This Washington Post story features Prof. Doug Spencer, an election law expert, in both his personal and professional identities: Professor Douglas Spencer began his Thursday afternoon class at the University of Colorado Law School by reading a text message he… Continue reading

Synder, a well-known Yale political scientist, participated in an amicus brief in the case on behalf of academics who study democratic backsliding in other countries. A recent substack post of his illustrates the kind of reaction the Court can expect… Continue reading

I was greatly honored this weekend to receive this award at the annual meeting of the American Law School Association, even if it partly means I have been at this work for a long time.  It’s particularly meaningful to me… Continue reading

The theme of this year’s annual meeting of the American Law Schools Association is Defending Democracy. I’ll be speaking tomorrow on this terrific panel: Legislation, Governance, and Democratic Fragility (co-sponsored Legislation and the Political Process) Moderator: Vicki C. Jackson, Harvard… Continue reading

From NYT: Perhaps no federal officeholder in modern American history has been accused of ignoring, testing or breaking as many aspects of campaign finance law so flagrantly, in such a short span of time, as George Santos has. But his… Continue reading

From the Washington Post: The demise of political party bosses and the smoke-filled rooms in which they operated was heralded a long time ago as an important step toward handing more power over the selection of presidential nominees to ordinary… Continue reading

From Politico: A POLITICO review of tax filings, financial statements and other public documents found that Leo and his network of nonprofit groups are either directly or indirectly connected to a majority of amicus briefs filed on behalf of conservative… Continue reading

As many have noted, Justice O’Connor was the last Justice on the Court who had a political background. She was the majority leader of the Arizona state senate, before becoming a judge and then Justice. Can we say anything about… Continue reading

AP: Georgia Republicans on Friday proposed to redraw the state’s congressional districts to create a new court-ordered Black majority district, maintaining the current 9-5 Republican congressional majority and again targeting Democratic U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath’s district for wholesale transformation. It’s… Continue reading

CNN: President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign has assembled a special task force to ready its responses to misleading AI-generated images and videos, drafting court filings and preparing novel legal theories it could deploy to counter potential disinformation efforts that technology… Continue reading

NYT: A federal judge on Friday rejected claims by former President Donald J. Trump that he enjoyed absolute immunity from criminal charges accusing him of seeking to reverse the 2020 election, slapping down his argument that the indictment should be… Continue reading

From the Washington Post, this can be viewed as a story about how parties seek to recapture control of the nominations process in an age of primaries: With presidential primaries looming, there is only one name on the official… Continue reading

From The Tributary. Note that a separate lawsuit challenging this same part of the congressional map is pending in federal court, where the trial has been completed. A Florida appeals court upheld Gov. Ron DeSantis’ congressional redistricting map,… Continue reading

Important essay that summarizes a lot of the literature on primary elections and suggests the need for greater party control. From Protect Democracy: Parties are increasingly nominating candidates with little experience in politics, undermining the functionality of government and prioritizing… Continue reading