An unretirement: KEN GROSS LANDS AT AKIN GUMP: Ken Gross, who retired earlier this year after more than three decades advising clients on campaign finance, ethics and lobbying laws at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, has come out of… Continue reading

I’m delighted to announce that I will be joining the UCLA faculty in the fall, returning “home” to where I earned my JD and PhD. I can’t wait to be part of this community of excellent and committed scholars, teachers,… Continue reading

I’m going to catch a lot of flak for this post, so let me begin with with some positive words about Marc Elias, one of the country’s leading (and certainly one of this country’s busiest) election lawyers representing Democratic… Continue reading

Congrats to Ken Gross on a well-deserved retirement! Roll Call exit interview: When Ken Gross embarked on building a political law practice at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom in the 1980s, most firms represented either Republican or Democratic… Continue reading

NYT: Bill Gardner, who for decades as secretary of state has fiercely defended New Hampshire’s right to hold the country’s first presidential primaries, said on Monday that he would step down after 45 years.Mr. Gardner, a Democrat first elected in… Continue reading

You can read it at this link. And you can read my own letter supporting Dale’s nomination at this link.

I was very pleased to draft this letter in support of Dale Ho for a federal judgeship. A snippet: I have known Mr. Ho for many years through his work on voting rights and democracy issues at the NAACP Legal… Continue reading

KSAT: The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is mourning the loss of its longtime legal counsel, and San Antonio attorney Luis Roberto Vera, Jr.Vera, 65, died overnight in San Antonio following a lengthy battle with an illness,… Continue reading

Sherrilyn has been an inspiring leader fighting for the cause of voting rights at a time when states have increasingly passed laws making it harder for people, especially people of color, to register and to vote and as conservative courts… Continue reading

Brian Leiter: Based on the latest Sisk data, here are the ten most-cited law faculty working in election law in the U.S. for the period 2016-2020 (inclusive) (remember that the data was collected in late May/early June of 2021,… Continue reading

Huge blow to the OC. Let’s hope they can find someone with Neal’s stellar reputation for competence and integrity:

Brian Leiter: Based on the latest Sisk data, here are the ten most-cited law faculty working on legislation (understood broadly to include statutory interpretation and study of the legislative [e.g., Congressional] process) in the U.S. for the period… Continue reading