This is a fascinating challenge to Virginia’s felon disenfranchisement law on the grounds that it violates the fundamental conditions placed on its 1870 re-admission to the Union. The Court’s docket can be found here. At this stage of the… Continue reading

KATV News: The League of Women Voters of Arkansas (LWVAR) has filed a lawsuit challenging several state laws that they argue dismantle Arkansas’s ballot initiative process. … The lawsuit, filed Monday, lists 5 bills brought forward by Senator Kim… Continue reading

NYT: Earlier this month Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, decided to swap out his usual American flag lapel pin. Instead of the stars and stripes, he pinned a gold medallion in the shape of President… Continue reading

Wash. Post: The wife of former U.S. senator Bob Menendez was found guilty on Monday of helping her husband generate a steady flow of bribes and gifts that totaled about $1 million and included gold bars, cash and a… Continue reading

Benjamin Plener Cover (Idaho) has posted this draft, which is creatively entitled “Voter Fraud Mistake,” on SSRN (forthcoming, William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal). Here is the abstract: False narratives challenging electoral integrity often cite ineligible voting as… Continue reading

The Complaint is here. The Harvard Crimson reports: Harvard sued the Trump administration in federal court on Monday over its multibillion dollar cuts to the University’s research funding, accusing the White House of undertaking an arbitrary and unconstitutional campaign… Continue reading

MSNBC: This year’s White House Easter Egg Roll event will feature activities “courtesy” of a number of corporate sponsors, including several tech companies that made financial contributions to President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee. According to a statement from first lady… Continue reading

Karen Tumulty at the Washington Post: “We are all afraid,” Murkowski said Monday at an event in Anchorage. “It’s quite a statement. But we are in a time and a place where — I don’t know — I certainly have… Continue reading

Politico: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday pushed back on David Hogg’s effort to fund primary challengers against select Democrats in deep blue seats, arguing in favor of a more efficient allocation of party resources. “Here’s the thing,”… Continue reading

Michael Kang (Northwestern) has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Northwestern University Law Review). Here is the abstract: Hyperpartisanship has hit century-long highs in American politics and is emboldening state government attempts to undermine election outcomes by using control over… Continue reading

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The Assembly: Days after Republicans on the state Supreme Court created a path for Jefferson Griffin to overturn his 2024 loss to incumbent Democrat Allison Riggs, the Democratic-controlled State Board of Elections significantly narrowed it.  … On April 15, the… Continue reading

Wilfred Codrington has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Harvard Law and Policy Review). Here is the abstract: Drafted in exceedingly sparing terms and notoriously difficult to amend, the U.S. Constitution is falling short in one of the most important… Continue reading

Military and overseas voters whose votes are set to be thrown out in the long-running dispute over North Carolina’s 2024 state supreme court race have filed a new lawsuit alleging a series of constitutional violations. Harvard Law School’s Election Law… Continue reading