Brennan Center: For much of the past century, the U.S. Supreme Court was the primary guardian of civil rights and liberties. In many areas the Court is now backing away from that role, and legal scholars and citizens alike are… Continue reading

Looks like some good panels here.

Dan Tokaji and I did this podcast about our election law casebook (also edited by Rick Hasen and, formerly, Dan Lowenstein). We covered a range of topics including democratic theory, voting, redistricting, and campaign finance. Thanks to our publisher, Carolina… Continue reading

WaPo: Early exit polling in New Hampshire shows just how much former president Donald Trump’s falsehoods about the 2020 election — and his continued accusations about the legal cases against him being politically based — have taken root in his… Continue reading

Sun Sentinel: Florida’s Department of State tossed out the entire slate of books recommended by the civil-rights Grove Museum for the first six months of its 2024 monthly storytime program for young children, including books on voting rights and Black… Continue reading

Read it here.

This court issued this order on January 16 but it was only brought to my attention now. I also understand that the Fourth Circuit has denied Uygur’s request for an expedited appeal. This is potentially relevant for the Trump disqualification… Continue reading

WRAL: Some of the new changes to elections laws that Republican state lawmakers passed into law late last year are likely unconstitutional and should be blocked from going into effect — at least until problems with North Carolina’s same-day registration… Continue reading

News from the States reports.

The Colorado case at the U.S. Supreme Court on whether section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from returning to the presidency hinges most especially on this question: whether, as Trump’s brief puts it (at 40), Congress possesses… Continue reading

New Common Ground Democracy column. It begins: Nothing could be more obvious watching Nikki Haley run against Donald Trump in the week between the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary: she’s a third-party candidate stuck in a two-party… Continue reading

Seattle Times: Donald Trump will remain on Washington’s presidential primary ballot after a judge ruled Thursday there was no clear error when the secretary of state placed him on the official list of candidates. Thurston County Superior Court Judge Mary… Continue reading

This looks like it will be great (registration link):

AJC: Special prosecutor Nathan Wade purchased airline tickets he and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis used for trips to San Francisco, Miami and Aruba, according to a court motion filed Friday. The filing, on behalf of Joycelyn Wade in… Continue reading