Category Archives: Uncategorized

Fusion or Super-Fusion?

July 23, 2024, 3:25 pmUncategorizedNed Foley

“What Institutional Reform Would Most Depolarize Politics?” A new Common Ground Democracy essay examines, with sympathetic skepticism, the growing interest among scholars in fusion voting, as evidenced by the recent open letter advocating it. The essay explains why, given the… Continue reading

“Harris Clinches Majority of Delegates as She Closes In on Nomination”

July 23, 2024, 7:41 amUncategorizedSpencer Overton

NYT: Vice President Kamala Harris moved swiftly to assert herself as the de facto Democratic nominee for president on Monday, her first full day as a candidate, as virtually every potential remaining rival bowed out and she clinched the… Continue reading

“Can Harris — or any other Democrat — access Biden campaign money?”

July 23, 2024, 7:39 amUncategorizedCampaign finance, FECSpencer Overton

NPR: The short answer seems to be that Vice President Harris — who is already poised to be the new Democratic nominee — has a strong claim to the funds, because she was and is on the filing statements… Continue reading

“Republicans claim a ‘coup’ attempt to delegitimize Kamala Harris’s candidacy”

July 23, 2024, 7:37 amUncategorizedSpencer Overton

The Guardian: Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House, suggested that Republicans would file lawsuits to try and prevent Biden from being removed from the ballot. The Oversight Project at the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind… Continue reading

“Kamala Harris Could Be the New Democratic Presidential Nominee — Here’s Her Record on Voting Rights”

July 23, 2024, 7:32 amUncategorizedvoting rightsSpencer Overton

From Democracy Docket.

“RFK Jr. floated a job in a Trump White House as he weighed endorsing Trump”

July 23, 2024, 7:31 amUncategorizedquid pro quoSpencer Overton

Washington Post: Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held talks this month with former president Donald Trump about endorsing his campaign and taking a job in a second Trump administration, overseeing a portfolio of health and medical issues,… Continue reading

“$30 million gift will fund center to push for Supreme Court overhaul”

July 23, 2024, 7:29 amUncategorizedSCOTUS ReformSpencer Overton

Washington Post: A business executive and philanthropist has pledged $30 million to launch a first-of-its-kind center pushing to overhaul the Supreme Court, after a series of ethics controversies and conservative rulings prompted rising scrutiny of the justices. The major… Continue reading

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy on Presidential Immunity

July 23, 2024, 7:28 amUncategorizedSpencer Overton

An interview with CIVICUS.

“Nebraskans react to AG’s opinion on voting rights for people with a felony conviction”

July 22, 2024, 7:34 amUncategorizedfelon disenfranchisementSpencer Overton

Nebraska Public Media: A bill that aimed to restore a felon’s voting rights in Nebraska upon completion of their sentence was recently ruled unconstitutional. On June 17, Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued an opinion that the Pardons Board alone… Continue reading

“GOP eyes legal challenges as Harris assumes control of Biden’s war chest”

July 22, 2024, 7:32 amUncategorizedCampaign finance, FECSpencer Overton

Washington Post: But as Biden tries to hand over the committee’s millions in remaining cash to Harris, Republican lawyers and operatives are saying “not so fast.” . . . . Within hours of Biden announcing his decision, the committee… Continue reading

Thanks Dan . . .

July 22, 2024, 7:30 amUncategorizedSpencer Overton

Thanks to Dean Dan Tokaji of the University of Wisconsin Law School for blogging over the last two weeks, and for his contributions to the election law field and to the legal academy generally. I had the good fortune of… Continue reading

Over to Overton . . .

July 21, 2024, 9:30 pmUncategorizedDan Tokaji

Thanks to Rick Hasen for allowing me to guest blog these past two weeks. It’s been a crazy time, with both historic and horrific things happening. Keeping track of it all has been exciting, if sometimes exhausting, which makes me… Continue reading

Unfortunate use of the word “coup”

July 19, 2024, 11:25 amUncategorizedNed Foley

The New Yorker writer Susan Glasser, a journalist whom I greatly admire (and read regularly), in her most recent column uses the word “coup” to describe the current effort within the Democratic Party to persuade Joe Biden to step aside… Continue reading

Thanks to Dan Tokaji; Spencer Overton Blogging Weeks of July 22 and July 29; Tabatha Abu El-Haj Blogging Week of August 5

July 19, 2024, 6:59 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Great thanks to Dan for stepping in these last few weeks. Great job as always. Certainly not the lazy days of summer around here! Spencer Overton steps into the chair for two weeks, July 22-August 4. Then Tabatha Abu El-Haj … Continue reading