Fox2 Detroit reports: “The organizers aim to collect 600,000 signatures to ensure they have at least 426,000 valid names to qualify for the statewide November 2026 ballot.” The story goes on to say: “If the law were in effect… Continue reading

Dara Lindenbaum, a Democratic FEC commissioner, has a Washington Post op-ed: “Congress should amend the relevant provisions of [FECA} to eliminate the requirement that the FEC publish individual contributors’ street names and numbers on public disclosure reports. Congress should… Continue reading

In a post yesterday, Ned Foley took issue with the essay from Randy Barnett posted yesterday at NYU’s Democracy Project. Here’s an excerpt from Randy’s piece, so readers can understand the context of Ned’s critique. Today’s post at the Democracy… Continue reading

An hour before Jimmy Kimmel returned to his show last night, Trump posted: “I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. … He is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of… Continue reading

Randy Barnett’s contribution to The NYU Law Democracy Project’s “100 ideas in 100 days” series asks this question. I encourage you to read for a succinct statement of his viewpoint. Whether or not he accurately characterizes the views of James… Continue reading

From the USA Today Network, this particular change caught my attention: “HB 154, which will go into effect on Sept. 30, allows voters to request that their ballot be hand-counted if they live in a town or… Continue reading

Nebraska Examiner reports on the Common Cause lawsuit.

Has a lengthy quote from Rick Pildes: “When people perceive politics as existential, they believe the country will never be the same, in a fundamental way, if the other side prevails. The other side is not merely the opposition, but… Continue reading

In the latest episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour podcast, David Remnick interviews Marc Elias about the threat to next year’s midterms posed by the possibility that President Trump will attempt to abuse presidential power in order to… Continue reading

New Law and Democracy podcast episode.

It is often observed among scholars of democracy that an essential ingredient for the success of democracy is for political opponents to view each other, not as implacable enemies to be crushed, but instead as fellow citizens who have good-faith… Continue reading

Votebeat reports, focusing on the pending case in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, but also noting the recent Third Circuit decision: “The Republican National Committee is asking the full bench of 3rd Circuit judges to rehear the case. … And… Continue reading

POLITICO reports that “Charles Munger Jr. has spent more than $30 million to defeat a redistricting campaign. … He dedicated about $14 million to sell Californians on ballot measures to create an independent redistricting commission, which he argued would permanently… Continue reading

Michelle Cottle’s N.Y. Times Opinion essay on the Republican representatives from California who may end up as “collateral damage” from the “redistricting war” that Trump has unleashed.