Remarkable Data on How Differently Rs and Ds See the US
The poll also finds that only 25% of independents are satisfied with the way things are going in the US:
https://twitter.com/IAPolls2022/status/1961130633196916856
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Number of Executive Orders/Year for Every President
In preparing for a class on presidential powers I’ll be teaching this fall with Bob Bauer, I made this chart of the average number of executive orders per year each President has issued over the course of their presidency. The… Continue reading
“How Did State Count More Kauaʻi Ballots Than County Said It Delivered?”
Troubling story out of Hawaii, hat tip to Charles Stewart for flagging this:
The next meeting of the Hawaiʻi Elections Commission on Wednesday is expected to be dominated by recent findings of discrepancies in the number of drop box and… Continue reading
The Roberts Court Has Applied the Unitary Executive Branch Doctrine Consistently Across Administrations
As most separation of powers/administrative law scholars know, the Roberts Court has consistently applied the unitary executive branch theory (UET) across Democratic and Republican administrations. That theory maintains, at a minimum, that the President must have the power to remove… Continue reading
“No Longer ‘Dead Brad Walking’: Georgia’s Election Chief Makes a Comeback”
From the WSJ, which is paywalled:
Five years ago, Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was banished to the political wilderness.
Donald Trump blamed the mild-mannered election chief for his narrow 2020 Georgia defeat, branding him a RINO… Continue reading
David Shor, Data Analyst for Democrats, with Current and 2022 Posts on Gerrymandering v. Other Voting Issues
I Spoke to CNN About Texas and Mid-Decade Redistricting
I spoke to CNN about Texas and Mid-Decade Redistricting@RedistrictNet @CNN pic.twitter.com/zTk1aqb3vs— Rick Pildes (@RickPildes) August 9, 2025
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Justice Sotomayor Appears to Say That Term Limits for the Court Would be Unconstitutional, Even if Done by Constitutional Amendment
Fix the Court posts an audio recording of Justice Sotomayor speaking at an interview at the University of Zurich in July of 2024. Apparently, Fix the Court just obtained this recording recently. A Justice’s talk at a university is usually… Continue reading
The Alternative Paths to Redistricting Reform the Court Pointed to in Common Cause v. Rucho are Unraveling
In Common Cause v. Rucho, Chief Justice Roberts pointed to the significant reforms to redistricting that had been taking place in the states, as a way of asserting that the federal courts and constitutional doctrine were not the only avenues… Continue reading
Is the Current House Biased Toward Democrats?
According to some of the most prominent scholars in the field, the answer is yes.
Earlier this year, Nick Stephanopoulos, Eric McGhee, and Chris Warshaw published an essay in the Washington Post which showed that after the 2020 round… Continue reading
Our Amicus Brief Against Mid-Decade Redistricting the Last Time Texas Engaged in the Practice
The last time Texas engaged in mid-decade re-redistricting, back in 2006, I filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court for myself, Burt Neuborne, and Sam Issacharoff. Our brief urged the Court to hold that states have no power under… Continue reading
“Sequential Reporting of Vote Counts may Amplify False Perceptions of Election Fraud”
Interesting new study here. Abstract:
In seven studies, we investigated how reporting partial vote counts influences perceptions of election legitimacy. Beliefs in election fraud, as in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, may be fueled by the cumulative redundancy bias… Continue reading
ACLU et. al. Amicus Brief Supports Standing in The Election-Law Case to be Argued Next Term
The ACLU, the League of Women Voters, and other groups have filed an amicus brief in support of the standing claim raised by candidate for Congress Michael Bost in Bost v. Illinois State Bd of Elections. Bost is seeking to… Continue reading
Campaign Finance Issues in the Roman Republic
I’ve been reading Lawless Republic: The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome, by Josiah Osgood. I came across this striking passage on campaign finance issues in elections in 66 BCE, which shows that some of the same issues… Continue reading