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Watch Video of My “America at a Crossroads” Conversation with Larry Mantle on Prop 50, Redistricting Litigation, and the Integrity of the 2026 Midterm Elections
Here on Youtube:
“Professor Pildes: Effective Government Is the Forgotten Pillar of Democracy”
I did this extended interview for the European Center for Populism Studies. Here is their summary:
In an interview with the ECPS, Professor Richard H. Pildes, one of America’s leading constitutional scholars, warns that democracy’s survival depends not only on… Continue reading
“Mark Cuban Joins Legal Fight Against Dark Money and Super PACs”
This is a story in Sportico about HLS’s Election Law Clinic’s amicus brief on behalf of a group of billionaires arguing that Maine’s limit on Super PAC contributions doesn’t burden their speech and serves important goals including preventing corruption and… Continue reading
“Kansas Republicans drop push to enter nation’s widening redistricting battle”
‘NAACP and Advancement Project Sue Virginia Over Illegal Rejection of College Student Voter Registrations”
Press release:
National civil rights organization Advancement Project and the NAACP Virginia State Conference filed a lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Elections on October 31 for unlawfully disenfranchising college and university students, including those attending Historically Black Colleges and… Continue reading
Federal District Court Issues a Permanent Injunction Barring the U.S. Election Assistance Commission from Altering the Federal Form to Register to Vote to Require Documentary Proof of Citizenship, as Trump Purported to Order
You can find the careful and well reasoned district court opinion at this link. From the introduction:
The first question presented in these consolidated cases is whether the President, acting unilaterally, may direct changes to federal election procedures. Because… Continue reading
NYU Democracy Project: A National Primary Day
Yesterday, Robert Boatright and Catherine Tolbert’s essay argued that we should hold primary elections on a single, national primary day:
When America adopted primary elections, primaries were hailed as a way to give the public a say in choosing our… Continue reading
“AJC poll: Georgia Democrats express growing distrust in the election system”
AJC:
For much of the last decade, it was Republicans who questioned the integrity of Georgia’s elections. Now a growing share of Democrats are voicing doubts of their own.
In the latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll, more than one-third of… Continue reading
“Meta appeals $35M campaign finance fine at WA Supreme Court”
Washington State Standard:
Facebook’s parent company is asking Washington’s high court to overturn what the state’s attorney general has called the largest campaign finance penalty in the nation’s history.
Meta argues the Washington campaign finance law used to justify… Continue reading
This Week at the NYU Democracy Project, We’re Running Essays on Election Related Issues
On Monday, we ran Brad Smith’s skeptical essay about election reforms, titled Too Much to Ask: Voting Reforms Can Only Do So Much, which I blogged about on Monday. Yesterday, Josh Sellers published an essay with a more optimistic take,… Continue reading
Preparing for next year’s midterms
This morning Rick linked to David Graham’s story for the December issue of The Atlantic, entitled Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way.
As someone who wrote a law review article in advance of the 2020… Continue reading
“Johnson says he’s spoken with Trump about ‘the constrictions of the Constitution’ on a third term”
CNN:
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said he has spoken with Donald Trump about the possibility of the president seeking a third-term but that he sees no path for it as any change to the US Constitution would be… Continue reading