Since Rucho, it’s been generally assumed that attempting to litigate against partisan gerrymanders in federal court is an utter nonstarter. I think this is largely correct, but it light of all the recent discussion over the efforts to make the… Continue reading

A new Common Ground Democracy post with this subtitle: “The upcoming U.S. Senate election in Texas perfectly illustrates the importance of this voting reform.” The post itself begins: “The University of Chicago’s Center for Effective Government, as part of its… Continue reading

NYT: “President Trump reposted a fake video showing former President Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office, as Trump administration officials continue to accuse Mr. Obama of trying to harm Mr. Trump’s campaign during the 2016 election, and… Continue reading

Rice political scientist Bob Stein died yesterday. The Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, he served on the Rice faculty for 46 years. Bob was an expert in voting behavior and an active member of the election scholar… Continue reading

The Impoundment Act of 1974 was passed with strong bipartisan support in the pre-polarization era. It was designed to reassert congressional control over the budget, while ac acknowledging there might be circumstances in which Presidents had good reasons not to… Continue reading

This piece comments on the new lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s congressional map on the ground that it’s an anti-competitive (not a partisan) gerrymander that artificially suppresses competition in most districts. HLS’s Election Law Clinic is working with Law Forward to represent… Continue reading

With mid-decade re-redistricting on the horizon in Ohio and Texas, I wanted to re-up this Slate column I wrote with Aaron Goldzimer a few years back. Over the last two elections, the U.S. House has been exceptionally fair, in aggregate.… Continue reading

CBS news reports here that Emil Bove, the current Deputy Attorney General and President Trump’s nominee to the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, has “declined to rule out the possibility of the president running for a third term… Continue reading

ELB readers might be interested in this roundup of various law and democracy issues from the Expand Democracy team.

You can download a PDF of the report at this link.

Yunior Rivas with the Democracy Docket has the story here. From Yunior’s write-up: In a case where the 8th Circuit has severely weakened the Voting Rights Act (VRA), Native American voters in North Dakota are preparing to ask the… Continue reading

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has put redrawing the State’s congressional map on the agenda for a special legislative session. Stories here, here, and here. From one of the news stories: Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday… Continue reading

The story is here. From the report: MADISON, Wis. — A new lawsuit seeking to redraw Wisconsin’s congressional district boundary lines was filed on Tuesday, less than two weeks after the state Supreme Court declined to hear a pair of other… Continue reading