NPR: President Biden on Friday declared that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution is “the law of the land,” a surprising declaration that does not have any formal force of effect, but that is being celebrated by… Continue reading

This is a reminder of an excellent resource for voting rights and election law educators: a VIDEO Voting Rights curriculum. This v-casebook is a wonderful supplement to any courses and seminars on election law. It features an array of… Continue reading

Minnesota Reformer: Judy Moe walked into a Richfield Caribou Coffee on Wednesday morning ready to air grievances and advocate for disability rights with her state representative, presenting him with a copy of a printed agenda she created for the… Continue reading

Politico: Rudy Giuliani reached a deal Thursday with two Georgia women who won a $148 million defamation verdict against him that allows him to keep all of his property in exchange for a payment of unknown size — plus a… Continue reading

I’ve written this Common Ground Democracy [Substack] essay to summarize what’s important about James Madison’s 1823 letter that I analyze in the new law review article posted on SSRN, to be published in the Wisconsin Law Review. The key… Continue reading

I have posted this new paper on SSRN. It will be published in the Wisconsin Law Review as part of a symposium held last September. The paper focuses on an 1823 letter written by James Madison, the significance of which… Continue reading

The New York Times has a big piece posted this morning by Jesse Wegman and Lee Drutman advocating for using proportional representation (PR) to elect members of the federal House of Representatives (and expanding the size of the House to… Continue reading

NYT: Reporters and editors at national newspapers are increasing their reliance on encrypted communications to help shield themselves and their sources from potential federal leak investigations and subpoenas. Multiple media organizations are evaluating whether they have enough insurance coverage to… Continue reading

Here is the order (via Democracy Docket). As things stand on the question of removing this case to federal court, the case for now remains before the North Carolina Supreme Court, which would be deciding an issue relating to the… Continue reading

Reuters: Fox Corp (FOXA.O), opens new tab, the parent of Fox News Network, failed to convince a New York state appeals court to dismiss a defamation claim in electronic voting systems company Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion lawsuit over the network’s… Continue reading

NYT: A federal appeals court said on Thursday that it would not block the Justice Department from releasing a report by the special counsel Jack Smith about the two now-closed investigations he conducted into President-elect Donald J. Trump. In a … Continue reading

Alan Durning at Democracy SOS.

NYT: Days away from his criminal sentencing in New York, President-elect Donald J. Trump is seeking a late-stage rescue from the U.S. Supreme Court that would shut down the case before he returns to the White House. In an emergency … Continue reading

NYT: Federal prosecutors said on Wednesday that they planned to hold off on releasing a portion of a report by the special counsel, Jack Smith, detailing his investigation into President-elect Donald J. Trump’s refusal to give back a trove of… Continue reading