Bolts Magazine reports that the chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Max Baer, passed away on Friday. He had long been a strong supporter of voting rights, ruling against efforts to undermine the right to vote through partisan gerrymandering… Continue reading
Interesting New York Times story on how a small election software company, Konnech, became the focus of a right wing conspiracy theory surrounding the 2020 election. According to the Times, Konnech’s employees have faced increasing threats of violence despite the… Continue reading
Fascinating New York Times deep dive on the strategy underlying the decision by some Republican lawmakers to reject the 2020 election results, and how this approach has impacted the party orthodoxy in the 20 months since January 6th. In the… Continue reading
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Lawmakers face increasing threats as our politics have become more polarized and more dangerous, especially in the wake of January 6th. A number of representatives, who span the ideological spectrum, have fallen victim to in-person intimidation and… Continue reading
I have taken the unorthodox step (for me, anyway) of posting an early draft of an essay that I am working on. My take on the independent state legislature theory, forthcoming in a special symposium issue of the Texas A&M… Continue reading
Stanford Law Review recently posted a short essay that I wrote for the journal’s symposium on “Safeguarding the Fundamental Right to Vote.” The symposium includes a really terrific set of essays from Sam Issacharoff, Yasmin Dawood, Michael Kang, Michael Morley,… Continue reading
This week, I joined Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick on the Amicus podcast to talk about the Alabama redistricting decision, Merrill v. Milligan. The episode, “Politics Masquerading as Law” is available here.I also had the pleasure of talking Supreme Court appointments… Continue reading
This is my first blog post on ELB, and I couldn’t be more excited to be a part of the revamp. I am a devout reader of the blog and very much appreciate the hard work that Rick has put… Continue reading