Will Harry Reid Go Nuclear?
If not, he’s a good bluffer.
Category Archives: political parties
Mara Liasson Drinks the Open Primary/Redistricting Commission Kool-Aid
Like Adam Nagourney before her, NPR’s Mara Liasson manages to do a story on whether open primary and redistricting reform in California cures hyperpartisanship without quoting the political scientists (such as Seth Masket, Thad Kousser and others) who actually study… Continue reading
“Bills left in limbo are often just part of the choreography in Congress”
“U.S. Electoral System and Congressional Gridlock”
Watch Rob Richie on C-SPAN.
Drake Law Review Symposium on Political Dysfunction and Constitutional Change
This was a truly great symposium and discussion, now in print.
Drake Law Review
Volume 61, No. 4, Summer 2013
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW SYMPOSIUM
The U.S. Constitution and Political Dysfunction: Is There a Connection?
ARTICLES
Dedication to Congressman Neal Smith
David… Continue reading
“GOP Super PACs Gear Up to Fight Tea Party”
Notre Dame Law Review Symposium on Gridlock
Check it out:
2012-2013: The American Congress: Legal Implications of Gridlock, Symposium
Symposium
The Phenomenology of Gridlock
Josh Chafetz, 88 Notre Dame L. Rev 2065
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The Court-Packing Plan as Symptom, Casualty, and Cause of Gridlock
Barry Cushman, 88… Continue reading
Bauer on Nocera and Nagourney on Political Reform
Here.
“Change Voting Laws Before Constitution”
Rob Richie and Devin McCarthy have written this Fresno Bee oped.
“A Primary Cause of Partisanship? Nomination Systems and Legislator Ideology”
McGhee, Masket, Shor, Rogers and McCarty have written this article for AJPS. Here is the abstract:
Many theoretical and empirical accounts of representation argue that primary elections are a polarizing influence. Likewise, many reformers advocate opening party nominations to nonmembers… Continue reading
“Will nuclear winter come to the Senate this fall?”
Must-read Sarah Binder on the filibuster nuclear threat.
“Behind Roar of Politics, Whispers of Race Persist”
“Democrats: It’s the states, stupid (Part 2)”
Herman Schwartz writes for Reuters Opinion.
“The political middle is dying. But it’s not redistricting’s fault.”
The Fix with some great illustrations from Alan Abramowitz.