Today’s Must-Read: “Fear and Loyalty: How Donald Trump Took Over the Republican Party”
Remarkable look in the NYT at the transformation of the Republican Party.
Category Archives: political parties
“Constitutional Law and the Presidential Nomination Process”
Richard Briffault has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, The Best Candidate: Presidential Nomination in Polarized Times (Eugene D. Mazo and Michael R. Dimino, eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2020)). Here is the abstract:
The Constitution says nothing about the presidential… Continue reading
“Why Almost Nobody Will Defend the Iowa Caucuses”
NYT:
In Iowa, fretting about the caucuses is a quadrennial tradition among Democratic and Republican officials alike. But at a time when leading Democrats have made the fight for ballot access, voting rights and diverse representation core principles, their marquee… Continue reading
Eleventh Circuit Rejects Claims from Sanders’ Supporters of DNC Bias in 2016
“Hawaii and Kansas to Use Ranked Choice Voting Ballots in 2020 Primaries”
“California’s Trump tax return law raises fears of Republican lockout”
Politico:
California’s new law requiring candidates’ tax returns may be aimed at Donald Trump, but its most consequential effects would likely be felt downballot if it survives a legal challenge.For Republicans who already face a steep climb to blunt… Continue reading
The Coming Constitutional Challenge to CA Requirement that Presidential (and Gubernatorial) Candidates Provide Tax Returns to Appear on the Primary Ballot: What’s Likely to Happen and When?
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill requiring Presidential candidates (as well as gubernatorial candidates) to supply their tax returns if they want appear on the primary ballot. There is no question the Trump campaign or their allies, and… Continue reading
Hofeller files come into court in North Carolina state gerrymandering case
Courthouse
News Service reviews the end of week one of trial.
“Drawing new congressional lines won’t be easy for Democrats”
Nathan Gonzales in Roll Call counting an awful lot of chickens:
Democrats’ potential challenge in the next round of redistricting will be drawing new lines at the apex of electoral performance.
“Would ending fusion voting hurt GOP and help suburban Dems?”
An interesting
commentary on the debate over fusion voting in New York.
“2020 Redistricting: An Early Look”
Kyle Kondik reviews partisan
control of the process for Rasmussen.
I’ve got a summary of who’s in charge of what, with the partisan
control as of today, right here for Congress
and here for state
legislatures.
“Wisconsin bill to end partisan gerrymandering picks up Republican support”
The bill to respond to partisan gerrymandering in the state gets some bipartisan
support after Rucho.
And Miles Rapoport reviews some
of the efforts underway elsewhere.
Charles and Fuentes-Rohwer on Rucho
“Make the Guarantee Clause Great Again”
A clever title for a clever
piece about partisan gerrymandering, and the doctrine holding the Guarantee
Clause nonjusticiable. I’m inclined to
agree on the substance.