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

LA Times: While California voters are sharply divided along partisan lines when it comes to election integrity and voter fraud, they broadly support a politically-charged proposal from President Trump and other Republicans to require first-time voters to provide government-issued identification… Continue reading

Syracuse.com: Five judges on an appellate court today unanimously upheld the constitutionality of New York’s so-called Even Year Election Law, reversing an Onondaga County judge’s decision. The 2023 state law, which would move most town and county elections to even-numbered… Continue reading

New Common Ground Democracy essay on Philip Bump’s Washington Post column.

Anna Massoglia for the Brennan Center: The 2024 federal election cycle was the most secretive since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010. Dark money groups, nonprofits and shell companies that spend on elections without revealing their donors, plowed more than… Continue reading

Bolts: Volunteers with the League of Women Voters of Florida are often seen at farmers markets, book clubs, parades, and other gathering places, collecting petitions and raising awareness on new campaigns. The League in recent years has become a… Continue reading

See this status report (h/t Democracy Docket). The enjoined portions of the order then won’t be enforced until final judgment, and only if the government wins.

At an earlier stage of Judge Griffin’s attempt to challenge the election results in the contest for the North Carolina Supreme Court seat, I had written that the state court of appeals decision to call into question over 61,000 ballots… Continue reading

You can read the persuasive 102-page opinion, which begins: No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in thislawsuit targeting a prominent law firm with adverse actions to be executed by all Executive… Continue reading