NYT: It is the element of President Biden’s foreign policy that overlaps most significantly with his domestic agenda: defending democracy.His drive to buttress democracy at home and abroad has taken on more urgency as Russia wages war in Ukraine,… Continue reading

NY Times: As the midterm elections near, top Justice Department officials are weighing whether to temporarily scale back work in criminal investigations involving former President Donald J. Trump because of an unwritten rule forbidding overt actions that could improperly… Continue reading

WaPo editorial.

Intriguing experimental paper from Suthan Krishnarajan in the APSR: Democracy often confronts citizens with a dilemma: stand firm on democracy while losing out on policy or accept undemocratic behavior and gain politically. Existing literature demonstrates that citizens generally choose the… Continue reading

WaPo reports.

I did this Q & A with John Medearis of Capital & Main.

This looks like a great opportunity for a junior person: Washington and Lee University (W&L) School of Law invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor of Law focusing on election law and voting rights.  This… Continue reading

Useful chart from BPC and the Integrity Institute.

Like Rick Hasen, I was given homework by the House Committee on Administration after testifying in July on the independent state legislature theory. The Committee sent me a list of follow-up questions, and my written responses are available here.

You may read the opinion at this link.

Law & Crime: A judge has ordered the majority of a Southern California city’s governing body to be removed from office, concluding that the trio illegally held power by refusing to hold an election as required.The order finalized Wednesday… Continue reading

North Carolina has now filed its opening brief.  I want to single out one aspect of that brief here.             As I’ve emphasized, there are at least two different versions of ISLT on the role of state constitutions.  The more sweeping… Continue reading

NYT: A conservative group has filed a complaint against President Biden accusing him of violating federal election law by not officially informing the Federal Election Commission that he plans to run again in 2024.The complaint is unlikely to succeed… Continue reading

NBC News: President Joe Biden plans to deliver a prime-time speech this week about how America’s “rights and freedoms are still under attack,” returning to the core message of his 2020 campaign as Americans are getting ready to vote… Continue reading