Category Archives: political parties
Supreme Court Denies Cert. in RNC v. DNC Case
Lyle links to the order. I had thought this case had a pretty good chance of being granted, as it raised some very interesting issues about modification of long standing consent decrees in the context of a meaty political dispute.… Continue reading
9th Circuit Sets Feb. 13 Hearing in Top Two Primary Appeal
A Petition to Watch
RNC v. DNC is on the SCOTUSBlog “Petitions to Watch” list for tomorrow. I’ve said this has a pretty good chance of being granted, and it would make for a very interesting Remedies/Election law case.
“Is America Governable?” Conference at UT Austin Jan. 24-26
I’m really looking forward to participating in this symposium organized by Sandy Levinson (see the schedule and list of participants). Here’s the general description:
Pundits and political figures across the political spectrum now regularly refer to the United States… Continue reading
“Why ‘gerrymandering’ doesn’t polarise Congress the way we’re told”
Harry Enten writes for The Guardian.
“U.S. House Republicans Who Supported the ‘Cliff Deal’ Were Most Likely to Come from States with Closed Primaries”
Ballot Access News reports.
Mark Paul: “That doesn’t count as definitive evidence, but it’s a reminder that we are still waiting for the [top two primary] reformers to show us any evidence that the changes they pimped have… Continue reading
“5 reasons gridlock will seize Congress again”
“GOP scrambles to fix its primary problem”
Politico: “The disastrous 2012 election and embarrassing fiscal cliff standoff has brought forth one principal conclusion from establishment Republicans: They have a primary problem. The intra-party contests, or threat thereof, have become the original sin that explains many of… Continue reading
“Op-Ed: Harry Reid’s filibuster plan and the Supreme Court”
Steven Duffield:
The most dramatic impact of the Reid Plan will be with regard to the Supreme Court, where the House of Representatives plays no constitutional role. President Obama will likely fill between one and three Supreme Court… Continue reading
Fewest Bills from 112th Congress
NBC News First Read:
In addition, just 219 bills have been passed into law — the lowest number since Congress began tracking this number in the 1940s. (And many of these bills were naming courthouses or post offices.) The previous… Continue reading
Asymmetric Polarization in Congress
Political Wire:
Harry Enten looks at statistics that rank members of Congress on a scale from -1 for most liberal to 1 for most conservative and finds Senate and House Democrats have been fairly stable at -0.4 since 1992.… Continue reading
“Wonky When It Comes To Politics, States Are Barely United”
Important NPR report on polarization.