“Parties bet on ballot measures to boost turnout”
Reid Wilson for Pluribus News.
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SCOTUS Recognizes Congress’ Powers to Govern
The Supreme Court has decided Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Assn. of America, Ltd., recognizing Congress has constitutional prerogatives to govern and structure the federal government as it sees fit. The case will no doubt mostly… Continue reading
“Secret Service appears unlikely to move RNC protest zone despite pressure from Republicans”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Once again, the emphasis is entirely on risks of disruption with absolutely no consideration of the contribution of assembly and protest to democracy. Everyone should read Tim Zick’s wonderful forthcoming. chapter, Assembly Within ‘Sight and Sound’ … Continue reading
Democrats and “Traditional” Republicans Must Unite This Year
New Common Ground Democracy column, with this subtitle: “Until electoral reform occurs, the best way to protect democracy is for a bipartisan coalition to join together in a campaign against a would-be autocrat.” The reference to “traditional” Republicans is… Continue reading
Travis Crum Reviews “The Court v. The Voters”
Travis Crum (Wash U) reviews Joshua Douglas’ new book in the Washington Monthly.
“The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights is essential for anyone who wants to understand… Continue reading
The Court’s Stay in the LA Redistricting Case
As I noted earlier on this blog, the Court was faced with a procedural mess (I called it a “train wreck”) in the LA redistricting case. Two different federal courts had issued two decisions which left LA with no valid… Continue reading
SCOTUS grants stay in LA redistricting case
Order. Early coverage in the Times, the Post, and Reuters. I’m sure others will want to comment on this complicated case. I note here only that under my self-districting proposal, these messy issues would be… Continue reading
“Maximum Convergence Voting: Madisonian Constitutional Theory and Electoral System Design”
I’ve posted on SSRN this paper, to be published in the Florida Law Review. Here’s the abstract:
The Madisonian political philosophy upon which the U.S. Constitution rests did not supply the nation with a well-developed theory of electoral procedures.… Continue reading
Out Today: “The Court v. The Voters”
Joshua A, Douglas‘ new book, “The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights” offers an accessible look at the erosion of voting rights and its implications for democracy.… Continue reading
“Georgia Supreme Court declines to rule on whether counties can draw their own electoral maps”
AP News: The Georgia Supreme Court refused to issue a ruling, leaving the legality of Cobb County Commissioners’ electoral districts uncertain. The County is Georgia’s third-largest. While the Court agreed “that someone needs to issue a legally final ruling on… Continue reading
“Trump is gagged. So his surrogates say the forbidden stuff for him.”
From the Washington Post:
“Three GOP senators have appeared with Trump in court and conveniently proceeded to say precisely what he can’t.”
J.D. Vance’s tweets today attacked the credibility of Michael Cohen and the impartiality of New York Supreme… Continue reading
Biden Invests in Organizing Rural Voters
Access to the vote is essential, but so is getting people to the polls. Axios reports that the Biden campaign gets this: It is already “investing in dozens of field offices in some of the nation’s reddest counties, pressing… Continue reading
The Procedural Train Wreck Before the Court This Week in the LA Congressional Redistricting Case
The stay applications before the Supreme Court this week on Louisiana’s congressional map represent the biggest procedural quagmire in a Voting Rights Act I can recall seeing:
1. One federal court held that Louisiana’s newly enacted map, after the 2020… Continue reading
“In top races, Republicans try to stay quiet on Trump’s false 2020 claims”
Washington Post reports that while those auditioning for Vice President maybe embracing Trump’s narrative, Republican candidates in tight races are being intentionally vague, redirecting the focus on election rules. Also not good.
“[Unlike in 2022], many of the Republicans running… Continue reading