All posts by Guy Charles
How and Why Justice Breyer (and Other Justices) Should Weigh in on the Independent-State-Legislature Notion Before Breyer Retires
Vik Amar has this piece for Verdict. From the article:
As I noted last week and major news outlets have also reported, the United States Supreme Court is poised next week to consider taking up the North Carolina partisan-gerrymandering… Continue reading
“Ginni Thomas pressed 29 Ariz. lawmakers to help overturn Trump’s defeat, emails show”
Emma Brown of the Washington Post has this article on Ginni Thomas. From the article:
Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, pressed 29 Republican state lawmakers in Arizona — 27 more than previously known —… Continue reading
The Other Cause of January 6
Cardozo Law Professor Kate Shaw in the Atlantic on the Electoral College. From the article:
John Eastman. Rudy Giuliani. Donald Trump himself.
These people all bear some responsibility for the events of January 6, 2021. But there is another… Continue reading
“U.S. Senate confirms Michigan’s Bagenstos to be Health and Human Services lawyer”
Congrats Sam! Coverage of Sam’s latest accomplishment here.
Center for Political Accountability Issues Report on Corporations, Political Spending, and Democracy
Bruce F. Freed and Karl J. Sandstrom have this post on the Center For Political Accountability’s report on corporations and democratic crisis. From the post:
“Companies today face a moment of reckoning for their political spending. The crisis that confronts… Continue reading
“‘Trump Was at the Center’: Jan. 6 Hearing Lays Out Case in Vivid Detail”
Luke Broadwater has this story for the NY Times. From the article:
The House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the United States Capitol opened a landmark set of hearings on Thursday by showing video of aide… Continue reading
“Order To Redo Louisiana Maps Temporarily Halted By Circuit Court”
The Fifth Circuit has issued a temporary stay of the district court opinion in Robinson v. Ardoin. Here is a short story by Bloomberg reporter Meghashyam Mali. This development is not surprising. The question for me is whether the plaintiffs… Continue reading
“Dems meddle in Senate primary to advance hardline MAGA Republican”
Natalie Allison for Politico. From the article:
“Colorado isn’t viewed as a prime Republican Senate pickup opportunity this fall — not yet at least.In the hopes of keeping it that way, Democrats are aggressively advancing the campaign of a… Continue reading
“Ten years later, California’s ‘top two’ primary isn’t always what it seems”
John Myers has this piece in the LA Times. From the article:
“The promises made by supporters of the top-two primary largely fell into one of three categories: increased participation by the state’s growing number of independent voters, a decrease… Continue reading
America’s Redistricting Process Is Breaking Democracy
This is a few days old but worth highlighting. In the New Yorker by Sue Halpern (@suehalpernvt). From the piece:
“The redistricting process may seem arcane and academic, even negligible, but it is a foundation of representative… Continue reading
“The Law of Democratic Disqualification”
A new law review article forthcoming in the California Law Review by Tom Ginsburg (University of Chicago), Aziz Huq (University of Chicago), and David Landau (Florida State University). From the abstract:
Almost all constitutions, including our own, contain one or… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court Is Not Supposed to Have This Much Power”
Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan for The Atlantic. From the piece:
“Contrary to what many people have come to believe, judicial supremacy is not in the Constitution, and does not date from the founding era. It took hold of… Continue reading
“How South Dakota Voters Won a Power Struggle With G.O.P. Legislators”
Blake Hounshell wrote this piece for the NY Times. From the article:
“Coming on the same night that voters in San Francisco ousted their lightning rod of a district attorney, Chesa Boudin — in what was widely interpreted as a… Continue reading