One of the changes coming to ELB is that ELB contributors are going to be part of a regular blogging rotation as the primary blogger on the site. Each contributor may sign up for one to two weeks of regular… Continue reading

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The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, has severely weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act as a tool to fight against laws that make it harder to register and vote. Rather than focus on disparate impact—whether a law… Continue reading

I’m so thrilled about the all-new ELB, with new contributors, a broader diversity of voices, ELB Book Corner, and much more. Getting this site, which has been around since 2003, into shape for the current moment and expansion, took a… Continue reading

New Weigel.

Maybe some space for bipartisan work here.

NPR reports.

We were planning on switching over to the new Election Law Blog theme on the night of June 30/morning of July 1, but with the big election law-related opinions coming July 1, we are doing the transition today. So the… Continue reading

Sue Halpern in The New Yorker.

Colorado’s independent commission just made public its draft state legislative maps. PlanScore’s analyses of the maps are below. They’re both impressively balanced based on every measure of partisan fairness.

Really looking forward to this virtual event. Registration required.

Shane Goldmacher deep dive for NYT.

That’s the way I would frame the big-picture perspective on this case.  The major precedents on when state demands for disclosure of a group’s donors violate the First Amendment’s protections for freedom of association (outside the campaign-finance context) come from… Continue reading

From Lee McIntyre and Jonathan Rauch in the Washington Post. This piece reflects the views developed in full in Rauch’s new book, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth — #StopTheSteal is not merely Trump’s way of being a… Continue reading

At the start of the Biden administration, the Supreme Court in two divided decisions this week expanded the President’s power over the executive branch.  The decisions largely divided along lines that Court pundits label conservative and liberal.  On the side… Continue reading