You can find the court’s opinion at this link. The sole basis for the reversal was lack of sufficient evidence that defendant Mackey had conspired with others to deprive people of their right to vote.
The Court did not address… Continue reading
Andrew Albright has published this student note in the California Law Review. Here is the abstract:
This Note explores the idea of paying Americans to cast their ballots as a mechanism to increase electoral participation among lower income voters and… Continue reading
Last week Rick Pildes covered the exciting news that Heather Gerken is going to head the Ford Foundation, after a successful stint as Yale Law School dean. And even better, as the NYT headline puts it, Ford Foundation’s New Leader … Continue reading
In the lawsuit raising constitutional objections to limits on religious nonprofits being involved in endorsing candidates and doing other election related activities, a proposed joint consent decree, in which plaintiffs and the federal government would agree to what would… Continue reading
Florida Politics:
Florida State University’s Election Law Center now has a place in state statute, even if it didn’t receive full funding.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation (SB 892) formally establishing the Center, which has existed since 2023 at… Continue reading
Thomas Renault , Mohsen Mosleh, and David G. Rand in PNAS:
We use crowd-sourced assessments from X’s Community Notes program to examine whether there are partisan differences in the sharing of misleading information. Unlike previous studies, misleadingness here… Continue reading
I am pleased to welcome Ciara Torres-Spelliscy to the ELB Book Corner, writing about her new book Corporatocracy. This is the final of four posts:
What makes the money in politics hard to trace is the tendency of corporations… Continue reading
Ryan Reilly for NBC News:
FBI Director Kash Patel said this week the bureau had shared “alarming” — but unsubstantiated — allegations about manipulation of the 2020 election with a Republican member of Congress.
“The FBI has located documents which… Continue reading
Here’s my yearly roundup of election law academic hires, promotions moves, visits, accolades:
James Alcorn started as the Senior Director of the Election Law Program at William and Mary law school.
Travis Crum was granted tenure and promoted to professor… Continue reading