This story from Politico‘s Kyle Cheney. A key paragraph from the story: “You, sir, present an ongoing threat and a peril to this country, to the republic and to the very fabric of our democracy,” said U.S. District Court Judge… Continue reading

This story from the New York Times by Tracey Tully and William K. Rashbaum. Here’s the lede: Federal prosecutors and the F.B.I. are investigating whether Senator Robert Menendez or his wife received unreported gifts of a luxury car and an… Continue reading

This story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The lede: A trial in a Wisconsin lawsuit over the actions of 10 Republicans who posed as electors for Donald Trump in 2020 despite his election loss will take place just weeks before… Continue reading

This is a guest post by Professor Mike Gilbert: With many thanks to Rick for the invitation, I’m writing about a book of mine that may be of interest to the election law community. The title is Public Law… Continue reading

Rick LaRue replies here to Henry Olsen’s comments on LaRue’s electoral reform proposals.

From the Democracy Docket. A snippet: Lawsuit filed on behalf of the Florida State Conference of Branches and Youth Units of the NAACP, Equal Ground Education Fund, Voters of Tomorrow, Disability Rights Florida, Alianza for Progress, Alianza Center, UnidosUS… Continue reading

This story in Politico by Josh Gerstein. A snippet: Chief Justice John Roberts signaled Tuesday that the Supreme Court is attuned to public ethics concerns about the justices, saying that he’s seeking ways to address those worries without jeopardizing the… Continue reading

The bill is here. For more details, see here.

A Balkinization post by Gerard N. Magliocca

A story by WLRN reporter Joshua Ceballos on this ACLU lawsuit alleging that the City of Miami’s electoral districts were racially gerrymandered. A snippet from the WLRN story: A federal magistrate judge has recommended that the City of Miami throw… Continue reading

This is a guest post by Professor Travis Crum: Last week, I was in Washington, DC, and stopped by the Library of Congress to check out the newly opened papers of Justice Stevens. Given my interest in the Fifteenth… Continue reading

Sightline Institute conducted this analysis of Alaska’s voting system. Key findings: In 2022, Alaska held its first elections with open primaries and ranked choice voting.   Sightline analyzed the diversity of Alaska legislative classes from 2008 to 2022 in four areas:… Continue reading

A story in Politico by Katherine Tully-McManus and Nicholas Wu on Dianne Feinstein. A snippet: Dianne Feinstein has taken on a noticeably lighter schedule since she came back from California. She appears in the Senate only at committee hearings or… Continue reading

Here are some things that struck me listening to the argument today.1) What will the RKB triumvirate do? As Rick Hasen noted in his post, the question is which way will Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett go. My guess is… Continue reading