“Bannon expands his list of Senate Republican targets for 2018”
CNN covers the expanding GOP civil war.
Category Archives: political parties
“The Democratic Party’s nomination process isn’t democratic enough”
Ron Klain:
That means, first, abolishing caucuses and using only primaries to pick convention delegates. (One exception can be made for the iconic Iowa caucuses.) The selection of a president should not be limited to those voters able to attend… Continue reading
“Has the Top Two Primary Elected More Moderates?”
Eric McGhee and Bors Shor in Perspectives on Politics:
Party polarization is perhaps the most significant political trend of the past several decades of American politics. Many observers have pinned hopes on institutional reforms to reinvigorate the political center. The… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: “How Party Bosses, Not Voters, Pick Politicians in New York”
Great Shane Goldmacher in the NYT:
For decades, New York seats have traded hands this way in what amounts to one of the last, most powerful vestiges of Tammany Hall-style politics in the state. Election laws here grant politicians… Continue reading
Utah: “Gov. Herbert wishes GOP would drop lawsuit challenging new election law”
Salt Lake Tribune:
Gov. Gary Herbert wished aloud Thursday that the Utah Republican Party would drop its lawsuit challenging the state’s new election law, which is driving a wedge between the party’s right wing and moderates.
But he concedes that… Continue reading
“We need political parties. But their rabid partisanship could destroy American democracy.”
Lee Drutman for Vox.
Today’s Must-Read: “A judge, a Vegas phone call and the NC GOP legislative effort to remake the judicial branch”
Anne Blythe’s News and Observer piece begins:
Doug McCullough was five months away from his deadline for mandatory retirement from the state Court of Appeals bench when the chairman of the state Republican Party gave him a call.
Democrat… Continue reading
“Networking the Party: First Amendment Rights & the Pursuit of Responsive Party Government”
Tabatha Abu El-Haj has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This Article argues that the Supreme Court’s party jurisprudence is predicated on a set of theoretical assumptions that do not hold true in the real world of… Continue reading
The End of the Blue Slip Looks Like It’s Coming for Circuit Court Nominees
This is expected, and it will mean a big shift in the courts to the right.
“Why American Democracy Is Broken, and How to Fix It”
Jeet Heer in TNR:
Richard Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, wondered in a 2013 article whether this called for drastic measures: “The partisanship of our political branches and the mismatch with our structure of government raise… Continue reading
New CFI Report: Unlimited Party Contributions Don’t Help Ease Polarization
Release: (my emphasis)
The Campaign Finance Institute (CFI) today is releasing a new study entitled Party Contribution Limits and Polarization. The study refutes one of the policy solutions put forward in recent years for a problem that almost everyone… Continue reading
“Has the Top Two Primary Elected More Moderates?”
Eric (“Efficiency Gap”) McGhee and Boris Shor have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Party polarization is perhaps the most significant political trend of the past several decades of American politics. Many observers have pinned hopes on… Continue reading
Partisan Gerrymandering Case Status
The Court’s decision this morning in the North Carolina redistricting case addressed allegations of predominant and unjustified racial intent. The state attempted to defend its actions, in part, by saying that it was just acting for partisan reasons.
The legal… Continue reading
Breaking: #SCOTUS Declines Soft Money Case; Thomas and Gorsuch Would Vote to Hear
Today’s order list contains this summary disposition:
16-865 REPUBLICAN PARTY OF LA, ET AL. V. FEC The judgment is affirmed. Justice Thomas and Justice Gorsuch would note probable jurisdiction and set the case for oral argument.
This is a surprise… Continue reading