Category Archives: political parties
“U.S. Supreme Court orders state of Utah to respond to GOP lawsuit challenging election law”
Coalition of Minor Parties, Idaho Republican Party File Amicus Brief Supporting Cert. Grant in Utah Political Party Rights Case; Senators Lee and Cruz, Reps. Labrador and Bishop File Another
Revised Version of My Forthcoming Paper, “Polarization and the Judiciary,” Now Current Through Kavanaugh Nomination
Updated version of the paper out in May in the Annual Review of Political Science. Abstract:
The period of increased polarization in the United States among the political branches and citizenry affects the selection, work, perception, and relative power of… Continue reading
“Judicial Intervention as Judicial Restraint”
Guy-Uriel Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer have a new piece forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review, on partisan gerrymandering and justiciability:
This paper examines the Court’s decision in Gil v. Whitford. It advances two claims. First, it provides a comprehensive account… Continue reading
“Democrats Overhaul Controversial Superdelegate System”
NY Times:
Democratic Party officials, after a yearslong battle between warring ideological wings, have agreed to sharply reduce the influence of the top political insiders known as superdelegates in the presidential nomination process.
Under the new plan, which was agreed… Continue reading
Alaska Supreme Court Throws Out Law Barring Democratic Party from Running Independent Candidates for Party Nomination
You can find the opinion here.
“Feinstein Has Advantages in California Race. De León Now Has Party Leaders.”
NYT:
[I]n the California Senate [top-two] primary last month, Ms. Feinstein crushed Mr. de León in her bid for a sixth term, drawing 2.9 million votes compared to 804,000 votes for him.
But on Saturday night, the executive committee… Continue reading
“America’s electoral system gives the Republicans advantages over Democrats”
The Economist:
America’s various disproportional representations are the result of winner-takes-all voting and a two-party system where party allegiance and geography have become surprisingly highly correlated. Places where people live close together vote Democratic, places where they live farther… Continue reading
“The needs of California voters — not the parties — must be heeded”
Dan Howle and Rob Richie oped in the SD Union-Tribune:
We, the Independent Voter Project and FairVote, have and continue to have our different perspectives and opinions about what is the “best” way to conduct our elections. But at a… Continue reading
“How California can keep advantages of the top two primary while curing its defects”
Richard Winger oped in San Diego Union-Tribune.
Judge Tymkovich, in Concurrence to Denial of En Banc Rehearing in Utah Political Party Case, Calls on SCOTUS to Revisit Political Party Regulation
Tenth Circuit Chief Judge Timothy Tymkovich, who regularly teaches election law (and has used our casebook), wrote this interesting statement today concurring in the denial of rehearing en banc in the Utah Republican Party case:
I concur in the court’s… Continue reading
“House Dems seethe over superdelegates plan”
Politico:
The controversial issue of “superdelegates” and their future in the Democratic Party led to an angry confrontation on Tuesday night between Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez and House Democrats, according to several lawmakers.
But the members’ angst may… Continue reading
“California’s major political parties feared the top-two primary but emerged as powerful as before”
John Myers for LAT:
Gamesmanship was everywhere. Could a feared opponent be shut out of a spot on the fall ballot? Might a political party’s leaders convince some hopefuls in crowded races to step aside and thus avoid splitting the… Continue reading