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Stopping Gerrymandering by Respecting Territorial Communities
As Rick noted, the Alaska Supreme Court held on Friday that “partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional under the Alaska Constitution,” specifically, its equality guarantee in Article I, Section 1. This ruling is notable in at least two respects. First, it’s… Continue reading
“President Biden Announces 2024 Re-Election Bid, Setting Up Potential Trump Rematch”
WSJ:
President Biden is framing the 2024 election as a fundamental choice about the future of freedom and democracy in the U.S., casting Republicans—who want to focus on the faltering economy and Mr. Biden’s age—as a danger to the nation.… Continue reading
ELB Summer Blogging Schedule (May)
As it was last summer, this summer will be filled with various ELB contributors taking the helm of ELB. Here are the primary ELB bloggers for the month of May:
Week of May 1, 2023: Justin Levitt
Week of May… Continue reading
“Whitman & Torricelli: Why we need a 3rd political party in New Jersey | Opinion”
At NJ.com, advocating fusion.
“Trump touts authoritarian vision for second term: ‘I am your justice'”
WaPo:
Mandatory stop-and-frisk. Deploying the military to fight street crime, break up gangs and deport immigrants. Purging the federal workforce and charging leakers.
Former president Donald Trump has steadily begun outlining his vision for a second-term agenda, focusing on unfinished… Continue reading
“Disinformation Nation: How Partisan Politicians Distort History”
This virtual event at the Brennan Center today looks great:
Misinformation is on the rise. From cable news to social media, we’re very aware that what we’re hearing or reading could be wrong. And it seems our skepticism of the… Continue reading
“If Dianne Feinstein Were President”
Jerry Goldfeder for Just Security.
“‘You talk to people that you may never talk to:’ Ranked choice voting can elevate our political campaigns, Gehrke writes”
Salt Lake Tribune column.
“Trump team prepares to fight efforts to block him from ballots over Jan. 6”
WaPo:
Donald Trump’s campaign team is preparing for a state-by-state legal battle later this year over untested claims that a Civil War-era clause in the U.S. Constitution bars the former president from appearing on Republican primary ballots because of his… Continue reading
Dan Backer Behind FEC Complaint Against Marc Elias Claiming DCCC Submitted False Expenditures to His Firm for “Recount Services”
Exclusive to Fox News, of course.
I’ll be quite surprised if this amounts to anything.
“Testing Political Antitrust”
Sepehr Shahshahani and Nolan McCarty have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, NYU Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Observers fear that large corporations have amassed too much political power. The central fact that animates this concern is growing economic… Continue reading
“How megadonors circumvent laws to give huge checks to politicians”
David Byler WaPo column on JFCs.
“”The controversial article Matthew Kacsmaryk did not disclose to the Senate; The judge who delivered a high-stakes abortion pills ruling last week removed his name from a law review article during his judicial nomination process, emails show”
WaPo:
As a lawyer for a conservative legal group, Matthew Kacsmaryk in early 2017 submitted an article to a Texas law review criticizing Obama-era protections for transgender people and those seeking abortions.
The Obama administration, the draft article argued, had… Continue reading