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Quote of the Day (Sam Issacharoff on SCOTUS Removing Election Guardrails)
“The majority of today should always fear that it may find itself in the minority tomorrow and that its rules can be used against it. . . . What happens when this breaks down? What happens if the majority of… Continue reading
Thanks to Nick Stephanopoulos
for blogging this last week, which should have been quiet at the beginning of August and was anything but.
Callais Offramps
As we all know, the Callais reargument potentially poses the momentous question of Section 2’s constitutionality. But it’s worth noting how many steps the Court would have to take to reach that question. Each of these steps represents an offramp… Continue reading
“In Election Cases, Supreme Court Keeps Removing Guardrails”
New York Times.
Developments in recent weeks signaled that some members of the court think there is more work to be done in removing legal guardrails governing elections. There are now signs that court is considering striking down or severely… Continue reading
I Spoke to CNN About Texas and Mid-Decade Redistricting
I spoke to CNN about Texas and Mid-Decade Redistricting@RedistrictNet @CNN pic.twitter.com/zTk1aqb3vs— Rick Pildes (@RickPildes) August 9, 2025
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Justice Sotomayor Appears to Say That Term Limits for the Court Would be Unconstitutional, Even if Done by Constitutional Amendment
Fix the Court posts an audio recording of Justice Sotomayor speaking at an interview at the University of Zurich in July of 2024. Apparently, Fix the Court just obtained this recording recently. A Justice’s talk at a university is usually… Continue reading
“Seattle Voters Are Renewing Their Unique Approach to Public Campaign Financing”
Bolts Magazine:
Seattle is poised to continue its experiment in public campaign financing. Voters on Tuesday appear to have renewed the city’s democracy vouchers program, which provides each adult Seattle resident with four $25 vouchers they can donate to local… Continue reading
“How to end the forever redistricting wars”
Ansley Skipper and Drew Penrose write about the obvious solution to gerrymandering: proportional representation.
Most modern democracies don’t have legislative districts represented by only one legislator — which is why most don’t struggle with gerrymandering like we do. Instead, a… Continue reading
Self-Districting Solves Both Problems
Rick H. has recently lamented that more media attention is being paid to the current fight over mid-decade redistricting than over the Supreme Court’s potential ruling in the Louisiana Voting Rights Act case. Both are huge developments in the field… Continue reading
SCOTUSblog column on “Justice, Democracy, and Law”
Here’s the first of a periodic column I will be doing for SCOTUSblog. It comes with this introductory description:
The biggest questions in constitutional law concern the power of the Supreme Court to decide questions differently from what elected officials… Continue reading
“Is more partisan redistricting coming to a state near you?”
I did this Q&A with Harvard Law Today about mid-decade re-redistricting, the reargument in Callais, and other redistricting issues. Here are some excerpts:
Redrawing districts for partisan purposes at the beginning of a decade is, unfortunately, absolutely common. What has… Continue reading
“Michigan Court of Appeals tosses GOP election lawsuit for filing too late”
Michigan Public Radio:
The Michigan Court of Appeals has tossed out a Republican lawsuit challenging Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s official guidance for many overseas voters.
The lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee, the Michigan Republican Party… Continue reading
“NYC campaign finance board denies Mayor Eric Adams millions in matching funds”
Politico:
The New York City Campaign Finance Board denied Mayor Eric Adams millions of dollars in matching funds for the tenth time Wednesday — and suggested in a strongly worded statement that Adams will not be getting a penny… Continue reading