Release: Nearly 4 million citizens living in U.S. territories – a population greater than 21 states and larger than the five smallest states combined – are denied the right to vote for President and voting representation in Congress simply because… Continue reading

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: The lawsuit was brought by the National Redistricting Foundation — an affiliate of Holder’s group — and the legal team includes Democratic attorney Marc Elias, who served as the general counsel for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. The… Continue reading

You can find the court’s opinion at this link. The court has given the plaintiff 30 days to try to amend the complaint. Plaintiff may try to do that, appeal the decision denying a preliminary injunction, or give up the… Continue reading

Vladimir Kogan, Stéphane Lavertu and Zachary Peskowitz for the Monkey Cage.

Josh Douglas CNN oped.

Arizona Capitol Times reports.

Interesting: A district court judge gave an initial win Wednesday to a group that claims Amendment 71 unconstitutionally raised the bar for petitioners hoping to change the Colorado Constitution. Judge William J. Martínez denied a request from the Secretary of… Continue reading

Joey Fishkin: Our Constitution, as amended, requires that every ten years the federal government reallocate seats in the House of Representatives to the states “according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons.”  This provision leaves little room… Continue reading

Release: Late yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled against expanding territorial voting rights in Segovia v. United States.  The case presented an equal protection challenge by plaintiffs in Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin… Continue reading

Josh Douglas CNN oped.

Next logical step, no?

I’ve written about the likely unconstitutionality of a plan which would have temporary Senator Luther Strange resign from his seat, and have the Alabama governor call a new election. This seems pretty clearly to violate the 17th Amendment. But buried… Continue reading

Bloomberg/Haaretz: Palm Tree may sound like a good moniker for a topical vacation resort, but it’s actually the name of the first new town being established in New York State in 35 years. The community is earmarked only for Satmar… Continue reading