Release:
A landmark report to be released on June 18 by the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate finds that local election administrators consistently lack sustained funding, adequate… Continue reading
NYT:
If Texas lawmakers follow through on President Trump’s call to redraw state congressional maps to help the Republican Party, New York leaders say they want to be ready to respond in kind.
Democrats in the State Assembly and Senate… Continue reading
Press release via email:
The Transparent Election Initiative, a Montana organization, today released the public draft of a historic constitutional amendment that takes direct aim at Citizens United—and the corporate and dark money it unleashed into Montana’s politics. The amendment… Continue reading
NYT:
The largest super PAC backing House Democrats is creating a new fund with upward of $20 million to target congressional Republicans in Texas if legislators there follow through on plans to redraw district lines to eliminate Democratic seats ahead… Continue reading
I’m back at the helm, except for next week, when Nick is on.
I so appreciate the work of my fellow bloggers, which frees me to do other writing and travel over the summer.
Thanks all!
Via Politico:
“I don’t think it’s doable. I think there are too many constitutional constraints,” said Bruce Cain, a Stanford political scientist who was deeply involved as a staffer in the partisan gerrymanders from a prior era of California politics.… Continue reading
Via Steve Vladeck comes this Supreme Court order, over the dissents of Justices Alito, Gorsuch, and Thomas, of the Eighth Circuit case raising the question whether private plaintiffs have the right to sue under Section 2 of the Voting… Continue reading
NYT:
Displaying a willingness to weaponize the federal government in ways that were as novel as they were audacious, he took on a wide variety of individuals and institutions — from law firms and universities to journalists and federal bureaucrats… Continue reading
Sung Hui Kim has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This Article examines the role of attorney Kenneth Chesebro in orchestrating the “fake electors plot” following the 2020 U.S. presidential election. It traces Chesebro’s transformation from a… Continue reading
As I noted a few days ago, Justice Kavanaugh put on hold via an administrative stay an Eighth Circuit case concerning whether private plaintiffs have the right to sue to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The answer… Continue reading