David Gans in Slate on Allen v. Milligan as a template for the exercise of Congress’s power to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment more broadly that the Court construes it. I detect some tension between this piece and Rick Hasen’s one … Continue reading

The Hill reports on Trump’s latest promise of revenge. Like so many previous examples of not-surprising-but-still-shocking breaches of important norms, this crosses yet another line of impropriety dangerous to democracy. What will it take to bring the United States back… Continue reading

Isaac Chotiner of the New Yorker did this Q&A about Milligan with Ruth Greenwood: So, yes, I am completely shocked. There is no version of what happened today that I had predicted. We had fifteen different possible outcomes about how… Continue reading

Electionline picked up this disturbing story about election denialism in Montana. We’ve all read a lot of similar stories over the last few years, but this one is current and particularly striking in the details of the town meeting where… Continue reading

That’s a quote from his extensive interview with Bolts regarding the decision and its implications. Justin amplified the point behind his vivid metaphor: “There’s absolutely no question that the VRA remains one of the crown jewels of the civil rights… Continue reading

Spectrum News reports on the party-line vote in the state legislature that will adopt no excuse absentee voting in New York even though the state’s voters rejected an amendment to the state’s constitution that would do the same. The report… Continue reading

Robert Barnes and Ann Marimow of the Washington Post have a comprehensive analysis of prior election law decisions from the Roberts Court and their comparison to Allen v. Milligan.

Greg Bluestein and Mark Niesse of the Atlantic Journal-Constitution report. Amy Gardner has a related report in the Washington Post. As these are party not government officials, it is unclear what implications if any these election denialists will have… Continue reading

Jason Willick in the Washington Post arguing that the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact could lead to chaos in the joint session of Congress for counting electoral votes. I’m no fan of the compact (although I favor a constitutional amendment… Continue reading

Melissa Murray and Steve Vladeck in WaPo: The Supreme Court’s unexpected decision on Thursday to keep Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act intact was greeted with relief — even giddiness — among many in the media. Some even… Continue reading

POLITICO on the potential spoiler effect of this third-party candidacy. The story observes: “Democrats feel that the Green Party’s Jill Stein siphoned votes from Hillary Clinton in 2016, helping usher former President Donald Trump into office.” But, as my book… Continue reading

Enough time has passed since the Court asked the parties to file letters on the jurisdictional issues that it seems highly unlikely the Court — if it is going to dismiss the case — will do so with a one-line… Continue reading

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Thanks to Nick for covering what has turned out to be a very busy week in the ELB world! Ned Foley is primary ELB blogger for the next two weeks starting Monday. So send your tips and comments to… Continue reading