It’s that time of year, when there will be rotation of ELB bloggers through the summer, starting with Justin the week of May 26 and Derek the week of June 2. When someone is primary blogger, please send your tips… Continue reading

NYT: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Maine legislators to temporarily restore the voting power of a state lawmaker after she had been censured for a social media post that criticized transgender athletes’ participation in girls’ sports. The order… Continue reading

Politico: U.S. President Donald Trump’s revenge campaign is continuing apace, with celebrities who backed his 2024 election opponent Kamala Harris now in his sights. The Republican leader launched a blistering tirade against legendary rocker Bruce Springsteen last week, calling him… Continue reading

WSJ: President Trump’s victory in 2024 not only put a Republican in the White House but gave the party hope that its appeal was attracting new groups of voters. Trump drew unexpectedly large shares of young voters and Black and… Continue reading

WaPo: After James B. Comey posted a photograph of shells on a beach arranged to spell “86 47” — a reference to President Donald Trump, the 47th president — the former FBI director said he believed the image was a… Continue reading

Indiana Capital Chronicle: Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales on Wednesday celebrated the state’s forthcoming student ID voting ban — just two days after he and other Hoosier election officials were named in a lawsuit challenging the prohibition. Since… Continue reading

Steven Hill: Europe democracies’ staunch belief in a pluralistic democracy is evident in other ways. I recall interviewing the deputy mayor of Bonn, Germany, who told me about a remarkable institution known as Children’s Parliaments. Several hundred cities in… Continue reading

The Wisconsin Law Review just published this article by James Piltch. Here’s the abstract: Academics, policymakers, and judges alike almost universally agree that local subdivision preservation and compactness serve essential roles in redistricting. They often argue—and other times accept… Continue reading

Offered by NCSL.

As a practical matter, the issue in Louisiana v. Callais is not whether LA will have a second Voting Rights Act (VRA) district, in which black voters will have an equal opportunity to elect their candidate of choice. The issue… Continue reading

Ron Brownstein: In 2024, Trump improved his performance among some big voting blocs that have historically favored Democrats, including Latinos, younger men, non-White voters without a college degree, and, to some extent, Black men. Trump’s advances generated exuberant predictions… Continue reading

A new Common Ground Democracy essay. At the conference for which this essay was written, the view was expressed by some that the only solution to the current presidential attack on the rule of law is for Democrats in 2028… Continue reading

May 15 Common Cause event.

NYT: President Trump has ordered federal agencies to abandon the use of a longstanding legal tool used to root out discrimination against minorities, a move that could defang the nation’s bedrock civil rights law. In an expansive executive order,… Continue reading