A new Common Ground Democracy column: Hopefully, after this year’s elections, America will get another chance to adopt the structural reforms necessary to assure that elections produce the results that a majority of voters want.

Adam Liptak for the NYT: The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether former President Donald J. Trump is eligible for Colorado’s Republican primary ballot, thrusting the justices into a pivotal role that could alter the course of this… Continue reading

New at Bolts.

You can find it here. Click the email icon to subscribe for updates. UPDATE: Here is plaintiff’s brief supporting cert and reframing the questions presented. (Correction).

New report from CAP.

Like Rick, I’ve argued repeatedly here on ELB as well as earlier this week at Common Ground Democracy that the merits of whether or not Trump is disqualified from the presidency again by section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment… Continue reading

You can find it here. Analysis to come.

NBC News reports.

You can find the court’s 145-page opinion at this link. The court did find that some of TTV’s Catherine Engelbrecht’s testimony was not credible, and that “TTV’s [voter challenge] list utterly lacked reliability. Indeed, it verges on recklessness.” But it… Continue reading

The theme of this year’s annual meeting of the American Law Schools Association is Defending Democracy. I’ll be speaking tomorrow on this terrific panel: Legislation, Governance, and Democratic Fragility (co-sponsored Legislation and the Political Process) Moderator: Vicki C. Jackson, Harvard… Continue reading

Michael Meltsner in TAP: Attention in recent days has been paid to the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that Donald Trump can be barred from the presidential ballot for participating in an insurrection as ordered by Section 3 of the … Continue reading

Over at Common Ground Democracy there’s a new column addressing the common argument that disqualifying Trump from the presidency would be undemocratic because it would deprive America’s voters of the ability to elect the candidate they’d most prefer to win.… Continue reading

Thanks to Rick Hasen for the opportunity to blog over the last couple of weeks, and thanks to the many readers who sent me helpful feedback, tips, and insights!   Last June I stepped down after several years of running a… Continue reading