electoral system have drawn the attention of academics, the media, the public, and policymakers. Much of… Continue reading
Derek Clinger has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Case Western Law Review). Here is the abstract:
After Ohioans overwhelmingly approved an initiated statute in 2023 legalizing adult-use marijuana and establishing a regulatory framework for the new commercial industry, state… Continue reading
Camille Aynes and Eleonora Bottini blog:
It was a political bombshell. On Monday, 31 March 2025, Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right party Rassemblement National (National Rally) in France, was convicted of misappropriation of public funds in the so-called… Continue reading
Court order:
BREAKING: NC Supreme Court has temporarily blocked appeals court decision that would've disqualified roughly 267 ballots and required more than 61,000 voters to cure registration/ballot deficiencies within 15 business days in order for their votes to count. Story… Continue reading
Deuel Ross has written this fascinating article for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. Here is the abstract:
Voting is an act of faith. Faith that your vote will matter. Faith that your vote will make a difference.… Continue reading
NY Times:
When President Trump returned to office, his rivals and law enforcement officials feared he would follow through on his pledges to use the Justice Department and F.B.I. to investigate and even imprison his perceived enemies.
But since winning… Continue reading
Hi. Justin here. Rick Pildes just posted here about the significant federal due process problems with Friday’s state appellate opinion on the North Carolina state supreme court race.
I’ll go further: I think that the appellate decision raises a number… Continue reading
The recent 2-1 decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals calls into question the legitimacy of over 61,000 ballots cast in the Griffin-Riggs battle over a critical seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. The court’s decision appears to… Continue reading
Season 6, Episode 7 of the ELB Podcast:
How did campaigning and false information in campaigns change in the 2024 elections?
What role did platform content moderation play in 2024?
Is generative AI going to change campaigns in 2028 and… Continue reading
Peter Baker for the NYT:
After President Trump said last year that he wanted to be a dictator for a day, he insisted that he was only joking. Now he is saying that he may try to hold onto… Continue reading
“That’s when I was trying to buy the election in Wisconsin. I’m an idiot. I should have just bought Wisconsin.”
–“Elon Musk,” played by Mike Myers, in SNL cold opening, explaining why he came out to a White House… Continue reading